Clinical and Pro Bono Programs

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Clinical and Pro Bono Programs

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Clinical & Pro Bono Programs

In-House Clinics

Hands-On Learning

In-House Clinics

Hands-On Learning

There are 21 In-house clinics taught by 22 Clinical Professors of Law and more than 60 Clinical Instructors and Lecturers on Law. Each clinic is tied to a classroom component, in which clinical experiences supplement and contribute to further discussion.
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Externship Clinics

Hundreds of placements

Externship Clinics

Hundreds of placements

There are 13 Externships taught by faculty and experienced attorneys who are experts in their field. Students are placed at government agencies and organizations across the U.S. and supplement that experience through a required course component.
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Independent
Clinical Program

Set up your own clinical placement

Independent
Clinical Program

Set up your own clinical placement

The Independent Clinical Program is designed to provide students an opportunity to be entrepreneurial and design a custom placement - in U.S. and abroad - that will meet their individualized learning goals.
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Advanced
Clinical Program

Continue your clinical work into a new semester

Advanced
Clinical Program

Continue your clinical work into a new semester

With approval of the clinic, the Advanced Clinical Program allows a student to continue their clinical work into subsequent semesters and across academic years.
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Student Practice Organizations

Ability to gain practical legal experience for pro bono credit only

Student Practice Organizations

Ability to gain practical legal experience for pro bono credit only

While students do not receive academic credit for participating in SPOs, their hours can count towards the 50-hour pro bono graduation requirement starting first day of classes, 1L year.
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Explore the SPOs
Accessibility Resources

For Clinical and SPO Students

Accessibility Resources

For Clinical and SPO Students

Harvard Law School is committed to the full inclusion of students with disabilities in the life of the University. Students who need accessibility resources in order to participate in clinics and student practice organizations should contact the Dean of Students Office.
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Clinical Spotlight

HIRC students win deportation relief for East African man

March 31, 2020

via HIRC blog Though Massachusetts is far from the Southern border, many immigrants are still detained across the state. Until recently, one of those detainees was John*, a man who was tortured in his home country in East Africa. John ended up in detention because certain criminal convictions triggered the deportation process and eventually led […]

Emily Broad Leib talks Food Law and COVID-19

March 31, 2020

via Food Tank Today on “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Emily Broad Leib, Clinical Professor at Harvard Law School & Director of Harvard Law School’s Food Law & Policy Clinic, about protecting and promoting better wages for food workers in the COVID-19 crisis. “If part of what comes from this is that we […]

Cravath Fellows pursue research and independent clinicals around the world

March 25, 2020

via Harvard Law Today by Audrey Kunycky In 2020, 12 Harvard Law School students were selected as Cravath International Fellows. During Winter Term, they traveled to 12 countries and jurisdictions to pursue independent clinical placements or research projects with an international, transnational, or comparative law focus. Four of these students describe their experiences. Bryce Burgwyn […]

Expect More Litigation Over IRS Penalty Approval Rules

March 25, 2020

via Bloomberg Tax by Aysha Bagchi Courts are likely to continue examining a requirement that IRS employees get their boss to OK penalty decisions before they are presented to taxpayers, even after the U.S. Tax Court issued a recent string of opinions addressing the issue. The Tax Court’s 2017 ruling in Graev v. Commissioner interpreted tax code Section […]