Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP)
Wasserstein Hall, Suite 3085
6 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Clinics give students hands-on legal experience under the supervision of attorneys. With clinical placements in-house and at organizations across the country, and the opportunity for students to create their own independent placements, HLS students participate in more clinical placements than any law school in the world.
Clinics are open to 2L, 3L, and LL.M. students. Each clinic is tied to a classroom component: students receive clinical credit for their legal practice in clinics and academic credit for the course component. In addition, most clinics allow students to fulfill HLS’s 50 hours pro bono graduation requirement.
"The most transformative part of my legal education has been my time in the Crimmigration Clinic. It’s where I found how this area of law, an area I had not anticipated but now cannot imagine my individual practice not having."
April 10, 2025
Part of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, this clinic helps low-income taxpayers in dispute with the IRS and the state of Massachusetts.
April 10, 2025
Five faculty experts discuss differences and continuities in the U.S.’ approach to the global community.
April 10, 2025
As part of Harvard Law School’s annual pro bono spring break trip, a team traveled to North Carolina to provide legal aid to victims of Hurricane Helene
April 9, 2025
"The Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic is a warm and inviting place that does meaningful and impactful work," writes Ben Diamond'25.
April 2, 2025
Things will become more clear—for better or worse—when the Supreme Court announces its decision in United States v. Skrmetti. That case could establish that trans people are entitled no special legal protections whatsoever, meaning that the government would need only the barest excuse to discriminate on the basis of trans identity. “If Skrmetti goes that way,”
March 31, 2025
Deborah Lolai's Article "Out of the Closet, In on Bail" will be published in the forthcoming issue of the Harvard Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review.
March 25, 2025
