Archive
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Grateful for the Tenant Advocacy Project
April 8, 2022
By Anna Jessurun, JD ’22 When I walked out of the new member orientation for the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP) my first year at HLS,…
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Q&A with 2022 Skadden Fellows
April 4, 2022
By Olivia Klein The Skadden Fellowship, which launched in 1988, offers young lawyers two-year fellowships to pursue public interest law on a full-time basis. The…
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Fighting for Privacy, Fighting for Dignity
April 4, 2022
A transgender individual heads to their local DMV for a standard appointment – a registration renewal or driver’s license issuance. Just like the person at the…
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Mina’s List Reflections
April 1, 2022
By Eric Xu ’23 and Annie Whitney ’24 Over the J-term, the three of us–Shaza Loutfi ‘22, Eric Xu ‘23, and Annie Whitney ‘24–worked in…
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International Human Rights Clinic Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Behalf of International Scholars in Jam v. IFC
March 25, 2022
By Olivia Klein After weeks packed full of hours-long Zoom calls, consulting with legal experts, and ceaseless revisions, on February 14 a team of students…
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Mason Kortz and Alejandra Caraballo are clinical instructors with the Cyberlaw Clinic, but their work does not stop there. This semester, Kortz is teaching a…
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Maryland Legislature Rejects Recent Attack on Transgender Students’ Equal Treatment Under the Law
March 14, 2022
Via LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic Blog The Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and FreeState Justice issued the following press release. March 11, 2022…
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Via The Harvard Crimson A Harvard Law School clinic filed a federal lawsuit against United States immigration authorities last month over the government’s refusal…
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Via HRP Blog By Sarah Foote On December 8, 2021, Sondra Anton, JD ’22, testified in front of members of the United States House…
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Clinics Collaborate on Cultivated Meat Labeling Comments
March 2, 2022
Via Animal Law & Policy Clinic Blog December 2, 2021 Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic and Food Law and Policy Clinic jointly submitted …
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By Aleena Ijaz, JD ‘ 22 I came into law school with a broad interest in criminal justice reform but little knowledge of the law.
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Supreme Court Litigation: Both an Art and a Science
February 28, 2022
by Eli Nachmany, J.D. ’22 Supreme Court litigation is both an art and a science. This realization was my main takeaway from the Harvard Supreme…
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‘Putting clients at the center of everything that we do’
February 22, 2022
By Paula Kelly, LLM ’22 The number of opportunities to advocate on behalf of clients was one of the main reasons that I applied to…
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“There is great dignity in having your voice heard”
February 14, 2022
Suley Wellings-Longmore, LL.M. ’22, spent the winter term working with REDRESS in London as a part of OCP’s independent clinical program. During my J Term,…
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Consumer Protection in the Realm of the State Attorney General
February 14, 2022
By Olivia Klein For Harley Moyer, JD ‘23, the winter term created an opportunity to spread awareness in the consumer protection field about the impact…
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Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Submits Comments on Biden Administration’s Proposal to Restore Clean Water Act Protections
February 14, 2022
February 8, 2022 The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic submitted comments yesterday on the Biden Administration’s proposal to revise the definition of “the waters of…
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Immersive Experiences in Winter Term Independent Clinicals
February 7, 2022
This winter, over thirty students immersed themselves in a variety of domestic and international organizations as a part of the Office of Clinical &…
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Independent Clinical with Dejusticia – Winter Term 2022
February 2, 2022
Azucena Marquez, JD ’23, spent the 2022 winter term at Dejustica in Bogota, Colombia. At Dejusticia, she worked on various transitional justice projects. This past…
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By Olivia Klein “It was one of the best, if not the best, parts of my law school experience.” Jason Salgado, JD ‘21, smiles as he reflects on his multiple semesters as…
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Keeping Tabs is a Q&A series that follows alumni on their careers after graduation, the lasting impacts of their clinical and pro bono experiences…
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Special session offers reassurance and guidance to 3Ls whose law school experience was impacted by the pandemic By Sarah Foote via Human Rights@Harvard Law…