LAWS 7462 Advanced Human Rights Practicum

The Advanced Human Rights Practicum is a 3-credit pop-up clinic that allows students who have completed the International Human Rights Practicum the opportunity, with permission of the Clinic Director, to stay engaged in the Clinic's long-term matters and experience new lawyering responsibilities. The representative matters include litigation in compliance procedures of integral reparations and non-repetition measures decisions in cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and policy advocacy projects with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Advanced International Human Rights Practicum students will work alongside students in the International Human Rights Practicum and be supervised by the Clinic Director.

Course overview

Department
Law
School
LAW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Periodically

Catalog details

Prerequisites
Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.67 / 5 · Very Good
6 responses
Instructor rating
4.67 / 5 · Excellent
6 responses
Terms evaluated
2
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Daniela Urosa3.84.54.04.04.04.04.34.07–9 hrs/week4 of 4
Spring 2025Daniela Urosa3.55.03.53.54.05.05.0——2 of 2

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors