Latest from Olivia Klein
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Alexia Roberts ’25 honored with AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll
October 27, 2023
Congratulations to Alexia Roberts ‘25, Harvard Law School’s student honoree for the 2023 American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Pro Bono and Access to Justice Section’s Pro Bono Honor Roll!
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Mentoring a new generation of environmental lawyers: Catching up with Environmental Law and Policy Clinic director Andrew Mergen
October 25, 2023
Catching up with Andrew Mergen, director of the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, who joined the clinic in January 2023 after over three decades in government.
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Access, trust, and community: Catching up with Health Law and Policy Clinic director Carmel Shachar
October 23, 2023
The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs recently spoke with Shachar to learn more about her priorities, projects, and vision for the Health Law and Policy Clinic.
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John Fitzpatrick ’87, senior clinical instructor at PLAP This September, John Fitzpatrick ‘87 celebrates 25 years as senior clinical instructor at the Harvard Prison Legal…
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‘There are many ways to be a lawyer’ in the Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic
September 19, 2023
In the Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic, the law is used as one of many tools for supporting communities working to bring about the end of mass incarceration.
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‘Fixing a broken system does not happen overnight’
September 5, 2023
We caught up with Seth Packrone '15 about his work, the challenges of advocacy in the education system, and key lessons for emerging attorneys.
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Ricardo Jimenez Solis ’23 is the recipient of the 2023 David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award.
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Molly Crane J.D./M.P.P. ’23 is the recipient of the 2023 Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award, in recognition of her dedication to uplifting those…
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Stephanie Perez ‘23 is the recipient of the 2023 Ralph D. Gants Access to Justice Award, honored for her steadfast devotion to protecting the most vulnerable in society while addressing systemic injustice.
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Katie Martinez ’23 and Ben Rankin ’23 are the recipients of the 2023 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Awards.
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Ryan Gunderman named winner of Stuntz Award
May 18, 2023
Ryan Gunderman ’23 was named the 2023 winner of the William J. Stuntz Memorial Award for Justice, Human Dignity, and Compassion
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Liz Turner ‘23 set her sights on law school with a clear vision. After spending nearly a decade working in the food space—in restaurant kitchens,…
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Clients, CORIs, and community in Harvard Defenders
May 11, 2023
“Defenders is a place where you can not only be a part of a community, but you can also build the community that you want to see," says Molly Crane '23.
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‘It takes a village’: Crimmigration Clinic presents argument in First Circuit Court of Appeals
May 4, 2023
On one side of the office, two students huddled over laptops and papers, writing and re-writing draft after draft. On the other side, another student…
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Making a mark on the tax law landscape
April 24, 2023
Madison Wulf Elbich ’24 Just two weeks into her first clinical experience, Madison Wulf Elbich ‘24 could say that she had filed her first amicus…
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Youth Advocacy Fellows Class of 2023 On April 12, the Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab) celebrated the ten graduating students from the inaugural class…
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At an event hosted by the Harvard Law School Library, several students discussed their experiences working with capital defense offices across the country as part of the Capital Punishment Clinic.
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Expanding legal empowerment for local tenants
April 10, 2023
Over the course of his 1L year in the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP), Matthew Rock ‘24 saw firsthand the power of the reasonable accommodation letter as…
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Four members of the HLS Class of 2023 have been selected as recipients of the Skadden Fellowship, a two-year fellowship to…
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‘A natural fit’ in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic
February 1, 2023
During winter term, students in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic work in Washington, D.C. with the MacArthur Justice Center on ongoing cases related to civil rights and the criminal justice system.
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Clinical placements across the globe
January 31, 2023
Across the globe HLS students worked on independent clinical placements during the January winter term.