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Vanessa Agudelo '24 reflects on her experience advocating for students and families in the Education Law Clinic and her personal connection to the work.

"Throughout my training and my subsequent years in HMP, I have always felt like a valued, respected, and included member of the community," writes Kate Strickland '24.

"Spending the last two terms in the capital city of the United States was the ideal culmination of my legal education," writes Alice Chen '24.

"I loved every day at JCT and walked away from this experience a more confident and knowledgeable tax lawyer," writes Samantha Strimling '24.

"Little did I know the profound and meaningful impact the Animal Law & Policy Clinic projects would have on my life," writes Sophia Pereira '24.

"We wanted people to tell us about their humanity, and about the way that the incarceration experience changed them," says Déborah Aléxis ‘25.

Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program students Julio Colby '24 and Sara Kamouni '24 have been selected as recipients of the Skadden Fellowship.

Three students from the Sports Law Clinic received the 2024 Weiler Awards during the annual Harvard Sports Law Symposium. 

“The way the system is supposed to work is that it’s an adversarial system where both sides have advocates and both sides would therefore have equal bargaining power when they get to the court, but that’s not actually the reality,” Eloise Lawrence, deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

"The clinical program has been instrumental in shaping my growth as an environmental law student and future attorney,” says Shashank Vura '24.

Instructors, staff, students, and loved ones gathered for the ceremony, celebrating their accomplishments in education law and child advocacy at HLS. 

Gary Allen shares his journey to TAP, the initiatives TAP has expanded during his tenure, and the remarkable work students undertake while navigating the complexities of housing law and advocating for their clients' rights. 

"At the Housing Law Clinic, we’re constantly learning from our clients. Specifically, how can we rectify the broader systems underpinning these individual injustices?"

Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic filed an amicus brief last Tuesday in support of a lawsuit brought by Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) against the state of New Jersey’s ballot design.

Classes took a pause last week, but legal work continued for students participating in spring break pro bono trips.

The Harvard Defenders held their annual Jack T. Litman Symposium on Friday, with a day-long agenda that endeavored to bring the voices of incarcerated people to campus through artistic expression.

We caught up with Emily Ray to discuss the mission of the clinic, what type of work clinical students can expect to be a part of, and her vision for the future of this pioneering program. 

"Through dedication, resilience, and the support of programs like DACA, I have come to embody the possibility that indeed, no obstacle is insurmountable for a determined heart. My journey from Mexico to Harvard Law School stands as a testament to the power of opportunity, education, and the enduring spirit of the immigrant dream."

As a member of the Health Law and Policy Clinic’s Reproductive health team, I had the opportunity to attend the fourth annual Reproductive Health Innovation Summit in Boston.

“What’s shocking to people often is not only how much we waste … but also the impact,” said Emily Broad Leib, a Harvard University law professor and director of the school’s Food Law and Policy Clinic. “Food waste causes about 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.”