Administrative Updates

Applications for the 2021-2022 International Legal Studies Post-Graduate Fellowships are due to International Legal Studies by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 19, 2021. These fellowships are designed to improve participants’ understanding of international and/or transnational law by supporting graduating HLS students or recent J.D. or LL.M. graduates who will be clerking or interning at an international or foreign regional/supranational court or tribunal in 2021-2022.

There will be an information meeting on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 and May 19, 2021 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. via Zoom for all students who are planning to register for the Fall 2021 Trial Advocacy Workshop. All students interested in learning about this course or possibly enrolling in the future are welcome to attend. At the meeting, Professor Dehlia Umunna will discuss what you need to do to be prepared for Fall TAW. To obtain the zoom link for this meeting or if you have any questions, please contact Kekely Dansouh at kdansouh@law.harvard.edu.

Professor Mike Schmitt is Professor of International Law at the University of Reading, the Charles H. Stockton Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the US Naval War College, the G. Lieber Norman Lieber Distinguished Scholar at West Point, and a Senior Fellow at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence. He has previously been on the faculty of Durham University and the University of Exeter in the UK and was Dean of the Marshall Center for Security Studies in Germany.

The Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP) is now accepting applications for its 2021 Summer Student Attorney Program. Why work at PLAP this summer? Here are just a few reasons: At PLAP, you will take the lead on your own cases and directly represent clients in prison disciplinary, parole, and classification hearings. You will interview […]

Join the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic for an information session on Monday, April 12th from 12-1 pm EST. Come speak with Acting Director Shaun Goho, Clinical Instructor Aladdine Joroff, and the Clinic’s Fellows and students about fantastic and diverse opportunities to work on ground-breaking environmental and energy projects. Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3wjdlrz

The Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) seeks a summer intern for a project exploring the intersection of tech and dispute resolution.

The Crimmigration Clinic is a by-application clinic that will be offered in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.  Applications are due by April 30, 2021. Join us for an information session on Tuesday, April 20 at 12pm EST – Register in advance for this meeting: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvdeCtpjsjE9PlS3zuNx_6nuTC7TSLoOLY In the Crimmigration Clinic students work on cutting-edge issues regarding […]

Prof. Lvovsky is seeking one or more research assistants for a new project on contemporary debates about police reform. RAs will be tasked with writing research memos on leading proposals for reform and critiques of their limitations, based on both academic sources and mainstream media. If interested, please submit your CV, transcript, and a short statement of interest to Ms. Susan Smith (ssmith@law.harvard.edu).

Make The Road New York is looking for bilingual (Spanish) law student to help remotely screen and prepare first-time DACA applicants. Tasks would involve: -virtual DACA screenings of first time applicants -document review and communication with DACA eligible folks over missing documentation -assisting in form completion during vitual clinic appointments -reviewing and organizing completed applications […]

Professor Deborah Anker, is seeking research assistants to work on the newest edition of her treatise, Law of Asylum in the United States. The treatise is updated yearly and is a leading resource on U.S. asylum law. This is a great opportunity for students to perfect their legal research and writing skills and develop a deep understanding of U.S. and international asylum law. The position will take place during the summer and during the fall semester, with an orientation session after spring semester exams. Current 1Ls are encouraged to apply

Students with questions about health insurance should contact Member Services directly at mservices@huhs.harvard.edu. Healthcare Coverage When Traveling To avoid higher our-of-pocket costs when traveling, familiarize  yourself with your plan benefits. Learn more about coverage when traveling. Mail Order Prescriptions The Student Health Insurance Plan is now offering a mail order for prescriptions drugs. Learn more […]

Government Lawyer: U.S. Attorney Clinic Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 (4 or 5 clinical credits) This is a by-application clinic, offered once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester. The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs will be hosting an information session for the clinic on Thursday, April 8 from 12-1 […]

Richard’s expertise lies at the intersection of international law, international institutions, and management practices. His research covers the areas of public international law, international criminal law, the law of international organisations, socio-legal and critical theory, and Third World Approaches to International Law. Richard’s current research investigates management’s discursive effects vis-à-vis target populations such as ICC victims and how management as a body of techniques combine with law and institutions to make global justice govern atrocities and other global challenges.

RAs to work on projects related to the legal history of American capitalism and its present-day implications.

John M. Olin AY21 Fellowships in Law and Economics and Social Sciences

Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute seeks a student research assistant (RA) to help with the work of the Initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery. This research project will focus primarily on legacies of slavery on campus during the era of segregation.

The Initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery seeks a current Harvard student to serve as a research assistant (RAs) in support of the Presidential Committee’s research.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now accepting applications from 2L and 3L law students for its 2021 Fall Legal Externship (Unpaid) Program in our Washington DC office. The externships start in August 2021 and end in November 2021, the start and end dates may be flexible. Apply here by April 8, 2021. See our tips on the application process and printable […]

International Legal Studies (ILS) is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 International Legal Studies Post-Graduate Fellowships, designed to support graduating HLS students or recent J.D. or LL.M. graduates who will be clerking or internin at an international or foreign regional/supranational court or tribunal in 2021-2022. The application deadline is April 19, 2021.

Boyd van Dijk is a McKenzie Fellow at the Melbourne Law School (MLS). He taught previously at the London School of Economics, King's College London, Queen Mary, and the University of Amsterdam. His research and teaching interests focus on the history and theory of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and international criminal law. He will present his forthcoming book, Preparing for War, that will be published by Oxford University Press in late 2021. It provides a new revisionist history of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the most important rules ever formulated for armed conflict.