JD Students

"I have never worried about the 'perfect path'."

"I could never have anticipated that I would end up doing what I do now."

"I felt a bit insecure because my path didn't align with what I expected or what I saw others doing."

"I was concerned that my experience was too narrow."

"There is no wrong path--only a wealth of choices."

"Your first job is not necessarily your final job!"

"I couldn't have predicted most of this."

"Very few paths are linear, and often the most fun experiences are those you weren't counting on."

"Embrace uncertainty and appreciate the unconventional path."

"I expect to have more shifts in my career down the line."

Professor Patrícia Perrone Campos Mello is interested in hiring a research assistant for work over the next months. The research will mostly focus on democratic recession and comparative constitutional law. She is working on a book concerning democratic recession and resilience strategies (with special attention to Brazil). The work can be part-time and at a distance. Please submit a resume and 2-3 sentences on what interests you about the project to pcamposmello@hks.harvard.edu.

Research Assistant for Climate Change Regulation: to investigate a series of specific questions relevant to climate change mitigation policies and cases in the United States and to develop climate change resilience case studies.

"You're not committing for life!"

"My life since law school has been an adventure!"

"I could not have predicted where I would be now."

The second annual law student Legal Tech Fictional Writing competition is now open. Submit a short entertaining story on the intersection of law and technology for your chance to win $1500 in prize money. Deadline is March 1st. To learn more go to https://www.atjtechfellows.org/ltfwc

"I had a lot of anxiety about picking the right path."

"I'm so glad I've taken early 'risks'."

"I have no idea what comes next for me, and that's scary but also liberating."

"I love what I do because it’s not just a job, it’s life-giving."

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston seeks an intern to assist with analyzing the legal basis for including a policy goal of “financial inclusion” for…

“If you spend 12 hours a day doing work you hate, at some point it doesn’t matter what your paycheck says.” The upper echelon is hoarding money and privilege to a degree not seen in decades. But that doesn’t make them happy at work.

A federal judge has struck down a decision by the Trump administration to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census, setting up what’s expected to be a drawn-out appeal process from the U.S. Department of Justice.

A comprehensive listing of diversity scholarships, clerkships, mentorships, internships, conventions, and job fairs available to law students.

"The point is not just to protect victims and hold people accountable—the deterrence function—but to make sure we’re using our resources to effectively address what led the person to commit this act."

Listen to the Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA) and the Office of Career Services (OCS) for an introduction to our offices. Hear from OPIA and OCS staff and learn about career paths and hiring processes in the public and private sectors for J.D. students.

Fatma and Bryn have long wanted to have children, and, after administrators at a Fort Worth-based USCCB affiliate invited Fatma to visit and learn about the affiliate’s work with unaccompanied refugee children, decided they wanted to become foster parents for a refugee child and asked to start the licensing process. However, when in their first interview they revealed that they were a married same-sex couple, the affiliate’s Director of International Foster Care informed them that they would not be permitted to apply to be foster parents because their family structure did not “mirror the Holy Family.”

How we treat citizens who make mistakes (even serious mistakes), pay their debt to society, and deserve a second chance reflects who we are as a people and reveals a lot about our character and commitment to our founding principles. And how we police our communities and the kinds of problems we ask our criminal justice system to solve can have a profound impact on the extent of trust in law enforcement and significant implications for public safety.

Listen to the Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA) and the Office of Career Services (OCS) for an introduction to our offices. Meet staff from OPIA and OCS and learn about career paths and hiring processes in the public and private sectors for JD students.

OCS’s Yih-hsien Shen and OPIA’s Catherine Pattanayak cover the fundamentals of effective cover letter writing and editing in this workshop.

OCS’s Yih-hsien Shen and OPIA’s Catherine Pattanayak cover the fundamentals of effective resume writing and editing in this workshop. For students interested in resumes aimed…