The Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic

The Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic

From Berkeley Law Voices Carry by Berkeley Law

April 23, 2026 · 35 min · Season 1 · Episode 22

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on the Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic and its role in using data-driven tools for human rights advocacy.

In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Chancellor’s Clinical Professor Laurel E. Fletcher , the founding director of the Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic (GRIL), and Valentina Rozo Angel , the clinic’s Data and Technology Clinical Supervisor. GRIL, which enrolled its first cohort of students last year, operates at the crossroads of human rights and digital technology, developing and using data-driven tools to bolster local advocacy, policy, and social change — at home and abroad — in support of human rights defenders and victims. The clinic grew out of Fletcher’s work over more than two decades of leadership at Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Clinic. GRIL”s model allows students to build legal cases using data science analyses on large datasets and create digital storytelling tools to support policy advocacy.  For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gwyneth Shaw

Guests: Laurel E. Fletcher, Valentina Rozo Angel

Topics covered

  • human rights
  • digital technology
  • data-driven tools
  • advocacy
  • social change

Keywords

  • Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic
  • human rights
  • data science
  • policy advocacy
  • digital storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic, Berkeley Law, Human Rights Clinic

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