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Area of Interest Race and the Law

The issues of racial equality and racial subordination have long defined American law and history, and they are central to our work at Harvard Law School. Students and scholars grapple with the ongoing quest for racial justice through a host of courses, clinics, externships, as well as the research and practical opportunities provided by the Charles Hamilton Houston for Race & Justice.   We tackle these issues from all angles, including mass incarceration, voting rights, economic justice, social media, and the environment.

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MEMORIAL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, MONTGOMERY AL

Bringing Slavery’s Legacy to Light, One Story at a Time

Bryan Stevenson ’85 creates a memorial and museum to foster conversation on America's original sin.

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…

Criminal Justice Institute

The Criminal Justice Institute (CJI) offers a unique union of classroom instruction and hands-on experience for students who represent indigent adults and juvenile clients facing…

Election Law Clinic

The Election Law Clinic offers Harvard Law students the opportunity to do hands-on litigation and advocacy work across a range of election law areas, with…

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…
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Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) is unique among HLS programs of clinical legal education in that its legal services program is student-run. Founded in…

Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic

The Institute to End Mass Incarceration is a research and advocacy program that works toward the dramatic decarceration of the United States, the eradication of…

Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic

Clinical placements are available with individual judges of the District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Juvenile Court, and Housing Court Departments of the Massachusetts Trial Court,…

Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project Clinic

The Making Rights Real Clinic will build on a partnership between Professor White, Harvard Law School students, University of Ghana Law School faculty and students,…

Research Programs and Centers

Access to Justice Lab

Animal Law & Policy Program

Center on the Legal Profession

Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice

Institute for Global Law and Policy

Institute to End Mass Incarceration

John M. Olin Center: Law, Economics and Business

Petrie-Flom Center: Health Law, Biotech and Bioethics

Program in Islamic Law

Systemic Justice Project

Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab

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Advanced Human Rights Training: Strategy and Advocacy Fall 2023 Seminar Susan Farbstein
American Empire: Puerto Rico and the United States Territories Fall 2023 Seminar Guy-Uriel Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Anti-carceral Organizing and Lawyering Spring 2024 Seminar Andrew Crespo, Premal Dharia
Art of Social Change Spring 2024 Course Crisanne Hazen, Michael Gregory
Asian Americans and the Law Fall 2023 Seminar William Lee
Capital Punishment Clinic Winter 2024 - Spring 2024 Clinic Carol Steiker
Capital Punishment in America Fall 2023 Course Carol Steiker
Child Advocacy Clinic Winter 2024 - Spring 2024 Clinic Crisanne Hazen
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