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A discussion of why students should become public interest lawyers.

Members of the Graduate Program Community provide you with some brief thoughts on what to expect in the year to come, and reflect “what they…

As you finalize the “course preferencing” process, review our informal conversation on some of the key questions and concerns surrounding the writing requirement.

The Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management is hosting a webinar on the Attorney General's Honors Program (HP) and Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP). The webinar will take place on July 30th at 12:00 P.M. EST. Login to the meeting with the following information: Meeting Name: 2018 HP and SLIP Webinar Room Passcode: 10200

Click on the link below to review the Graduate Program’s video presentation from June 27, 2017.

Malene Alleyne, a graduate from the LL.M. Class of 2017, provides a student perspective on clinics at Harvard Law School.

Felicity Conrad and Kristen Sonday are dedicated to closing the justice gap. Their company, Paladin, uses technology to help lawyers and law school students identify legal aid cases.

Big law's pro bono hours increased steadily for 2016.

Winter Term Writing Program Late in the fall term, students who are writing a paper worth two (2) or more writing credits will be able…

Judge Keith Ellison, U.S. District Court Judge in Houston, Texas has a clerkship opening for the 2019-2020 term. The new clerkship position was granted because of a series of high-profile and complex cases involving conditions in Texas state prisons. The new clerk may work on these cases, and should note any relevant experience in civil rights and/or prisoner rights litigation. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, transcript, three references and a writing sample via OSCAR or to arturo_rivera@txs.uscourts.gov. Letters of recommendation are not required. Judge Ellison can contact those listed as references.

Judge Keith Ellison, US District Court Judge in Houston, Texas has a clerkship opening, effective immediately. The new clerkship position was granted because of a…

Graduating students and their loved ones celebrated with the OPIA staff at OPIA's graduation reception on Thursday, May 25. Congratulations!!

A group of movement lawyering practitioners & educators, in collaboration with Law for Black Lives, CUNY-CLEAR, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG-NIP), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), invites you to apply for the first-ever online Movement Lawyering Bootcamp with a series of six interactive online education and discussion sessions. Apply by 11:549 pm on Monday, May 15.

With the help of funding from LIPP, Erika Rickard has worked tirelessly to improve access to justice.

Read the stories of some exceptional pro bono advocates.

The National Security & the Law Association is very pleased to announce a lunch event with former Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy Counsel to the President, National Security Council (NSC) Legal Adviser, and Harvard Law School graduate Christopher Fonzone.

Meet the seventeen young community leaders and activists bringing communities together throughout Philadelphia.

Monday, April 3, OPIA's Suite WCC 4039
Sign-up for one-on-one advising appointments with Dennis Parker '80, Director, Racial Justice Program (RJP), ACLU.
If spots are full, sign-up on the waitlist.

Top-notch law professors have launched a website to monitor the legality of President Trump's policies.

Come in for Walk-Ins with William Shultz, prior HHS General Counsel, to discuss Health Care Law and what the future of healthcare lawyering may look like in the current political climate.