Harvard Law School Online welcomes learners from around the world, whether you are seeking to prepare for law school, deepen existing legal expertise, or satisfy a curiosity about the law and legal professions. Explore our online programs to find the right fit for you.
Pre-Law Programs
Future-L
Future-L is a collaboration between Harvard Law School and the National Education Equity Lab offering high school and rising college students opportunities to explore pathways to law school and a potential future career in law. Future-L provides an introduction to the United States legal system and the legal profession while demonstrating what skill sets students need to develop to become successful attorneys.
Zero-L
Developed by Harvard Law School and offered to learners around the world and law schools across the country, Zero-L is an online course designed to ensure all incoming students, whatever their backgrounds and previous areas of study, start with foundational legal knowledge that enables them to thrive in law school.
Professional and Lifelong Learning
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Equality: Race and Constitutional History
Taught by Professor Michael J. Klarman, the Charles Warren Professor of Legal History at Harvard Law School, this course collection examines race and the United States Constitution from the framing of the nation’s founding charter to the evolution of modern voting rights.
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Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers
Taught by Harvard Law School faculty, this Harvard Online course helps attorneys navigate financial situations to increase profitability and minimize risk.
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Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics
This online course introduces the legal, medical, and ethical questions surrounding reproduction and human genetics, and provides the tools to help answer them.
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Constitutional Rights in Black and White
A video casebook about the legal decisions that define and govern our constitutional rights. Each video tells the story of an important Supreme Court case, and then shows you how to read the case yourself.
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Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract
Contracts are promises that the law will enforce. But when will the law refuse to honor a promise? What happens when one party does not hold to their part of the deal? This version of the course adds new units on Interpretation, Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, and Government Regulation.
HLS Executive Education Online Programs
Harvard Law School Executive Education online programs, designed for practicing lawyers and other professionals in the legal sector, provide access to the same faculty expertise, unparalleled content, and opportunities to engage with peers from around the world as our on-campus programs, but with the added flexibility of a virtual classroom.
Online Courses and Casebooks from Harvard and edX
These online courses are for lawyers looking to do a deep dive into a particular area, and for anyone looking to learn about how law works in practice.