Resources

For Rightslink Researchers

• Information about Columbia's pro bono requirement and pro bono credit forms
• Guide for first-time researchers
• PowerPoint presentation on human rights research
• Web-based presentation on Arthur W. Diamond Law Library services and policies by Dana Neacsu, Head of Public Services (supplement to the Rightslink research skills-building workshop held September 20 and 25, 2007)

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

• Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
• Human Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School
• Human Rights Internship Program, Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) at the Law School
• Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR), Columbia University

Other Rights-Based and Pro Bono Student Organizations at Columbia

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Columbia Law School
• Amnesty International, Columbia Law School
• Civil Rights Law Society (CRLS), Columbia Law School
• Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Columbia Law School
• Criminal Justice Action Network (CJAN), Columbia Law School
• Domestic Violence Project, Columbia Law School
• Impact, Columbia Law School
• National Lawyers' Guild (NLG), Columbia Law School
• Society for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (SIRR), Columbia Law School
• Tenants' Rights Project (TRP), Columbia Law School
• Unemployment Action Center (UAC), Columbia Law School
• Youth Justice Association (YJA), Columbia 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
• Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), School of International and Public Affairs
• Students for Economic and Environmental Justice (SEEJ), Columbia College