Links & Resources

***RESEARCHERS AND SUPERVISORS: Find out about Columbia's pro bono requirement and download your pro bono credit forms HERE.***

Getting started:

• Guide for first-time researchers
• Power Point presentation on human rights research
• Web-based presentation on Arthur W. Diamond Law Library services and policies by Dana Neacu, Head of Public Services (supplement to the Rightslink research skills-building workshop held September 20 and 25, 2007)
• Diamond Law Library maps

Online research tools:

• Human & Constitutional Rights, maintained by the Diamond Law Library and the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law (extensive searchable listings of helpful links)
• Online Library Catalogues, maintained by LibraryWeb at Columbia University
• E-Resources, maintained by LibraryWeb at Columbia University
• Finding Books and Articles on International Law, maintained by LibraryWeb at Columbia University
• Google Scholar, maintained by Columbia University (grants Columbia students searching with Google automatic access to Columbia subscription-only research materials)
• LexisNexis for Law Schools (requires non-university/law school login)
• Westlaw - Law School (requires non-university/law school login)

Centers and programs at Columbia:

• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HUMAN RIGHTS PORTAL
• Human Rights Institute, Law School
• Human Rights Clinic, Law School
• Human Rights Internship Program, Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) at the Law School
• Center for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR), Columbia University
• Human Rights Reading Room, CSHR at Columbia University

Other rights-based and pro bono student organizations at Columbia:

• American Civil Liberties Union, Law School
• Amnesty International, Law School
• Civil Rights Law Society (CRLS), Law School
• Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Law School
• Criminal Justice Action Network (CJAN), Law School
• Domestic Violence Project, Law School
• Impact, Law School
• National Lawyers' Guild (NLG), Law School
• Society for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (SIRR), Law School
• Student Alliance for Gender Equality (SAGE), Law School
• Student-Labor Action Project (SLAP), Law School
• Tenants' Rights Project (TRP), Law School
• Unemployment Action Center (UAC), Law School
• Youth Justice Association (YJA), Law School
• Action for Immigrant Rights, Columbia College
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Columbia College
• Amnesty International, Columbia College
• Columbia Corporate Social Responsibility Network, Columbia College
• Columbia Global Justice, Columbia College
• Forum for Human Rights and Ethics (FHRE), Teachers College
• Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), School of International and Public Affairs
• Students for Economic and Environmental Justice (SEEJ), Columbia College