A window into a week at the Legal Services Center
Explore the collective work completed at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center (LSC) during just a single week in November!
December 20, 2024
Clinical Programs
Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP)
Wasserstein Hall, Suite 3085
6 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Clinics give students hands-on legal experience under the supervision of attorneys. With clinical placements in-house and at organizations across the country, and the opportunity for students to create their own independent placements, HLS students participate in more clinical placements than any law school in the world.
Clinics are open to 2L, 3L, and LL.M. students. Each clinic is tied to a classroom component: students receive clinical credit for their legal practice in clinics and academic credit for the course component. In addition, most clinics allow students to fulfill HLS’s 50 hours pro bono graduation requirement.
In the News
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‘A commitment to free and fair bipartisan elections’
Harvard Law students, faculty, and staff served as nonpartisan poll monitors in Nevada.
December 12, 2024
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Capturing veterans’ stories in the Estate Planning Project
By Patrick Healy ’26 The Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic counts for three credits on my transcript, but it also satisfies three things that drew me to the legal profession: learning skills that could help my family, serving people in need, and doing both with like-minded colleagues. For my 1L elective, I took Trusts
December 11, 2024
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Student Perspectives from the International Human Rights Clinic
Four students reflect on their work this fall advocating for human rights in Tunisia, Ukraine, and Kosovo.
December 11, 2024
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Fear, and relief, spreads through divided Massachusetts immigrant communities after Trump wins
Immigration advocates are preparing “Know Your Rights” presentations for immigrants and legal clinics to help people secure their status. “There’s a real need for investment from the state, from local governments, from private funders, from foundations, in supporting legal services,” said Sabi Ardalan, director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program.
December 11, 2024
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Police in New Jersey’s capital violate residents’ rights, U.S. finds
“If the Department of Justice shuts down its civil rights division, it’s a tremendous loss,” says Jim Tierney, director of the State Attorney General Clinic. “It sends a green light to malfeasance everywhere, all over the country.”
December 11, 2024
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Keeping Connected: Patricia Alejandro
In this podcast episode hosted by HR’s Edgar Filho, Transactional Law Clinics instructor Patricia Alejandro discusses her upbringing in Cuba and Miami and the support she found along the way.
December 11, 2024
