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via Harvard Law Today Credit: Jean Gill via iStock/Getty Images Michael Horrell ’14 became the first of many Harvard Law School students to represent…
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HIRC Welcomes New Staff
July 22, 2020
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program recently welcomed Mariam Liberles as a staff attorney, as well as Sameer Ahmed as Clinical Instructor. Mariam Liberles…
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Judicial Process Clinic Students Break Old Record; Exceed 2200 Hours of Legal Assistance for Massachusetts Judges
July 17, 2020
by Hon. John C. Cratsley (Ret.) The U.S. District Court, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Tony Rinaldo Working remotely since March 23th, students in this…
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by Shelley Murphy via Boston Globe In a statement, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (pictured last September) said the ruling will result in millions…
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by Jenifer B. McKim via Boston Globe Magazine Advocates say the Massachusetts parole system suffers from a “trail ’em, nail ’em, and jail ’em”…
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by David Abel via The Boston Globe Monkeys at Harvard’s former New England Primate Research Center in Southborough. Between 2010 and 2012, four monkeys…
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by Sabi Ardalan via Rethinking Refuge Asylum lawyers have long grappled with a tension inherent in refugee law – how to win protection for…
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via Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program Hosts of HNMCP’s podcast Thanks for Listening, Neil McGaraghan and Sara del Nido Budish, continue their…
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A milestone in LGBT rights
June 23, 2020
by Brett Milano via Harvard Law Today Credit: Shutterstock/Rena Schild While calling the United States Supreme Court’s ruling this week barring discrimination based on…
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via National Center for Lesbian Rights Today, the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic (HLAC) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights published a…
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By Sarah Butrymowicz and Meredith Kolodner via The New York Times Tyler Hutchinson, standing, dropped out of American Public University after one semester because, he said, the…
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by Colleen Walsh via The Harvard Gazette Dreamers and DACA supporters rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 5-4 vote, the court…
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Supreme Court blocks Trump’s DACA shutdown
June 23, 2020
by Sarah Betancourt via CommonWealth Magazine Estefany Pineda, DACA recipient and University of Massachusetts-Boston student, during a protest with the Student Immigrant Movement. IN…
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via Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Part I of this discussion series, cosponsored with the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, focuses…
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A semester with the Civil Rights Division
June 11, 2020
by Melanie Fontes J.D.’20 Melanie Fontes J.D.20 I was fortunate to work at the Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s…
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My Time in the Employment Law Clinic
June 11, 2020
by Jared Odessky J.D.’20 Jared Odessky J.D.’20 I came to law school dedicated to pursuing a career in workers’ rights. As a 2L,…
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HLS Advocates Co-Presidents Reflect on 2019-2020
June 10, 2020
via HRP Blog by Emma Broches J.D.’20 and Samantha Lint J.D.’20 Emma Broches (left) and Samantha Lint (right) are 2019-2020 co-presidents of HLS Advocates…
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Amid Pandemic, New Research Provides a Roadmap to Fight Hunger and Climate Change through Increased Food Donation
June 10, 2020
via Globe Newswire Today, the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy…