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Area of Interest Poverty Law and Economic Justice

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 40 million people in the United States live in poverty. At Harvard Law School, students work side-by-side with faculty to research the causes of and solutions to poverty in America, fight inequality, advocate for laws and policies that promote economic justice, and represent indigent clients in the school’s 37 legal clinics and 11 student practice organizations.

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Faculty

HLS Professors

Visiting Professors & Lecturers

Clinics

Education Law Clinic / Trauma & Learning Policy Initiative

Employment Law Clinic

Tax Litigation Clinic

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Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

Housing Law Clinic

Food Law and Policy Clinic

Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic

International Human Rights Clinic

Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic

Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project Clinic

Mediation Clinic

Transactional Law Clinics

Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic

Research Programs and Centers

Access to Justice Lab

Animal Law & Policy Program

Institute for Global Law and Policy

Institute to End Mass Incarceration

Labor and Worklife Program

Systemic Justice Project

Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab