The Clinic strives to provide students a generative and supportive environment to learn, reflect, experiment, and grow, while contributing to the work of human rights advocates and conflict resolution practitioners around the globe. The Clinic aims to create a space where all students are able to bring their full selves and participate in all aspects of the Clinic.

Given the collaborative nature of human rights work, the Clinic intentionally fosters building community and sustained relationships between students, supervisors, partners and Clinic alumni.

Students are empowered to take ownership of all stages of their projects, from partner engagement to identifying, sequencing, and implementing advocacy strategies. Throughout this process, students receive guidance, feedback, and mentorship that accounts for different learning styles and that enables individual, peer-to-peer, and community learning. The Clinic also connects students to mentors in their areas of interest within the human rights and conflict resolution fields.