Deadline Extended – Election Law and Voting Rights, Spring 2018 Independent Clinical Opportunity

Update: Deadline Extended to 1/8/18 at 5PM

Please Note: Students who meet the initial deadline of 1/5/18 will not be effected by this extension.

Remote placements for 2 or 3 clinical credits with the following organizations*:

• ACLU Voting Rights Project
• Campaign Legal Center
• NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice
• Free Speech for People
• Equal Citizens (selected students would work with Professor Lessig)

Students who are interested in one (or more) of these placements should submit a resume and a short statement for each placement they would like to be considered for.  If you are interested in more than one placement, please include a list of your ranked preferences.  These materials should be submitted to the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Program (OCP) by January 5, 2018 January 8, 2018 at 5PM (clinical@law.harvard.edu).

OCP will send work with these organizations to select students, and will coordinate communication once decisions have been made.  Students who are selected to work with one of the organizations above will enroll in an Independent Clinical and will need to complete an Independent Clinical Application by January 12, 2018.  Independent Clinical requirements include a 15-page academic paper due at the end of the spring semester. Students will need to secure either Professor Charles Fried or Professor Larry Lessig as their faculty sponsor for the independent clinical.