Clinical Opportunity for Collaborative, Community-Based Transactional Work

We have extended the application deadline and applications to the Community Enterprise Project are now due by Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Applications Due April 20, 2016

The Community Enterprise Project (offered in both the fall and spring semesters) is a by-application division of the Transactional Law Clinics in which students engage in both direct client representation and community economic development. In addition to representing clients located near the Legal Services Center at Harvard Law School on transactional matters, CEP students work in small groups to connect with community organizations, identify organizational and community legal needs, and develop comprehensive strategies to address those needs while gaining valuable, real-world transactional law experience in a community setting.

Students should apply by April 20, regardless of which semester (fall or spring) they are applying for.

To get a better sense of the kinds of projects students in CEP undertake, check out the stories below from the OCP blog:

• Creating opportunities through the Community Enterprise Project
• Harvard Law’s Community Enterprise Project heads to Oakland, forges partnership with Sustainable Economies Law Center
• Community Enterprise Project concludes milestone semester
• TLC’s Community Enterprise Project welcomes young hip-hop artists to Harvard Law School

To apply to CEP, please submit a statement of interest (no more than 200 words) and resume.

Please note that CEP students must commit to spending at least half of their clinical hours on Wednesdays and/or Thursdays at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School in Jamaica Plain.

CEP applications should be addressed to Brian Price and Amanda Kool and submitted via e-mail to clinical@law.harvard.edu. 

If accepted, students will register for 4 or 5 clinical credits through the Transactional Law Clinics and 2 course credits for the associated clinical seminar. Continuing TLC students may take CEP for 3, 4, or 5 clinical credits and do not need to register in the associated clinical seminar.