Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights

08/24/2026

The Klau Institute is excited to be a cosponsor of “From Many, One? Catholic Perspectives at America’s 250th.” It promises to be a fascinating conversation.

See more details here: https://klau.nd.edu/news-events/events/2026/09/01/from-many-one-catholic-perspectives-at-americas-250th/

08/18/2026

The Klau Institute is proud to be a co-sponsor of this year’s Inter-American Course on Migration and Protection!

07/30/2026

Our director, Jennifer Mason McAward, was interviewed by NPR’s Morning Edition for a report on yesterday’s Senate hearing in which Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights.

“Saying that you are protected by the Constitution is just something you’re entitled to do as a citizen of the United States,” McAward said.

Listen here: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/30/nx-s1-5911873/sen-rand-paul-says-hell-move-to-hold-fauci-in-contempt-after-combative-hearing

Notre Dame Law School

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment while appearing before a committee chaired by Sen. Rand Paul. Now, the senator is saying he will move to hold Fauci in contempt.

06/26/2026

The Klau Institute, part of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, is looking for a Program Manager for Research and Education to develop and implement dynamic academic programming for students in the areas of civil and human rights.

👉 See more details and apply at: https://go.nd.edu/klau-job
🗓️ Application deadline: July 14

06/24/2026

Through a partnership with Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic, some of the Klau Institute’s Melsheimer Fellows have been able to gain real-world exposure to the legal profession during their undergraduate years.

Two Melsheimer Fellows who worked at the Exoneration Justice Clinic during the 2025-26 academic year were hired to continue as clinic staff after graduation.

Read about their experiences, and the clinic’s mission to correct miscarriages of justice, in this story:

The Exoneration Justice Clinic at Notre Dame Law School is dedicated to correcting wrongful convictions and providing support to exonerated individuals....

06/22/2026

Howard Glickstein, an attorney and legal scholar who directed Notre Dame’s Center for Civil Rights after its founding by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., in 1973, passed away earlier this month at the age of 96.

The center later evolved into the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights.

Read more about Glickstein’s life at the link below.

Glickstein directed Notre Dame’s Center for Civil Rights (which later evolved into the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights) when the center ...

06/10/2026

The Klau Institute recently hosted a virtual workshop on human rights and international relations with 25 scholars from around the world.

Zoltan Búzás, associate professor of global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs and a core affiliated faculty member of the Klau Institute, organized the workshop as part of his work with the International Race and Rights Lab, which the institute supports.

👉 Read more about the diverse group of scholars who shared their research at the workshop: https://klau.nd.edu/news-events/news/zoltan-buzas-2026-virtual-human-rights-workshop/

06/01/2026

The Klau Institute hosted the 2026 Midwest Migration Conference earlier this spring as part of our Migration Research Initiative.

The conference brought together a multidisciplinary group of 20 scholars from the University of Notre Dame and 10 other universities. They discussed a variety of timely and consequential topics — from asylum politics and anti-immigrant backlash to the role of faith in decisions to migrate, the reintegration of returnees in Central America, and the experiences of racism among Chinese immigrants in France — alongside broader questions of immigrant identity, intergenerational change, and U.S. immigration enforcement.

👉 Read more about the conference and the Klau Institute’s Migration Research Initiative here: https://klau.nd.edu/news-events/news/2026-midwest-migration-workshop/

05/27/2026

“Because of my education in civil and human rights, I have become a more confident advocate ... .” 🎓

We recently celebrated the 11 students in the University of Notre Dame’s Class of 2026 who graduated with a minor in civil and human rights.

👉 Read reflections from two of our graduating minors, Bella Vasquez and Natalia Rodríguez, here:

05/15/2026

The Klau Institute brought together scholars from Catholic universities on five continents this spring for a roundtable on dignity, democracy, and human rights education.

The gathering was part of the institute’s ongoing work with the Vatican’s Global Compact on Education.

👉 Read more here: https://klau.nd.edu/news-events/news/vatican-global-compact-on-education-roundtable-dignity-democracy-human-rights/

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