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Expertise
Expertise
Practice areas
The International Criminal and Humanitarian Law Clinic is specialized primarily in the field of legal practical work in relation to human rights violations. Files or legal initiatives in which it is active pertain to international criminal law, international humanitarian law and international or national human rights law. The Clinic’s main role is to assist and support lawyers working on cases pending before national or international courts or other bodies dealing with human rights law. It also assists Chambers of international or internationalised criminal courts, victims of human rights violations involved in legal processes regarding these violations as well as NGOs that have projects related to the Clinic’s areas of expertise. It may also intervene as amicus curiae before international and national courts and occasionally submit reports on topical issues regarding the protection of human rights violations victims as well as participation in ad hoc consultations on legal issues related to its mission.
The Clinic’s work is done mainly in French and English, but may be done in Spanish upon request.
Participating students work varies from one file to the other but may include the following:
- Legal research on specific issues;
- Drafting of legal memos for the benefit of the lawyer or institution in charge of the file;
- Drafting of facta, motions, and other procedures;
- Summary or analysis of witness examinations, testimonies or other types of evidence;
- Building of legal arguments with the law and facts relevant to the case.
Clinical legal education
Clinical legal education at Laval University Faculty of Law provides an opportunity to earn regular full course credits while acquiring experience by working with practitioners of international law with human rights aspects. This may be accomplished by assisting an institution, an attorney, an NGO or a victim on a human rights violations file.
Clinical legal education, developed mainly within American law schools is a growing phenomenon within law schools worldwide. It consists of working on cases around which there is close collaboration between the student’s institution and the student’s professional supervisors.
Clinical legal education allows students to find legal solutions to various social issues. The student thus applies his or her theoretical knowledge to develop a legal argument, as well as to assist attorneys in drafting legal memos, factum, pleadings or other proceedings, in examining a file’s evidence, in qualifying factual issues, in assessing the probative value of evidence, in interpreting legal texts and in analysing the social, political and economical ramifications of law.
To participate or learn more about the Clinic’s projects, follow this link.