A vitally important and complex set of rules governs which courts, or nonjudicial bodies, can hear which kinds of legal disputes, and how cases proceed in these venues from initiation to final resolution. Harvard Law has some of the nation’s top experts in civil and criminal procedure, from whom you will gain a deep understanding of federal and state court systems, including which courts have the power to hear and adjudicate particular disputes and the rules and practices by which these courts operate.
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Faculty
HLS Professors
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Nikolas Bowie
Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law
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Ryan D. Doerfler
Professor of Law
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Richard H. Fallon
Story Professor of Law
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Martha A. Field
Langdell Professor of Law
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Keith Fogg
Clinical Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Jeannie Suk Gersen
John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law
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Jack L. Goldsmith
Learned Hand Professor of Law
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D. James Greiner
The Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law
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Vicki C. Jackson
Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law
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Alan Jenkins
Professor of Practice
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Andrew L. Kaufman
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Randall L. Kennedy
Michael R. Klein Professor of Law
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Richard J. Lazarus
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law
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Anna Lvovsky
Professor of Law
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John F. Manning
Harvard University Provost
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Richard M. Re
Professor of Law
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David Rosenberg
Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, Emeritus
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William B. Rubenstein
Bruce Bromley Professor of Law
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Stephen Sachs
Antonin Scalia Professor of Law
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Larry Schwartztol
Professor of Practice
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Steven M. Shavell
Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
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Joseph W. Singer
Bussey Professor of Law
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Laurence H. Tribe
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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Yas Banifatemi
Visiting Professor of Law
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Sergio J. Campos
Louis A. Horvitz Visiting Professor of Law
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Richard W. Clary
Lecturer on Law
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John C. Cratsley
Lecturer on Law
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Joshua E. Gardner
Lecturer on Law
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Medha Gargeya
Lecturer on Law
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Thomas Griffith
Lecturer on Law
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Lee Kovarsky
Visiting Professor of Law
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Scott Michelman
Shikes Fellow in Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and Lecturer on Law
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Kevin Newsom
Lecturer on Law
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Luke Nikas
Lecturer on Law
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Dessie Otachliska
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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Leah A. Plunkett
Meyer Research Lecturer on Law
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Margaret Ryan
Lecturer on Law
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Daniel L. Smail
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Louis Tompros
Hieken Lecturer in Patent Law
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Elizabeth Tuttle Newman
Lecturer on Law
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Jonathan J. Wroblewski
Lecturer on Law
Clinics
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
| Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Access to Justice in the Digital World | Spring 2027 Reading Group | Leah Plunkett |
| Advanced Written Advocacy | Spring 2027 Seminar | Richard Clary |
| Appellate Courts and Advocacy Workshop | Winter 2027 Course | Brian Wolfman |
| Civil Procedure | Fall 2026 Course | D. James Greiner |
| Civil Procedure | Fall 2026 Course | Larry Schwartztol |
| Civil Procedure | Fall 2026 Course | Stephen Sachs |
| Civil Procedure | Fall 2026 Course | D. James Greiner |
| Civil Procedure | Fall 2026 Course | William Rubenstein |
| Civil Procedure | Fall 2026 Course | Guy-Uriel Charles |
| Civil Procedure | Fall 2026 Course | Janet Freilich |