Category: Announcements

There are a handful of clinics that have a few open seats available for the spring term.  Interested students should email Olivia Klein (oklein@law.harvard.edu) to discuss enrollment – open seats will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.  As a reminder, the add/drop deadline has passed for all spring clinics, so if you are already enrolled […]

Office of Senate Counsel Internship Position Description    The Office of Senate Counsel is responsible for a variety of legislative and legal matters for the Senate and individual Senators, serving as the chamber’s in-house counsel. The office’s most crucial responsibility is “third reading” every bill and amendment considered by the Senate to ensure that it […]

The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs is offering several pre-approved independent clinical opportunities for the Spring 2022 semester. The full list of available placements can be found here. Please reach out to our Director of Externships, Liz Solar (esolar@law.harvard.edu), with any questions. Resumes for the Massachusetts Attorney General: Data Privacy and Security Division […]

Interested in learning more about public international law work? These resources can help you begin your exploration.

Interested in learning more about nonprofit work? The following resources can help you begin your exploration.

If you are a student with a degree (or at least two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, or related fields), and are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney, Practising Law Institute (PLI) invites you to an online presentation by Mark Dighton, PLI's Director of Law School Relations and Administrative Director of their Patent Office Exam Course. 

The HLS Tenant Advocacy Project is hosting a training on Thursday, 10/28, 12:45-1:45 pm: Trauma Informed Practice and Advocacy. Open to all students. Learn from the experts the best practices for employing trauma informed practice to support survivors of trauma and optimize legal outcomes when clients face challenges advancing their own interests. Trauma informed practice […]

Join the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs in our celebration of National Pro Bono Week, October 25-29! This year’s theme is Advocacy at Work. On Monday, October 25, join your classmates for the Social Entrepreneurs Student Panel, featuring 3 HLS students who started their own organizations to address needs in their communities, moderated […]

The Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic’s application deadline is Saturday, October 23, 2021. Students interested in this clinic should submit a resume, an unedited writing sample, and a statement of interest (less than 300 words) that includes: (i) the student’s reason for applying to the clinic, including particular criminal justice issues the student is interested in, […]

Jobs to Move America is a strategic policy center that works to transform public spending and corporate behavior using a comprehensive approach that is rooted in racial and economic justice and community organizing.  It combines strategic research, policy advocacy, and coalition organizing to harness the power of our public dollars to create good jobs and healthy […]

Girls Who Venture is looking for law student legal volunteers.  Girls Who Venture explores and expands global knowledge on women entrepreneurship and the venture capital segment through education, research, knowledge dissemination, and facilitated collaboration, particularly in LAC and Africa. We run workshops with girls in these regions to provide them with an introduction to entrepreneurship and venture capital, and […]

We are often asked by students interested in public service work about the value of extracurricular involvement; while we cannot offer formal career counseling before October 15, we can help you make choices about extracurricular activities before then.

The Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Legal Advocacy and Representation Program currently seeks law school students interested in pursuing a part-time or full-time volunteer internship and have a demonstrated passion for public interest and immigrant rights work on behalf of Asian communities. The ideal candidate will be dedicated to social, racial, economic, and language […]

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston seeks an intern to assist with analyzing the legal basis for including a policy goal of “financial inclusion” for the payments system as well as the potential for financial inclusion to be a policy goal of the distribution and creation of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). This internship would […]

An independent clinical opportunity is available with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics for 2 students for the Fall 2021 semester. BerkShares, Inc. was founded in 2006 to issue a local currency in the Southern Berkshire region of Massachusetts. The paper currency is beautifully designed and printed on paper from Crane, Inc., which for years […]

An independent clinical opportunity is available with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics for 2 students for the Fall 2021 semester. BerkShares, Inc. was founded in 2006 to issue a local currency in the Southern Berkshire region of Massachusetts. The paper currency is beautifully designed and printed on paper from Crane, Inc., which for years […]

Although the vast majority of public interest employers will not begin to consider applications for post-graduate employment until the fall, we wanted to alert you to a few earlier deadlines of which we are currently aware.

Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law is an action laboratory guided by a vision of a healthier, more just society. We advance criminal justice reform through a public health lens. A few of our projects include creating a legal toolkit for defense attorneys facing drug-induced homicide cases, policy letters in support […]

Who We Are: Situated at the forefront of the national stage in the racial justice movement, Advancement Project National Office is a cutting edge, a no-holds-barred national nonprofit whose team members are dedicated to creating free and safe communities for people of color. From ending the school-to-prison pipeline to the fight to expand the right […]

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Los Angeles Solicitor’s Office seeks a law student extern for fall 2021. This position is open to 2L and 3L law students who seeking academic credit for their experience over the fall, possess an interest in protecting workers’ rights, and who have some coursework or other experience in labor and […]