Jillian Rafferty
Lecturer in Law and Clinical Supervising Attorney, International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, Stanford Law School (website)
email: jmr1 [at] law [dot] stanford [dot] edu
Lecturer in Law and Clinical Supervising Attorney, International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, Stanford Law School (website)
email: jmr1 [at] law [dot] stanford [dot] edu
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) | explosive weapons in populated areas | harm to civilians - casualties, human rights, development
Jillian Rafferty is the Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law of the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, and joined the team at the Mills Legal Clinic in June 2026.
Rafferty’s work has focused on the human rights of marginalized groups, discrimination, armed conflict and other humanitarian emergencies, counter-terrorism, and humanitarian disarmament. Her academic research interests include the co-application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights during armed conflict, and both gender- and disability-based violence and discrimination.
Most recently, Rafferty taught for two years in Duke Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic. Before joining Duke, Rafferty worked at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), where she managed and edited the International Review of the Red Cross. She has carried out wide-ranging human rights advocacy on behalf of numerous organizations, including the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munitions Coalition, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Human Rights Watch, Saferworld, the Center for Civilians in Conflict, and Control Arms, among others.
Rafferty received her J.D. and M.P.P. from Harvard University, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. She was also a student in Harvard's International Human Rights Clinic, where she conducted work in support of various international disarmament negotiations. She received her B.A. in International Relations, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jillian Rafferty is the Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law of the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, and joined the team at the Mills Legal Clinic in June 2026.
Rafferty’s work has focused on the human rights of marginalized groups, discrimination, armed conflict and other humanitarian emergencies, counter-terrorism, and humanitarian disarmament. Her academic research interests include the co-application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights during armed conflict, and both gender- and disability-based violence and discrimination.
Most recently, Rafferty taught for two years in Duke Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic. Before joining Duke, Rafferty worked at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), where she managed and edited the International Review of the Red Cross. She has carried out wide-ranging human rights advocacy on behalf of numerous organizations, including the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munitions Coalition, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Human Rights Watch, Saferworld, the Center for Civilians in Conflict, and Control Arms, among others.
Rafferty received her J.D. and M.P.P. from Harvard University, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. She was also a student in Harvard's International Human Rights Clinic, where she conducted work in support of various international disarmament negotiations. She received her B.A. in International Relations, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.