Academic Periods
2022-2023
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Constitutional Law 6
January 18, 2023
Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it defines. Topics include…
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Consumer Protection Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Consumer Protection Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom credits). This clinic…
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Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Students in the spring clinic must enroll in either the…
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Sports Law Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will not fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: This clinic requires that students have taken at least…
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Human Rights Advocacy
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: International Human Rights Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). Students enrolled in the spring clinic must enroll in this seminar or the Introduction…
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Framing, Narrative, and Supreme Court Jurisprudence
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In this seminar we will examine the ways in which the rhetorical and communications principles of framing and narrative…
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Prerequisites: None. Exam Type: Any-Day Take-Home This is one of the basic courses in American Constitutional Law. It focuses primarily on Equal Protection and Due…
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Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinical Seminar
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic, either during winter-spring (2 winter clinical credits + 8 spring clinical credits) or spring clinic (8…
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Advanced Legal Research
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: For JD students, completion of First Year Legal Research and Writing. For LLM students, completion of LRWA I is required and an enrollment…
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Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: The Role of the State Attorney General (2 fall classroom…
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Property 5
January 18, 2023
Exam type: One-Day Take-home This course deals with characteristic arrangements under American law for the creation and transfer of rights to control and exploit property.
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Law and Inequality Workshop
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In this course we will explore concepts of inequality from a range of disciplinary perspectives. We will also consider…
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Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono or experiential learning requirement. Required Class Component: Students in the spring clinic must enroll…
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Food and Drug Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
A paper is required. This course explores the full range of federal regulation of products subject to the… -
Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinical Seminar (3 spring classroom…
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Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project Clinic (1 required spring clinical credit; option for winter term clinical credit and additional spring clinical…
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Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Immigration and Refugee Advocacy (2 spring classroom credits). This clinic…
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Mass Media Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class The class examines how the First Amendment, in combination with tort law, statutes, and common-law principles, shapes the rights…
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Special Education Advocacy for Students Impacted by Trauma
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Clinic Component: Education Law Clinic: Individual Representation (4-5 spring clinical credits). This…
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Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Judicial Process in Trial Courts (2 spring classroom credits). This…
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Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: The Role of the State Attorney General (2 fall classroom…
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Private Law Workshop
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: Admission is by permission of the instructors. Students who wish to be considered for the seminar should submit a CV to Henry Smith (hesmith@law.harvard.edu).
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Negotiation Workshop
January 18, 2023
This course is co-taught by Sheila Heen, Morgan Franklin, Ariel Eckblad, Alonzo Emery, Debbie Goldstein, and Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez. Note: This course is restricted to first-year…
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Race and the Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type:One-Day Take-home This course will explore the role of race and ethnicity in American legal jurisprudence and history. Areas of focus will…
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Political Economy and Its Future
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam; Paper in lieu of examination The world’s economic and political order reels under mounting challenges: the global financial crisis, the…
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Contracts 3
January 18, 2023
Exam Type: In Class This is a course that will offer to students legal cultural literacy in common law contracts.
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Harvard Legal Aid Bureau 2L
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Introduction to Advocacy: Ethics and Skills in Clinical Practice (1…
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Housing Law Clinical Workshop
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Housing Law Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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Harvard Legal Aid Bureau 3L
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will count towards the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Advanced Clinical Practice (1 fall classroom credit + 1…
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Employment Law Workshop: Strategies for Social Change
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Employment Law Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you in…
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Sports Law Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will not fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: This clinic requires that students have taken at least…
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Bonobo Sisterhood
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The Bonobo Sisterhood reading group explores the power and potential of female alliances to disrupt patriarchal systems. Through a…
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The Role of the Article III Judge
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: 1L Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment, or Constitutional Law: First Amendment Exam Type: No Exam The contemporary debate…
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Consumer Protection Clinical Seminar
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Consumer Protection Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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Transactional Law Clinics
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Transactional Law Clinical Workshop (2 spring classroom credits). This clinic…
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Mind and Criminal Responsibility in the Anglo-American Tradition
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam. Grades will be based upon short responses to weekly readings, a small project and presentation, and class participation. This…
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Federal Courts and the Federal System
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: For JD students, this course is open to those who have taken, or are concurrently taking, Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and the…
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Transactional Law Clinical Workshop
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Transactional Law Clinics (4-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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International Human Rights Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component:Students in the spring clinic must enroll in either Human Rights…
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Required Clinic Component: Litigating in the Family Courts: Domestic Violence and Family Law Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your…
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Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinical Seminar (3 spring classroom…
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Leadership Fundamentals
January 18, 2023
Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students only. The drop deadline for 1L January Experiential Term (JET) classes is December 2, 2022. Students…
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Housing Law Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Housing Law Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom credits). This clinic…
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Education Law Clinic: Individual Representation
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Special Education Advocacy for Students Impacted by Trauma (2 fall…
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Immigration and Refugee Advocacy
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically…
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American Legal History: Law, Economy, and Society in the Era of the American Revolution
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The seminar will examine the legal and constitutional history of late-colonial America and the early republic, an era that…
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Taxation of Business Corporations
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: Taxation Exam Type: In Class This course covers the major tax law and policy issues involved in the organization, operation, and restructuring of U.S.
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Public Health Law and Policy
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: This seminar is open to LLM students by permission. Exam Type: No Exam This seminar provides an overview of the historical law and policy…
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Immigration Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: Prior completion of a course in U.S. Constitutional Law that covers separation of powers and federalism is recommended, but not required. Exam Type: In…
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Criminal Justice Institute: Criminal Defense Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Open to 3Ls only. Required Class Component: Criminal Justice Institute: Defense Theory and…