This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Public Service Venture Fund, which serves to support HLS graduates’ public interest careers and amplify the impact of their work. Read more about the PSVF, its history, and how some alumni are using PSVF funds to build a better world.

We have added a couple of new elements to our weekly alumni digest to improve the navigation and to help you find the job opportunities you are interested in.

• We have added a new category in our job postings for remote jobs. You will find it at the end of the alumni digest, after international jobs.
• We have also added jump links to each job category at the top of the job postings, which will allow for easier navigation.

Dear Alums! 
 
Alumni Speak is a series of reflections from our public interest alumni. Periodically throughout the year, we share with students your thoughts on law school, life, jobs, and getting it all done with resilience, intentionality, and confidence.   

This series is a resounding success!  We hear from students that your messages come at just the right time to help them navigate the many challenging aspects of law school and career planning. 

Please help us build this series even further by sharing more wisdom!

• Work-Life Balance: How do you manage the demands of your job while having a life outside of work?  What are your strategies?  What advice do you have for a student who is focused on finding the right balance? 

• How I Got My First Post-Graduate Public Interest Job/Fellowship:  What would you say was the most important step to landing your first public interest job/fellowship (excluding clerkships)? Who or what helped you along the way?  How did you manage the search with demands of school/your current job and life?  

Please submit content through our Alumni Speak Survey. Please note that we may edit content slightly for format or style but will endeavor to maintain the spirit of your message.  As always, we are grateful for your support of OPIA and our students. Our public interest community has a strong history of paying it forward and we appreciate your help to guide the next generation of lawyers!

Below are events a part of the Life After Law School Series. Click on each one to learn more.

Looking for a small way to contribute to the public interest legacy at HLS and encourage the next generation of public interest lawyers? OPIA is excited to announce the creation of a social justice library, a space in our suite that we hope will inspire students and facilitate community-building among public interest-minded students and alumni.
Find out how you can help!

Asylum Access Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia At Harvard Law School, Ji Yoon spent two semesters in the International Human Rights Clinic, working on projects to…

Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights New Orleans, LA Haylie Jacobson will be working at the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (LCCR), the juvenile public defender…

National Immigrant Justice Center Chicago, IL Drew Heckman is a recent graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D.) and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P.).

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Boston, MA Erin will spend her fellowship year at Lawyers for Civil Rights (formerly Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and…

Dejusticia Bogotá, Colombia Erin will spend her fellowship year in Bogotá, Colombia with Dejusticia, a Colombian NGO and think tank that serves as a leader in…

Federal Public Defender Service for the District of Maine Portland, ME Grainne Dunne will spend her fellowship year at the Federal Public Defender for the…

ACLU of Massachusetts Boston, MA Rachel Davidson will spend her Sumner M. Redstone Fellowship at the ACLU of Massachusetts, where she will focus on First…

Native American Rights Fund Anchorage, AK Chloe Cotton will spend her fellowship year at the Native American Rights Fund, working in the field of voting…

Gender Justice St. Paul, MN Cici Coquillette has been awarded a PSVF Fellowship to work with Gender Justice in St. Paul, MN. Cici will be…

Eviction Defense Collaborative San Francisco, CA Before law school, Joey was a union organizer in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he successfully unionized medical…

Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center Washington, D.C. Elise Baranouski will be working at the MacArthur Justice Center’s Supreme Court & Appellate Program in Washington,…

Corporate Accountability Lab Chicago, IL As a Kaufman Fellow, Isabella will join the Corporate Accountability Lab in Chicago. She will work on a project regrading…

Mujeres en Busca de Justicia La Paz, Bolivia Fabiola will spend her fellowship year with Mujeres en Busca de Justicia (“MBJ”) in La Paz, Bolivia…

First Defense Legal Aid Chicago, IL Lyla Wasz-Piper was selected as the 2020-2021 Edith Fine Fellow. Lyla will spend her fellowship year at First Defense…

Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, CA Nathaniel Sobel has been awarded the Sumner M. Redstone Fellowship to work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation where he will…

EQUIS: Justicia Para las Mujeres Mexico City, Mexico Karen has been selected as a Harvard Public Service Venture Fund Kaufman Fellow. She will be joining…