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Stephanie Goldenhersh, Elizabeth Tuttle Newman, Erin Hegarty, and Jacob Chin pose for a photo in front of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

Family defense in the community

September 26, 2024

HLAB aims to change the dynamic between DCF and families by educating mandated reporters…

Clinic Stories, Clinical Spotlight

'A lot of progress can be made by seeking to become better listeners'

June 12, 2024

Alumni Profiles, Clinic Stories

Susana Arteta.

‘She raised us all as future legal aid lawyers’

April 23, 2024

Clinic Stories, Clinical Spotlight

Meet the volunteer lawyers trying to protect Boston tenants from eviction

April 18, 2024

Clinic Stories, In the News

'Even my most stressful days are deeply fulfilling'

November 3, 2023

Alumni Profiles, Clinic Stories

A woman stands outside court with a briefcase

Former HLAB President Suzanna Bobadilla ’23 reflects on her time in law school & on becoming an advocate for workers’ rights

May 9, 2023

Clinic Stories, Clinical Student Voices

Skadden Fellows pose and smile in a hallway

4 Skadden Fellows selected from Class of 2023, all clinic alumni

March 29, 2023

Clinical Student Voices

Helping parents know their legal rights

March 23, 2023

Clinical Spotlight

HLAB wins judgment against Mass. painting & construction company for recurring wage theft

February 22, 2023

Legal & Policy Work

HLAB students stand in front of a yellow house

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau 2023-2024: Board and Recruitment

February 17, 2023

Clinical Announcements, Updates

A moment of truth for the Housing Court

February 16, 2023

Clinical Voices

woman holds up a protest sign

An old playbook helps tenants stay housed, at least in the short term

December 1, 2022

'I'm at my wit's end': Welcome to the underbelly of the region's housing crisis

November 16, 2022

Slavin v. Lewis Amicus Brief Project: Housing Clinic Students Step Up In Solidarity with Tenants and Survivors of Abuse

August 10, 2022

Clinical Spotlight, Clinical Student Voices, Updates

Joining the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) as a Transfer Student

May 26, 2022

Clinical Student Voices

Liz Butterworth ‘22 honored with the Gants Access to Justice Award

May 17, 2022

Clinical Spotlight, Updates

HLAB's Stephanie Goldenhersh honored as Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Top Woman of Law

January 14, 2022

Harvard Law School clinics redouble efforts to assist after eviction moratorium’s end

September 15, 2021

Legal & Policy Work

Eviction moratorium’s end could cause homelessness or housing insecurity for ‘millions of families’

August 3, 2021

Clinical Spotlight, Clinical Voices

Jeremy Ravinsky receives 2020 Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Award

May 20, 2020

Clinical Announcements, Uncategorized OCP

Eloise Lawrence named assistant clinical professor of law and deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

February 6, 2020

Clinical Announcements

Where a Lawyer Makes All the Difference – And Only One Side Has One: Adjartey and the Urgent Need for Court Reform and a Right to Counsel in Eviction Cases

December 2, 2019

Clinical Voices, In the News, Legal & Policy Work

Questions the Democratic Presidential Candidates Haven’t Been Asked

October 15, 2019

Harvard Law School’s ‘outstanding’ housing rights advocacy work honored by Boston Bar Association

October 4, 2019

Clinical Spotlight, Legal & Policy Work

Tenants Pushed Out as Developers Buy Single-Room-Occupancy Properties

August 27, 2019

Harvard Law School clinicians testify on legislation supporting tenants in eviction cases

July 25, 2019

In the News, Legal & Policy Work

Real Estate Boom Threatens Rooming Houses At The Bottom Of The Housing Market

July 1, 2019

All in a Day's Work

June 20, 2019

Legal & Policy Work

Emanuel Powell wins Gary Bellow Public Service Award

May 24, 2019

In the News, Pro Bono

Richard Barbecho wins the Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award

May 24, 2019

Liz Soltan, using law as a means to help people who need it most

May 24, 2019

Employees entitled to fees under Wage Act settlement

March 11, 2019

Uncategorized OCP

‘They’re representing individuals who are in need’

March 8, 2019

Harvard Law Student Gets Landmark Win At Mass. Top Court

February 21, 2019

In the News, Legal & Policy Work

Mass. Top Court Sets Standard For Atty Fees In Wage Suits

February 20, 2019

In the News, Legal & Policy Work

Shortchanged Workers Demand Attorneys’ Fees and a Fair Test for Determining Prevailing Party Status

January 16, 2019

Legal & Policy Work

Clinical Professor Esme Caramello Honored as one the 2018 Top Women of Law

October 19, 2018

Clinical Announcements

An Unusual Coalition in Boston Helps Save Homes from Foreclosure

September 12, 2018

Welcome Lyonel Jean-Pierre Jr.

August 2, 2018

Clinical Announcements

Stacking the Docket for Boston Workers

July 23, 2018

In the News, Legal & Policy Work

Cassie Chambers’ (JD ’15) work led to the passage of Jeanette’s Law in Kentucky

June 7, 2018

Clinical Student Voices, In the News

Native leader, legal beacon

November 20, 2017

Clinical Spotlight

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau: Fight Trump’s Threat to Defund the Legal Services Corporation

September 22, 2017

Clinical Spotlight

Erika Johnson ’17 wins David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award

May 16, 2017

Clinical Announcements, Clinical Student Voices

With a path to law school shaped by hardship and doubt, Nguyên hopes to empower the powerless

May 10, 2017

How Two Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Student Attorneys Won an Unpaid Wages Case

April 18, 2017

Clinical Spotlight

HLAB Victory in Hague Convention & Divorce Cases

March 3, 2017

Clinical Spotlight

HLAB Student Wins Victory in Massachusetts’s Supreme Judicial Court

March 3, 2017

Clinical Spotlight

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau takes foreclosure fight to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

February 24, 2017

Clinical Spotlight, In the News

Going global

November 1, 2016

Clinical Spotlight, In the News

In lives of others, a compass for his own

September 2, 2016

Clinical Spotlight

A Warm Welcome to New Clinicians

August 1, 2016

Clinical Announcements

The David Grossman Memorial Lecture: Eviction, Displacement, and the Fight to Keep Communities Together

July 25, 2016

Community Lawyering for Change

May 9, 2016

Clinical Spotlight, Clinical Voices

Clinicians Celebrated at the 3rd International Women’s Day Exhibition

March 9, 2016

Clinical Spotlight

A shelter for homeless youth

November 10, 2015

Today HLAB Student Attorney argues before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

November 5, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

Chayes Fellows journey abroad to serve the public good

November 4, 2015

Clinical Spotlight, In the News

Interviews with the Bureau Community: Alumnus Jemel Derbali

September 2, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

Interviews with the Bureau Community: Clinical Instructor Stephanie Goldenhersh

September 1, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

Interviews with the Bureau Community: Student Attorney Courtney Lynch

August 31, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

Self-Care at the Bureau

August 28, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

A Tale of Two Student-Run Organizations

August 26, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

In Memoriam: David Grossman ’88, Clinical Professor and Lawyer for the Poor

July 16, 2015

Alumni Profiles

Former President of Harvard Legal Aid Bureau wins Echoing Green Fellowship

June 26, 2015

Chad Baker '15 wins Kaufman Pro Bono Award

May 25, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

Clinicians Celebrated at International Women’s Day Exhibition

March 4, 2015

Clinical Spotlight

Building the Wage and Hour Practice

December 23, 2014

Clinical Spotlight

Making a Commitment to Innovation

December 22, 2014

Clinical Spotlight

Fall Retreat 2014: A Dynasty Is Born?

December 19, 2014

Clinical Spotlight

New Policy Goes Only Partway in Helping Struggling Homeowners

December 16, 2014

Clinical Spotlight

Free legal advice worth a fortune to small business

November 19, 2014

Alumni Profiles

Fighting a "Strategy of Evictions"

November 12, 2014

Clinical Spotlight

Meet Two of HLAB's Newest Members

November 5, 2014

Clinical Voices

Learning about Holistic Representation

October 29, 2014

Clinical Spotlight

Interview with Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award Winner Mira Edmonds

October 21, 2014