Student Voices

Last week, you learned about the HLS dorms. This week, we’re featuring a unique housing opportunity at HLS: serving as a residential advisor for undergraduate students at Harvard College. All residential advisors at Harvard College are graduate students, known as “proctors” for first-year students and “tutors” in the twelve undergraduate Houses (where sophomores, juniors, and seniors live).

Over the coming weeks, we’re going to feature some of the places you can live while you are at Harvard Law School. First up: the on-campus dorms. HLS dorm options include Hastings Hall (one- and two-bedrooms), North Hall (singles), the “Woodframes” houses, or the Gropius Complex (singles).

Current students Reiley and Katie traveled to Utah last month to meet with students at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Read about their trip, and their reflections on supporting Latter-day Saint women aspiring to Harvard Law School.

"Every time I speak with prospective HLS students, I offer the same piece of advice: look up every once in a while. It’s so easy to get completely caught up in reading, studying, journals, clubs, etc., but I think it’s vital to set all of that aside every once in a while and appreciate what an enormous privilege it is to be at HLS."

The Harvard Association for Law and Business (HALB) recently went to Tokyo, Japan on their third annual International Trek. We sat down with Ope Adebanjo '20, Genevieve Antono '21, Leo Ding '20, Elizabeth Ferrie '19 and Caroline Shinkle '20 to learn more about their trip.

We spoke with 3L J.P. about his path to HLS, his passion for tech, and the law and technology resources available at Harvard Law.

Rising 2L Sheridan Cunningham shares their perspective on working with the Prison Legal Assistance Program (PLAP), one of the Student Practice Organizations (SPOs) at HLS.

Rising 2L Kenneth Pearson reflects on the size of Harvard Law School and how that impacted his first year experience.

Ashley Maiolatesi reflects on her experience transferring to HLS and jumping right into the public interest community.

For another inside look at the transfer admissions process, we spoke with 2L James about joining the Harvard Law Review.

Considering applying to Harvard Law as a transfer student? We recently spoke with 3Ls Sophie and Matt to hear their advice for prospective transfer students.

"Morehouse surrounded me with role models who could point me down the paths I should take in order to chart my own path to HLS."

As I look back on my three years, my involvement with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) has without a doubt been one of the most rewarding parts of my law school career.

At HLS we have a community of current students and alumni who have participated in the SEO Law Fellowship, a program that gives students of color the opportunity to work at a top law firm during the summer before law school.

You wouldn’t know it from looking at them, but West Point and Harvard Law School have a good deal in common.

Here are some of the considerations I took into account when coming to HLS, and some of the awesome things I discovered about the Cambridge/Boston area since moving here.

I still remember my first visit to Harvard, for Admitted Students Weekend, and the many factors I was considering when deciding between law schools. One of the most important was whether I’d feel comfortable at HLS.

This fall, you met our Admissions Fellows — current HLS students who work with our office on campus tours, recruitment events in Boston/Cambridge, and Admitted Student Weekends. We have recently welcomed a new class of Fellows to join the team, and want to introduce them to you below! As always, if you have any questions […]

Hailing from all services and both the officer and enlisted ranks, veterans form an important and growing community at Harvard Law. In particular, the number of former enlisted students at HLS has grown significantly over the last few years.