The Columbia Human Rights Law Review (HRLR) is one of the oldest and the most recognized human rights journals in the world.  Established in 1967, the HRLR is run by students at Columbia University School of Law. The HRLR is dedicated to the analysis and discussion of human rights and civil liberties under both domestic and international law. 

The Columbia Human Rights Law Review produces two publications.  The HRLR  is an academic journal that publishes scholarly articles written by professors, practitioners and students.  Our subscribers are individuals, institutions, human rights organizations and libraries in over forty countries.  Those who have published in the HRLR include Marvin E. Frankel, Arthur C. Helton, Louis Henkin, Michael Posner, Antônio Augusto Cancado Trindade, and Bishop Desmond Tutu. 

The HRLR also publishes and sells A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (JLM), a legal resource produced to assist prisoners and others in negotiating the U.S. legal system.  With thirty-two chapters on legal rights and procedures including Federal Habeas Corpus relief, AIDS in prison, religious freedom in prison, special issues of female prisoners, immigration law and legal research, the JLM is a major legal reference for prisoners and libraries across the country.  The HRLR publishes this critical legal resource and delivers it to some of those whose rights are most threatened in our system yet who often have no access to legal assistance.  Our students deliver over a thousand JLMs per year to inmates, institutions, libraries, and others, and they respond to thousands more inquiries. We also publish a Spanish version of the JLM to serve as a resource to Spanish-language prisoners.

News Flash: NNALSA/HRLR 2008 Writing Competition Announcement! Submissions due March 21, 2008  Click here for details.

News Flash: The JLM is now available online.  Click here for online access.