Clinical Registration Center

Clinic selection for the 2025-2026 academic year will open on April 1, 2025. Find all the resources you need to decide which clinics are right for you and how to enroll on this page.

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Shing-Shing Cao ’24, Pablo Lozano ’23, and Farris Peale ’24 argued before the First Circuit in the Crimmigration Clinic.

J.D. students register for most clinics through Helios during the course and clinic selection period the spring of the year before.

In-House Clinics
Externship Clinics

Important Dates

  • 2025-2026 Clinic Selection Dates

    Clinic selection for the 2025-2026 academic year:

    • Opens on Tuesday, April 1 at 9 am
    • Closes on Thursday, April 3 at 5 pm
    • Results in Helios by Monday, April 7 at 5 pm
  • Fall 2025 Add/Drop Deadlines

    Externship Clinics Drop Deadline: August 11, 2025
    In-House Clinics Drop Deadline: August 22, 2025

    Final day to add or drop Fall, Fall-Winter, Fall – Spring clinics.
    Some clinics have earlier add/drop deadlines (for security clearance or pre-requisite reason); please check clinic descriptions for each clinic’s deadline.

  • Winter 2026 Add/Drop Deadline

    General Clinics Drop Deadline: October 24, 2025

    Final day to add or drop Winter and Winter-Spring clinics.
    Some clinics have earlier add/drop deadlines (for security clearance or pre-requisite reason); please check clinic descriptions for each clinic’s deadline.

  • Spring 2025 Add/Drop Deadlines

    Externship Clinics Drop Deadline: December 5, 2025
    In-House Clinics Drop Deadline: December 12, 2025

    Final day to add or drop Spring clinics.
    Some clinics have earlier add/drop deadlines (for security clearance or pre-requisite reason); please check clinic descriptions for each clinic’s deadline.Final day to add or drop Spring clinics.
    Some clinics have earlier add/drop deadlines (for security clearance or pre-requisite reason); please check clinic descriptions for each clinic’s deadline.

Upcoming Events

  • U.S. Attorney Clinic Information Session

    March 26, 2025
    12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

    Meet with director Alex Whiting of the Government Lawyer: U.S. Attorney Clinic to have your questions answered before 2025-2026 Clinic Selection opens on April 1. Register for the Zoom here! See the Clinical Registration Center for more information about 2025-2026 Clinic Selection.

  • Interested in Immigration? Clinical Open House at HIRCP

    March 26, 2025
    12:20 pm – 1:20 pm

    Are you interested in immigration? Find out more about the Crimmigration Clinic and the Immigration and Refugee Clinic at an open house on March 12 or 26, 12:20-1:20pm in the HIRCP suite, WCC 3013. Come chat with current students and clinicians and learn about our awesome community! Snacks provided. …

  • Transactional Law Clinics Clinical Registration Info Session

    March 26, 2025
    12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

    Are you interested in helping passionate entrepreneurs, nonprofit founders and creatives achieve their dreams? Are you considering (or even just curious) about a legal career outside of litigation? Please join the clinical instructors of the Transactional Law Clinics (“TLC”) for a lunchtime Information Session to learn more about TLC in…

  • Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic and Class Open House

    March 27, 2025
    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    The clinic co-directors, Judge John Cratsley (Retired) and Professor Barbara Berenson, welcome students interested in learning more about the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 clinic and seminar. Lunch will be available. For questions, please reach out to the co-directors at jcratsley@law.harvard.edu and barbara.f.berenson@gmail.com…

  • Clinic Open House: Food Law & Health Law and Policy

    March 27, 2025
    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    Come join the Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Health Law and Policy Clinic for an Open House on Thursday, March 27th. Students are invited to drop by our Clinic office suite at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) to learn more about the Food and…

  • Dispute Systems Design Clinic Open House

    March 27, 2025
    12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

    Students in the Dispute Systems Design Clinic work with organizations and communities who are committed to engaging conflict more effectively and equitably.  Because we believe that systems should be informed by the people they affect, the heart of our work is listening to and learning from stakeholders.  Informed by their…

  • Cyberlaw Clinic Open House

    March 27, 2025
    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    The Cyberlaw Clinic is Harvard Law School’s technology law and policy clinical program.  The Clinic offers pro bono legal services to clients at the intersection of technology and social justice.  HLS 2Ls and 3Ls enroll in the Clinic for credit and work under the supervision of experienced practitioners. The Cyberlaw…
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    Open House: Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic

    March 27, 2025
    12:20 pm – 1:20 pm

    Come speak with Faculty Director Andrew Mergen, Clinical Instructor Sommer Engels, Clinical Fellows Rosa Hayes and Shannon Nelson, and current Clinic students about the fantastic and diverse opportunities to expand your lawyering skills and substantive knowledge of environmental law through work on a variety of litigation, administrative, legislative, and policy…
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    Clinical Program Open House and Academic Advising Fair

    April 1, 2025
    11:30 am – 1:30 pm

    Please join us for the clinical program open house and academic advising fair. Clinical faculty and students from all 37 clinics will host tables so that rising 2Ls and 3Ls can learn more about each of our clinical offerings. Additionally, advisors from the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs,…
  • Image thumbnail for Election Law Clinic Open House

    Election Law Clinic Open House

    April 2, 2025
    12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Come drop in to chat with clinicians and current students about voting rights work and see if ELC is the right fit for you!…
Members of the Health Law & Policy Clinic participate in their weekly seminar.

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