Research Programs and Centers
By Topic
Credit: Martha Stewart
Harvard Law School’s research programs and centers produce cutting-edge work in a wide range of fields and disciplines while providing students with valuable research and clinical opportunities and the chance to work directly with faculty members on projects at the cores of their scholarly agendas.
See an Alphabetical Listing of all research programs and centers.
Contracts, Torts, and Property
- Foundations of Private Law
- John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business
- Systemic Justice Project
Corporate Governance, Business, and Finance
- Center on the Legal Profession
- The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
- John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business
- Program on Corporate Governance
- Program on Institutional Investors
- Program on International Financial Systems
- Tax Law Program
Criminal Law, Terrorism, and National Security
- Access to Justice Lab
- Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice
- Institute to End Mass Incarceration
- John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business
- Program on International Law and Armed Conflict
Employment and Labor
Environmental Law
- Animal Law & Policy Program
- Environmental & Energy Law Program
- The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
- John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business
Family, Gender, and Children
Human Rights and Civil Rights
- Access to Justice Lab
- Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice
- Child Advocacy Program
- Harvard Law School Project on Disability
- Human Rights Program
- Institute to End Mass Incarceration
- Program on International Law and Armed Conflict
- Systemic Justice Project
Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business
- Petrie-Flom Center: Health Law, Biotech and Bioethics
International, Comparative, and Foreign Law
- Animal Law & Policy Program
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- Center on the Legal Profession
- East Asian Legal Studies
- The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
- Environmental & Energy Law Program
- Foundations of Private Law
- Harvard Law School Project on Disability
- Human Rights Program
- Institute for Global Law and Policy
- Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
- Petrie-Flom Center: Health Law, Biotech and Bioethics
- Program in Islamic Law
- Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies
- Program on International Financial Systems
- Program on International Law and Armed Conflict
- Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World
- Tax Law Program
Legal Profession, Practice, and History
- Center on the Legal Profession
- East Asian Legal Studies
- The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
- Executive Education
- Foundations of Private Law
- Harvard Initiative on Law and Philosophy
- Systemic Justice Project