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Area of Interest Children and Family Law

Law’s profound impact on children and families encompasses both the private realm of intimate relationships—marriage, divorce, adoption, custody, childrearing—and the public governmental systems that determine access to resources and services—education, health care, immigration, employment, taxation. With a range of courses to choose from and clinics and programs focused on family law, youth advocacy and policy, and LGBTQ+ advocacy, Harvard Law offers students the opportunity to understand the myriad ways the legal system influences people’s daily lives.

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Faculty

HLS Professors

Visiting Professors & Lecturers

Clinics

Family and Domestic Violence Law Clinic

The Family and Domestic Violence Law Clinic of the Legal Services Center focuses on offering clients legal assistance on divorce, paternity, child and spousal support, protective…

Education Law Clinic / Trauma & Learning Policy Initiative

The Education Law Clinic is part of a program called the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI), a nationally recognized collaboration between Harvard Law School…

International Human Rights Clinic

The International Human Rights Clinic works to protect the human rights of clients and communities around the world. Through supervised practice, students learn the responsibilities…

Research Programs and Centers

Access to Justice Lab

Animal Law & Policy Program

Child Advocacy Program

Foundations of Private Law

Institute for Global Law and Policy

John M. Olin Center: Law, Economics and Business

Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law

Petrie-Flom Center: Health Law, Biotech and Bioethics

Program in Islamic Law

Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World

Harvard Law School Project on Disability

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Child Advocacy Clinic Fall 2022 Clinic Crisanne Hazen
Child Advocacy Clinic Winter-Spring 2023 Clinic Crisanne Hazen
Comparative Family Law: Marriage, Divorce and Property in the Islamic, Jewish and Western Legal Systems Fall 2022 Reading Group Havva Guney-Ruebenacker
Estate Planning Spring 2023 Seminar Marc Bloostein
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