An HLS study found death penalty cases in Harris County were affected by racial bias, overly aggressive prosecutions and inadequate representation for poor defendants. Three death-row inmates in Harris County have been exonerated.

Sign-up to for this webinar hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice that provides an overview of their internship programs. 1Ls are particularly encouraged to attend.

It’s too soon, in cultural terms, for the court to rule definitively on the subtle issue of transgender rights, which poses powerful equality claims against society’s deeply ingrained male-female gender binaries.

Lee DiFilippo earned hefty paychecks for 13 years as a corporate attorney, but it wasn’t enough. Following her passion and joining a growing movement across the country, DiFilippo now runs a nonprofit law firm in Austin—DiFilippo Holistic Law Center—to serve people who make too much money to qualify for legal aid, but too little to afford a traditional lawyer.

Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez finds his passion and fulfillment working at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, one of the School’s clinical programs and the oldest student-run organization in the United States.

Three nations, all from Africa, have announced that they will no longer work with the International Criminal Court, intensifying a longstanding debate over whether it is biased against the continent.

Learn ways to identify a school that prepares law students for international legal careers, whether their dream job is to be a human rights lawyer that pursues justice for victims of war crimes, or an in-house attorney at a multinational firm.

Representatives from NASA, Space Systems Loral, and SpaceX discussed the future of laws governing outer space during a panel at Harvard Law School.

As public support for the death penalty continues to decline, the signs of capital punishment’s impending demise are all around.

The Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights recently selected 13 students to participate in the inaugural Human Rights Studies Working Group, which will expose students to resources at Harvard and beyond that focus on human rights work.

Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants says the courts are taking steps to study and address Massachusetts' high racial disparity in incarceration rates.

The sister-and-brother team of Carol S. Steiker ’82, J.D. ’86, RI ’11, and Jordan M. Steiker, J.D. ’88 work to change how America thinks about capital punishment.

Mary T.W. Robinson, former president of Ireland and current United Nations Special Envoy on El Niño and Climate, spoke about the need for international policies promoting sustainability at a discussion at Harvard Law School on Thursday evening.

Applications are now being accepted for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Summer Intern Program. Apply Now!

Each year, Harvard Defenders selects three law students to serve as full-time Litman Fellows. Fellows have the unique opportunity to handle all their own cases, which involves interacting with clients, interviewing them in preparation for hearings, and conducting extensive investigations, which often entail meeting with witnesses and police officers. In addition, Fellows develop their own litigation strategies and ultimately present their cases to clerk magistrates in the Boston area’s criminal courts.

Florida's Supreme Court rules in favor of severe restrictions to the use of the death penalty in Florida, a state which ranks fourth in the country in total number of executions in the last 40 years.

Jake Howard did not follow what most would call a conventional path to the law. In many ways, that’s exactly what has made his story such an interesting one.

After trading his slacks and tie for boots and a uniform, Nathan Williams ’18, a cadet once more, gained a different kind of education.

Applications are due Monday, October 17, 2016. See full posting here.

Some Big Law baby boomers pursue pro bono opportunities instead of retiring because they still love practicing law.

Are you going into public interest? And/or is your employer not covering the cost of bar prep materials? Check out all of the bar prep programs when they are on campus October 24-26, so that you can think about which course you genuinely want to take. AND if you have made a deposit or a commitment, please contact Olivia Warren!