Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

Sociologist and 
legal expert 
Dorothy E. 
Roberts ’80 
works for radical 
change and a 
more just society

Kiah Duggins, a member of the Harvard Law School Class of 2021, was a civil rights attorney and beloved graduate.

HLAB aims to change the dynamic between DCF and families by educating mandated reporters.

Throughout his varied career, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez ’17 has operated under one uniting principle: The law should function as a tool for justice to empower clients.

David Paul ’24 is the recipient of the 2024 David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award. Paul is honored for his exceptional achievements in the Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic of the Legal Services Center (LSC) and the Criminal Prosecution Clinic.

Susana Arteta, administrative director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, retires after 22 years of service as an HLAB mentor, confidant, historian, and beloved colleague.

After 22 years as a beloved colleague and mentor to students and staff, Susana Arteta will retire from her role as administrative director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau in May.

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau launches the Family Defense Practice to help parents facing investigations by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.

With Beyond Legal Aid, Lam Ho ’08 establishes a new model for public interest law

‘Everyone is struggling to understand what this new world is going to look like’

For one day in the 2019–2020 academic year, Harvard Law Today followed just a handful of Harvard Law's 47 legal clinics to see their work — and their efforts to advance justice — in action.

National Football League referee Ron Torbert ’88 reaches the pinnacle of his profession: Officiating the Super Bowl.

. Butterworth is honored for her zealous advocacy for housing justice as a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB), the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP), and Project No One Leaves (PNOL).

She is celebrated for her outstanding contributions to the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, in both the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) and the Harvard Law Immigration Project (HIP).

During Winter Term, Cravath International Fellows pursued independent clinical placements or research projects, exploring legal frameworks and practices in six countries.