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Class of 2020 Commencement Newsletter

OCP’s annual commencement newsletter features the clinical and pro bono work, insights, reflections, and accomplishments of graduating students during their time at Harvard Law School.

Class of 2020 in Action

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Disha Chaudhari LL.M.'20 (far right) presenting in Bangladesh in January 2020 on a trip with the International Human Rights Clinic. Credit: Emily Ray Read Caption

Dan Reis J.D.'20 on office hours duty at the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP) on HLS campus. Credit: Martha Stewart Read Caption

From left to right, Alev Erhan J.D.'21, Daniel Moubayed J.D.'20, and Shaiba Rather J.D.'21 at work at the International Human Right Clinic on HLS campus. Read Caption

Students at the Criminal Justice Institute meet with Clinical Professor Dehlia Umunna (top right) via Zoom. Counterclockwise from top left: Kennedi Williams-Libert J.D.'20, Leighton Watson J.D.'20, Grainne Dunne J.D.'20, Benjamin Gunning J.D.'20, and Lyla Wasz-Piper J.D.'20. Read Caption

Tianho He J.D.'20 (left) watching as Lyla Wasz-Piper J.D.'20 (right) takes a call from a parole client at the Prison Legal Assistance office on HLS campus. Credit: Martha Stewart Read Caption

Audrey Ortiz J.D.'21 (top left), Rupali Samuel LL.M.'20 (top right), Clinical Instructor Yee Htun (bottom left) and Minsun Cha J.D.'21 (bottom right) arriving at the Thai-Burma border. Read Caption

(From left) Harvard Legal Aid Bureau students Dennis Ojogho J.D.'21, Jason Colin J.D. '20, and Renee Perez J.D. '21 (far right) with their clients outside of Brooke Courthouse after a successful 8- day jury trial. Credit: Eloise Lawrence Read Caption

Advanced Seminar students at the International Human Rights Clinic with Clinical Professor Susan Farbstein (front row third from right). Read Caption

Oladeji Tiamiyu J.D.'20, Coleman Sanders J.D.'20, and Jenny Shim J.D.'20 in front of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program shield on HLS campus. Read Caption

Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV J.D.’81 (right) with Caitlin Hoeberlein J.D.’20 at the U.S. District Court in Boston. Credit: Tony Rinaldo Read Caption

Brooke Cohen J.D.’20 leaves Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ Office at One Bullfinch Place, Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Tony Rinaldo Read Caption

From left to right: Sydnee Robinson J.D.'20, Lucy Prather J.D.'20, and Daniel Sylvia J.D.'20 stand in front of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program shield on HLS campus. Read Caption

Harvard Defenders President Martina Tiku J.D'20 (left) and Executive Director Dara Jackson-Garrett J.D.'20 (right). Credit: Martha Stewart Read Caption

Students at the Tenant Advocacy Project meet during an Intake Review Committee meeting. From left to right: Lindsay Funk J.D.'20, Dan Reis J.D.'20, Jeremy Ravinsky J.D.'20, Stephanie Chen J.D.'19; Zoe Kemmerling J.D.'20, Nick Raskin J.D.'19; Caitlin Kearney J.D.'19. Credit: Liz Gyori Read Caption

Students at the Education Law Clinic at the Massachusetts State House. From left to right: Pantea Faed J.D.'20, Breanna Williams J.D.'20, Yurui Chen J.D.'20, and Maria Lewis M.Ed.'19. Read Caption

Rachel Ramirez Gants J.D. '20 (right) prepares for a hearing with the help of Rebecca Raftery J.D.'21 (left) at the Tenant Advocacy Project office on HLS campus. Credit: Betty Blake Read Caption

Eun Sung Yang J.D.'20 (left) and Ji Yoon Kang J.D.'20 (right) at the Workshop on Legal Framework on Prevention of Violence Against Women with the International Human Rights Clinic. Read Caption

Andrea Loera J.D.'21 (left) and Marcela Johnson J.D.'20 (right) with Senior Clinical Instructor John Salsberg at a Harvard Defenders' bi-weekly team meeting. Credit: Martha Stewart Read Caption

Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic students Sam Feigenbaum J.D.'20 (top left) and Jessica Ljustina J.D.'21 (bottom left) during their final call for their project with the New Hampshire Judiciary's Office of Mediation and Arbitration. They are joined by former HNMCP Clinical Instructor Heather Culp (far bottom) and Margaret Huang J.D.'19. Credit: Rachel Viscomi Read Caption

From left to right: Oliver Booth J.D.'21, Marla Blum J.D.'20, and Agnieszka Regiec LL.M.'20 stand in front of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program shield on HLS campus. Read Caption

Animal Law & Policy Clinic students and instructors discuss upcoming cases. From left, Kelley McGill J.D.’20, Brett Richey J.D. ’21, Clinic Director Katherine Meyer and Clinical Instructor Nicole Negowetti (in purple jacket). Credit: Martha Stewart Read Caption

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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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COVID-19 Engagement at HLS OCP

Support your community

COVID-19 Engagement at HLS OCP

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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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Explore the Program
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

Clinical Spotlight

A milestone in LGBT rights

June 23, 2020

by Brett Milano via Harvard Law Today While calling the United States Supreme Court’s ruling this week barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity “a massive, monumental, landmark decision,” Alexander Chen ’15, the founding director of Harvard Law School’s LBGTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, also warns that the struggle for LGBT rights is not yet won. In […]

Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and NCLR Release First-of-Its-Kind Comprehensive Legal Resource for Transgender Youth

June 23, 2020

via National Center for Lesbian Rights Today, the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic (HLAC) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights published a first-of-its-kind legal resource guide for transgender youth in the United States. The newly-released Trans Youth Handbook serves as a comprehensive legal resource guide that covers the rights of trans youth across a wide […]

For-Profit Colleges, Long Troubled, See Surge Amid Pandemic

June 23, 2020

By Sarah Butrymowicz and Meredith Kolodner via The New York Times In March, as colleges and universities shuttered campuses under a nationwide lockdown, Strayer University updated its website with a simple message: “Great things can happen at home.” Capella University, owned by the same company as Strayer, has run ads promoting its flexibility in “uncertain times” and promising […]

Supreme Court decision shielding DACA draws relief, celebration

June 23, 2020

by Colleen Walsh via The Harvard Gazette In a closely watched and hotly awaited ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly rejected the Trump’s administration’s move to end a program protecting young undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, shielding for now nearly 700,000 so-called Dreamers from deportation. The 5-4 decision on the Deferred Action […]