Clinical and Pro Bono Programs

2021 SPO Panel

Calling all 1Ls, LLMs, and transfer students! Join students from all of our Student Practice Organizations (SPOs) to learn about how you can become involved in hands-on practice! Representatives from each SPO will speak about their work and the application process. Information about the SPOS can be found here: https://hls.harvard.edu/dept/clinical/student-practice-organizations-spos/

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For Students

For Clinical Faculty and Staff

For Outside Organizations

For Alumni

For Students

For Clinical Faculty and Staff

Clinical Staff Resource Center

Resources for Remote Clinical Teaching and Work

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For Alumni

For Attorneys and Supervisors

Clinical & Pro Bono Programs

In-House Clinics

Hands-On Learning

In-House Clinics

Hands-On Learning

There are 23 In-house clinics taught by 19 Clinical Professors of Law and more than 70 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 15 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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Explore the Clinics
COVID-19 Engagement at HLS OCP

Support your community

COVID-19 Engagement at HLS OCP

Support your community
Connect to Resources
Connect to Resources
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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Explore the Program
Student Practice Organizations

Gain practical legal experience for pro bono credit

Student 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.
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Explore the SPOs

Clinical Spotlight

Court Issues Ruling Aligned with Amicus Brief Submitted by HLS Professors Protecting the Rights of Asylum Seekers During the Global Pandemic

September 27, 2021

Via Human Rights@Harvard Law On September 16, a U.S. District Judge granted a preliminary injunction against expulsion of migrant families without any hearing, in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others. Previously, the Trump administration had invoked a public health law, Title 42, section 265, as a substitute measure to deport […]

CHLPI welcomes three clinical fellows to the team

September 27, 2021

Via CHLPI Blog The Health Law and Policy Clinic is pleased to welcome three new Clinical Fellows, Suzanne Davies, Julia Harvey, Erin McCrady. Suzanne Daviessudavies@law.harvard.edu, 617.384.0118 Suzanne joined the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation in September 2021 as a Clinical Fellow in the Health Law and Policy Clinic. She received her JD in 2020 […]

“We need justice and freedom:” Advocating for the rights of medical abuse survivors through the ICDC Project

September 27, 2021

Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Blog On September 16th, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic and the HLS Immigration Project, in collaboration with Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, and South Georgia Immigrant Support Network, released a report, titled Violence and Violation: Exposing medical abuse of immigrants detained at the Irwin County Detention […]

Is democracy in peril?

September 27, 2021

Via Harvard Law Today By Brett Milano The state of American democracy will be examined in a lecture series, “Democracy,” which had its first session this week and will continue through the fall and spring. Organized by Ruth Greenwood, the director of HLS’ Election Law Clinic, the series will feature virtual discussions by leading legal and […]