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Area of Interest Disability Law

Harvard Law School provides students with the opportunity to learn about disability law and policy in the United States and around the world through course work, experiential learning, and the award-winning Harvard Law School Project on Disability. Issues addressed include access to education, employment, housing, and international human rights, and approaches to effective lawyering include counseling, legislative drafting, policy advice, and both impact and individual litigation.

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Profiles

Alonzo Emery with Haben Girma on a panel. Girma holds up a devise that helps her communicate

65 Years, Countless Voices: Haben Girma ’13

Haben Girma ’13, the first deaf-blind student to graduate from HLS, discusses her advocacy on behalf of individuals with disabilities and her work at the…

Faculty

HLS Professors

Visiting Professors & Lecturers

Clinics

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…

Employment Law Clinic

The Employment Law Clinic focuses on rights in the workplace, with a particular emphasis on state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and retaliation…

Housing Law Clinic

The Housing Law Clinic represents tenants who are facing evictions by private market and subsidized landlords. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the…

Research Programs and Centers

Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice

Petrie-Flom Center: Health Law, Biotech and Bioethics

Harvard Law School Project on Disability

Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab

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Course Term Instructor(s)
Behavioral Economics, Law and Public Policy Spring 2024 Seminar Cass Sunstein
Constitutional Law: First Amendment Spring 2024 Course Martha Field
Critical Corporate Theory Lab Fall 2023 Seminar Jon Hanson
Disability, Human Rights, and Development Fall 2023 Course Michael Ashley Stein
Diversity and Dispute Resolution Winter 2024 Course Audrey Lee, David Hoffman
Education Law Clinic: Individual Representation Spring 2024 Clinic Jodi Guinn
Education Law Clinic: Individual Representation Fall 2023 Clinic Jodi Guinn
Employment Discrimination Spring 2024 Course Steve Churchill
Employment Law Clinic Spring 2024 Clinic Steve Churchill
Employment Law Clinic Fall 2023 Clinic Steve Churchill
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