Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
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Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
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Clinical & Pro Bono Programs
Clinical & Pro Bono Programs
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In-House Clinics
Hands-On Learning
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Hands-On Learning
There are 18 In-house clinics taught by 17 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
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Hundreds of placements
There are 12 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 -
Independent
Clinical ProgramSet up your own clinical placement
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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
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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
Ability to gain practical legal experience for pro bono credit only
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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.Explore the SPOs -
Accessibility Resources
For Clinical and SPO Students
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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.Connect to Resources
Clinical Spotlight
Clinical Spotlight
What’s the Deal with Transparency in Science? The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic filed multi-disciplinary comment letters challenging EPA’s scientific “transparency” rule
By: Lynne Dzubow, Clinical Fellow The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic (EL&PC) submitted two sets of comments in August 2018 challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule on scientific “transparency” in its decision-making. While transparency is a laudable goal, EPA’s rule would wrongly limit—not clarify or expand—the pool of scientific and medical knowledge […]
A Win for Criminal Defendants at the U.S. Supreme Court
By: Dalia Deak J.D. ’19 On February 27, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court restored the appeal rights of Mr. Gilberto Garza, Jr., and other criminal defendants like him. In a 6-3 opinion, the Court found that Mr. Garza’s defense attorney had improperly forfeited his appeal in violation of Mr. Garza’s constitutional rights — even […]
The Trump Administration’s Wonderland View of Transparency: Is an Agency’s FOIA Process Still Transparent if an Information Request Goes Nowhere?
By: Lynne Dzubow, Clinical Fellow On January 29, 2019, the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic (EL&PC) submitted comments challenging the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) proposed changes to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations. Consistent with the Trump Administration’s upside-down view of transparency, DOI proposed on December 28, 2018, various changes to its […]
Consulting in the Law
By: Julia Nitsche, J.D. ’19 Over the course of my three semesters with the Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), I have worked on numerous projects, from state technical assistance, to the Farm Bill, to international food waste regulations. All of them presented their unique sets of interesting challenges, and I feel like I […]
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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