School of Law Collaborative
Get Involved
See how the collaboration between the Human Rights Center and University of Dayton School of Law offers you a unique opportunity to explore firsthand the issues around human rights across the world.
Get Involved
See how the collaboration between the Human Rights Center and University of Dayton School of Law offers you a unique opportunity to explore firsthand the issues around human rights across the world.
Human Rights Concentration
See how you can take a concentration in Human Rights while getting your J.D.
Pop-Up Immigration Legal Clinic
The pop-up immigration legal clinic seeks to fill a gap in service provision for migrants and refugees in the Dayton community.
Human Rights Graduate/Law Fellowship
Discover how you can receive a grant to do a research or advocacy project around human rights.
Social Practice of Human Rights
This biennual conference provides a space for scholars, practitioners and advocates to engage in collaboration, dialogue and critical analysis of human rights advocacy.
The History of the Dayton Law-Human Rights Center Collaborative
The Origins of the Human Rights Center
In 2013 scholars and practitioners from around the world convened in Dayton for the University’s first Social Practice of Human Rights Conference. At this landmark event, then UD President Daniel Curran had an announcement to make. The University would proceed with a bold new project to establish a Center for Human Rights. According to Curran, the new Center would “chart the frontiers of cutting edge research and advocacy.”
Housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center was a natural outgrowth of the University’s highly acclaimed Human Rights Studies program. The Center’s work grew out of a collaboration with two programs: Abolition Ohio, a research and advocacy initiative to end human trafficking in Ohio, and Welcome Dayton, a local immigrant rights endeavor. Today the Center today has grown considerably and taken on an international dimension.
In 2022 the Center has a new space in Keller Hall to develop a strong advocacy and collaboration work.