Katherine Hughes
Crowley Fellow in International Human Rights

CONTACT DETAILS
Phone: (646) 312- 8770
Email: khughes@law.fordham.edu

CAREER
Education

FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL, J.D., magna cum laude, 2008
FORDHAM GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, M.A., 2008 (International Political Economy and Development)
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, M.Sc., 2005 (Race and Ethnic Relations)
EMERSON COLLEGE, B.F.A., 1997

 



Activities
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Paul J. Kelly, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2008-09)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Law Review (2007-08)
  • Crowley Scholar, Crowley Program in International Human Rights (2006-07) (Malawi)
  • Legal Extern, U.S. Attorney’s Office (2006) (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Leitner Intern, Legal Resources Foundation (2006) (Zimbabwe)
  • Founding Member, Amnesty International – Fordham Chapter
  • Member New York, Massachusetts, and Tenth Circuit Bars
  • Member, New York City Bar Association


HONORS

  • Fordham Law School Joseph R. Crowley Award, 2008
  • Fordham Law School Walter B. Kennedy Award, 2008
  • Unemployment Action Center Advocate of the Year, 2006-07
  • Fordham Law School Prize, 2005-06
  • Richard Duprey Award for Writing, 1997


PUBLICATIONS
  • Operation “Drive out the Trash”:  The Case for Imposing Targeted United Nations Sanctions Against Zimbabwean Officials, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 323 (2007).
  • Religion in the Courts:  Are There Aspects of English Law That Interfere with Muslim Family Life?, Master’s dissertation presented May 2005

Leitner Center for International Law and Justice
Fordham University School of Law
33 West 60th Street
New York, NY 10023

Email: LeitnerCenter@law.fordham.edu
Telephone: 212.636.6862
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Courses
Fordham offers one of the most extensive human rights curricula of any law school in the United States


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Faculty and Staff
Tracy Higgins
Professor of Law, Co-Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice
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