Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
NOTICE: The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs is currently working remotely due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We are available M-F 9am-6pm. Please dial 617-495-5202 to reach our main line or e-mail clinical@law.harvard.edu.
Explore Resources For Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
3085 Wasserstein Hall (WCC)6 Everett StreetCambridge, MA02138Phone: 617-495-5202Fax: 617-496-2636Email: clinical@law.harvard.edu
featured-content
Texas Disaster Legal Help Volunteer Sign Ups
Texas Disaster Legal Help provides legal information to disaster survivors but also contains a pro bono portal – Simple Justice -to help mobilize pro bono student and attorney volunteers. This project is a joint effort between Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA), Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas (LANWT), and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) aimed at improving access to justice for disaster survivors. Eligible for HLS student pro bono credit.
Key Resources
Key Resources
Clinical & Pro Bono Programs
Clinical & Pro Bono Programs
-
In-House Clinics
Hands-On Learning
Explore the ClinicsIn-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.Explore the Clinics -
Externship Clinics
Hundreds of placements
Explore the ClinicsExternship 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.Explore the Clinics -
Connect to Resources
COVID-19 Engagement at HLS OCP
Support your community
-
Independent
Clinical ProgramSet up your own clinical placement
Explore the ProgramIndependent
Clinical ProgramSet 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.Explore the Program -
Advanced
Clinical ProgramContinue your clinical work into a new semester
Explore the ProgramAdvanced
Clinical ProgramContinue 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.Explore the Program -
Student Practice Organizations
Gain practical legal experience for pro bono credit
Explore the SPOsStudent Practice Organizations
Gain practical legal experience for pro bono credit
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.Explore the SPOs
Clinical Spotlight
Clinical Spotlight
Recap: Tenant Advocacy Project in Fall 2020
The Fall of 2020 saw the Tenant Advocacy Project busy with a variety of cases, community growth, and new 1L involvement in a remote environment. Learn more about the experiences of students and staff below:
Reflections On Working Remotely At The Tenant Advocacy Project
For almost a year, Attorney Dick Bauer has been the Clinical Instructor at the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP). Dick is a graduate of MIT and Northeastern University Law School. He has worked in legal services since 1982, including 30 years at Greater Boston Legal Services and since then at a number of other legal services […]
Litman Symposium 2021: Reimagining Criminal Justice: Reform and Abolition
by Grace Yuh Harvard Defenders hosted the 9th Annual Jack T. Litman Symposium on February 3rd, 2021. Directed by Mike Bliss J.D.’22 and Kimberly Quick J.D.’22 and moderated by Defenders President Mara Chin Loy J.D.’21, this year’s theme was Reimagining Criminal Justice: Reform and Abolition. Dr. Monica Bell, associate professor of law at Yale Law […]
Advocating for Housing as a Human Right with TAP
by Rachel Niegelberg J.D.’23 I entered law school this fall after ten years as a public school teacher in the New York public school system. Being an educator and working with students was the greatest privilege I’ve ever been afforded and my ultimate goal is to work towards a more equitable public education system. With […]
image-gallery
Student Life in the Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
Julian Spearchief Morris, the first Native American president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. Read Caption
Jin Kim '18 (right), a student with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, testified at a special hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on March 21, 2017, alongside fellow HIRC member, Malene Alleyne LL.M. '17 (left). Read Caption
Two Harvard Law clinicians and four students took part in negotiating the treaty banning nuclear weapons as partners of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which recently received the Nobel Peace Prize. Read Caption
Dayne Lee '17, at the Massachusetts State House with Eloise Lawrence (far right), clinical instructor in community lawyering and lecturer on law at HLS; and Elvitria Marroquin and one of her two sons. Lee argued on behalf of Marroquin, who has been fighting foreclosure on her home since 2008. Read Caption
Clinical students photographed at a courthouse. Read Caption
Lecturer on Law Rachel Viscomi ’01 (left) moderated the day’s first panel, “Dispute Systems Design: Expanding Horizons.” Panelists included Seanan Fong, HDS ’16, consultant and founder of Cylinder Project and a solo ombudsman to a major tech company; Stacie Nicole Smith, senior mediator and director of Workable Peace at the Consensus Building Institute; Stephan Sonnenberg ’06, faculty Member and clinic expert at the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law in Bhutan; and (not pictured) Joseph B. (Josh) Stulberg, Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Read Caption