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.
During the Harvard Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law’s annual Harvard Sports Law Symposium, four students were celebrated for their contributions and dedication to the sports law community. Ian Malesiewski ’25, Michael Poirier ’25, and Matisse Rogers ’25 received the Weiler Scholar Awards, and Alex Geyelin ’25 received the Weiler Writing Award. Each recipient has participated
April 22, 2025
The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP) extends a warm welcome to Sirrah Harris Dobbert, who has joined the team as the Director of Externships. Sirrah joins Harvard Law School after over ten years at the New York Legal Assistance Group, where she was Project Director and Supervising Attorney at the organization’s Mobile
April 17, 2025
“Through the Sports Law Clinic, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Detroit, Michigan, and work for the Detroit Pistons legal and business affairs team during the January Term.”
April 16, 2025
The O Centro case showed you don’t have to be a large, mainstream faith group to win a case under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act or laws like it — and that’s still true today, said Josh McDaniel, faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Religious Freedom Clinic.
April 16, 2025
Some states have found their own voting rights acts a useful tool to shore up protections for voters of color, said Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a professor at Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic who has studied this issue.
April 16, 2025
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) and The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN), with support from the Global Methane Hub (GMH), are presenting two new papers on how Mexico and Ecuador can reduce methane emissions and improve food security with stronger legislation to support food recovery.
April 15, 2025
“The sum effect (of GRAS) is a food supply that is increasingly unsafe and unhealthy,” wrote study author Emily Broad Leib, director of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation and founding director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic.
April 15, 2025
