The Employment Law Clinic focuses on rights in the workplace, with a particular emphasis on state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on race, sex, disability, and other protected characteristics. Work may also address issues such as unemployment benefits, wage and hour claims, severance negotiations, union issues, workplace safety, and more.
Externships include placements with nonprofit and governmental organizations such as:
- U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
- Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
- The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
- Greater Boston Legal Services
How to Register
The Employment Law Clinic is offered in the Fall and Spring semesters. You can learn about the required clinical course component, clinical credits and the clinical registration process by reading the course catalog description and exploring the links in this section.
Meet the Instructor
Steve Churchill
Director; Lecturer on Law
Mr. Churchill is a public-interest lawyer who has been handling employment law cases for close to 30 years. He is a co-founder and principal of Fair Work, P.C., a public-interest law firm that represents workers in individual and class action litigation. Prior to launching Fair Work, he was a partner at Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., where he represented workers in individual and class action cases in Massachusetts and beyond. Before that, he was a partner at another Boston law firm and directed the Employment Civil Rights Clinic at the Legal Services Center of HLS. He is a board member of Lawyers for Civil Rights, and a co-founder and board member of Fair Employment Project, Inc., a non-profit that seeks to deliver legal information and resources to victims of workplace discrimination.While a student at HLS, he served as Executive Director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.