Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP)
Wasserstein Hall, Suite 3085
6 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Clinics give students hands-on legal experience under the supervision of attorneys. With clinical placements in-house and at organizations across the country, and the opportunity for students to create their own independent placements, HLS students participate in more clinical placements than any law school in the world.
Clinics are open to 2L, 3L, and LL.M. students. Each clinic is tied to a classroom component: students receive clinical credit for their legal practice in clinics and academic credit for the course component. In addition, most clinics allow students to fulfill HLS’s 50 hours pro bono graduation requirement.
"In the military, I found months of training in the U.S. could never replicate the reality of an operational environment while deployed abroad, whether in Afghanistan, West Africa, or Europe. My experience with LSC indicates lawyering is no different."
October 2, 2023
"In the Housing Clinic, the law is tangible," writes Melissa Morgan'24.
September 29, 2023
This September, John Fitzpatrick ‘87 celebrates 25 years as senior clinical instructor at the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP). Throughout his tenure, Fitzpatrick has trained thousands of students to represent people incarcerated in Massachusetts prisons. Fitzpatrick’s tenacity, clear-sightedness, and dedication to pursuing justice for PLAP’s clients have left an indelible mark on his students,
September 25, 2023
Climate change likely to make water more difficult to obtain for poor residents, according to Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic
September 21, 2023
In the Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic, the law is used as one of many tools for supporting communities working to bring about the end of mass incarceration.
September 19, 2023
Sturges reflects on how the clinic brought him to his current role at the Clean Air Task Force.
September 8, 2023
Harvard Law’s Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, Entertainment Law Clinic, and Community Enterprise Project make a difference for community members in Boston and beyond.
September 7, 2023
