Audience: All Students

Location: Boston MA
Deadline: Open until filled
Learn more about the Summer Campaign job.

Location: Boston, MA
Deadline: Open until filled
Learn more about the Summer Campaign job.

Our goal is to help you find a great public interest job and avoid the common mistakes that can derail your job search. Take a look at our list of common job search mistakes and don’t let them happen to you!

Location: New York, NY
Deadline: Open until filled
Learn more about the Summer Internship.

Location: Remote
Deadline: Open until filled
Learn more about the Summer Internship.

Professor Stephenson is looking to hire one or two RAs for a summer research project focused on nontraditional uses of the Congressional Review Act. Applicants can send a cover letter and CV directly to Professor Stephenson (mstephen@law.harvard.edu).

Check out our new fellowship application calendar that breaks down and maps out the application processes for many of the more complicated project- and organization-based fellowships. Use this in conjunction with our other fellowship resources and fellowship and entry-level jobs deadlines feed. We look forward to supporting you through your entry-level job search this upcoming year and to seeing you back on campus.

Read how the 2L summer job search differs from the 1L summer job search in timeline, application strategy, networking, splitting summers, and application materials.

Government Honors Programs are the most common pathway for 3Ls and certain recent graduates to enter government service. In preparation for your 3L year, you should start to get familiar with these opportunities now.

HLS’s Animal Law & Policy Program is seeking to hire a paid Research Assistant to work on a collaborative research initiative studying global policy responses to animal markets for both domestic animals and wildlife. Work on the project will commence right away and continue through the next 2-3 months. Candidates must be located and eligible to work in the United States.

Location: Anchorage, AK - Remote
Deadline: Open until filled
Learn more about the Law Clerkship.

Applications requested for HLS Supreme Court & Appellate Advocacy Workshop (Fall semester 2021)

Because your 2L summer tends to be more important from a strategic standpoint than your 1L summer, one of the best things you can do before you begin your 2L public interest job search in earnest is to reflect on your interests and personal career goals.

The Religious Freedom Clinic will be offered as an in-house clinic for 2021-2022 in the fall and spring semesters.  Applications for both semesters of the clinic are due by June 4, 2021.  You can learn about the required clinical course component, clinical credits and the clinical application process by reading the course catalog descriptions.  

Are you beginning to think about your 2L summer and weighing the decision of whether to work in the private sector or the public sector? We in OPIA want every HLS student to feel empowered to make career choices that are the best for their individual interests and circumstances – whether those choices involve work in the public or private sectors.