The Legal Empowerment Lab’s approach to legal empowerment and protection of the rights of the people is based on the premise that respect for human rights should be founded on recognizing and honoring differences. Image by StockSnap from Pixabay  To commence the virtual session of the Legal Empowerment Lab at the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law, a voice emerged from one of the 20 squares on the screen, each of which contained human rights practitioners from around the globe.