Program for Justice and Women’s Rights

The Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women's Rights is a Yale University Program administered by Yale Law School. It consists of four core components: l) the Global Constitutionalism Seminar; 2) the Gruber Distinguished Lectures in Global Justice and Women's Rights; 3) the Gruber Global Justice and Women's Rights Fellowships; and 4) the Gruber Project in Global Justice and Women's Rights. Further information is available on the Program's site at the Law School.

The Global Constitutionalism Seminar brings together a group of about fifteen Supreme Court and Constitutional Court judges from around the world. The group meets for four days in a seminar-style setting to consider topics of common interest. The Seminar has been heralded as perhaps the only forum where leading jurists can confidentially and freely discuss the most important legal issues of the day with leading academic lawyers. Topics considered at past meetings have included freedom of expression, international norms, and terrorism.

The Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice and the Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights are separate signature lectures open to the entire Yale community and other interested groups and feature speakers whose exceptional achievements have served the causes of global justice and women's rights. The lectures are often enhanced by panels and conferences. In addition, the lecturers may spend time at Yale Law School teaching a class or engaging in a range of other community activities, such as Master's teas, faculty workshops and similar opportunities.

The Gruber Fellowships in Global Justice and Women's Rights help foster international understanding and dialogue in the fields of global justice and women's rights. These post-graduate fellowships allow recent graduates of Yale graduate and professional schools to spend a year working on issues of relevance to the fields of global justice and/or women's rights.  Application details

The Gruber Project for Global Justice and Women’s Rights supports clinical and experiential learning initiatives at Yale Law School that foster student and faculty participation in direction efforts to advance global justice and/or women’s rights. Currently, the Gruber Project includes the work of Yale Law School students involved with the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP). Activities include a YLS class component for academic credit, direct services and representation of refugees, and policy advocacy. The Gruber Project also supports the Asylum Seekers Assistance Project (ASAP); the Beshar/Lehner Gender Violence Clinic (GBV); the  Global Health Justice Partnership; and the  Reproductive Rights and Justice Project (RJ).