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- Advertise a Job or Internship
- Recruit for a Job or Internship
- Host a Fellow
- Participate in OPIA's Mock Interview Program
Advertise a Job or Internship
AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Organizations can send either a link to a summer or post-grad opportunity on their website or a job description with application instructions as a PDF or Word doc to opia@law.harvard.edu.
We advertise paid and volunteer summer internships, as well as postgraduate positions through email and Helios, OPIA’s public interest job search database, which is searchable by all HLS students and alumni. If you would like to advertise a term-time internship, please contact the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs at clinical@law.harvard.edu.
REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE
Employers may also post job announcements on the PSJD database to reach law students and alumni from selected schools across the country.
Recruit for a Job or Internship
AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Public interest employers are encouraged to participate in Harvard Law School’s fall and spring on-campus recruiting programs. The Public Interest Interview Program (PIIP) is coordinated by OPIA in the fall; the Spring Interview Program (SIP) is coordinated by the Office of Career services. Our office will publicize your visit, however, to ensure that public service-minded students hear about it.
If you are interested in interviewing students on campus but are unable to participate in PIIP or SIP, we may be able to accommodate you with a resume collection program. Please contact Micah Nemiroff for more information at mnemiroff@law.harvard.edu.
Register for the Public Interest Interview Program (PIIP)
The Public Interest Interview Program (PIIP) is Harvard Law School’s fall on-campus interview program for 2L and 3L students seeking summer or post-graduate employment with non-profit organizations, public defenders, prosecutor offices, legal services organizations, government agencies, and private public interest law firms. The fall 2019 program will be held September 9-13, 2019 on the Harvard Law School campus.
To register, please complete our registration survey.
Should you have a hiring need but are unable to come to campus to participate in the program, we encourage you to complete the survey and register for a resume collection instead.
If you are unable to participate in the interview program, you may send job opportunities directly to us at opia@law.harvard.edu.
Please contact our office at opia@law.harvard.edu or (617) 495-3108 with any questions.
REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE
Consider representing your organization at the fall Equal Justice Works Career Fair for public interest employers. Students at any member law school may attend this recruitment event.
Employers interested in reaching a wider audience are invited to participate in the Massachusetts Law School Consortium’s Public Interest/Government Recruitment Programs (spring and fall).
Host a Fellow
OPIA administers these Harvard Law School funded fellowship opportunities for employers to host an HLS student:
Participate in OPIA's Mock Interview Program
Every fall, volunteers from public- and private-sector organizations come to campus to participate in a mock interview program aimed at preparing 1L students for the summer internship application process. Attorney volunteers conduct a series of twenty-minute interviews, followed by ten minutes of critique and feedback. We hope that you will consider participating in this valuable program. For more information, email Micah Nemiroff at mnemiroff@law.harvard.edu.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Non-Discrimination Policy
Harvard Law School is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law. The Law School has instituted these policies and certain procedures to ensure a safe and non-discriminatory environment and to meet legal requirements, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. All employers using the facilities and services of the career services offices must comply with these policies and procedures. Harvard Law School makes one exception to this policy. Under threat of loss of funding to the University resulting from the Solomon Amendment, the Law School has suspended the application of its non-discrimination policy to military recruiters. This exception to our policy does not in any way reflect acceptance of, or agreement with, discriminatory hiring practices.