Academic Periods
2022-2023
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Corporate and Capital Markets Law and Policy
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for the course. However, it is recommended that students either (a) have taken (or are taking concurrently) the Corporations course…
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Empirical Law and Finance
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Empirical tools have been increasingly used in litigation, regulation, and policymaking in the fields of corporate law, corporate governance,…
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Research Seminar in Law, Economics, and Organizations
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar is co-taught by Professors Bebchuk, Kaplow, Spier, Spamann and Prof. Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor…
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Research Seminar in Law, Economics, and Organizations
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar is co-taught by Professors Bebchuk, Kaplow, Spier, Spamann and Prof. Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor…
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Research Seminar in Law, Economics, and Organizations
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar is co-taught by Professors Bebchuk, Kaplow, Spier, Spamann and Prof. Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor…
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Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinical Seminar
January 23, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic (3 or 4 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the…
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Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic
January 23, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinical Seminar (2 spring clinical…
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Criminal Law 7
January 23, 2023
Exam: In Class This course considers the role criminal law and legal actors have played in constructing the modern American penal system. We begin by…
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Property 6
January 23, 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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Mediation
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The primary focus of this experiential learning course is on developing mediation skills — as a mediator and also…
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Race, Class, Policing, and Punishment
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The virtually unprecedented overall rate at which we lock people up in this country, combined with the extreme concentration…
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A Democracy Initiative
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam In this course, we will construct a package of reforms that might be offered as a referendum or initiative,…
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Law, Justice and Design: Designing Legal Systems for Better Outcomes
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will provide students with an opportunity to focus on the perspectives of individuals and families who need…
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Comparative Law: Why Law? The Experience of China
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-home This course uses the example of China as a springboard for asking fundamental questions about the nature of…
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Contractual Interpretation
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: JD: Contracts or permission to waive from the instructor. LLM: No prerequisite. Exam Type: No Exam This reading group explores the problem of contractual…
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Critical Corporate Theory Lab
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: By Permission. Students interested in applying to join the Lab should submit a short (300 word maximum) statement of interest to Professor Hanson. The…
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Civil Procedure 1
January 20, 2023
Exam Type: One-Day Take-home This course covers what should, should not, and does happen when someone files (or considers filing) a civil lawsuit.
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Civil Procedure 2
January 20, 2023
Exam Type: One-Day Take-home This course covers what should, should not, and does happen when someone files (or considers filing) a civil lawsuit.
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Legal Policies, Randomized Control Trials, and Ethics
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: Students who have completed either of the following Spring 2021 reading groups, Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform or Legal Policies, Randomized Control Trials, and Ethics,…
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Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…
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Writing Group: Empirical Legal Studies
January 20, 2023
Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…
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Writing Group: Children’s Law and Policy
January 20, 2023
Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…
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Systemic Advocacy for Safe and Supportive Schools
January 20, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Education Law Clinic: Legislative and Administrative Lawyering (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the…
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Advanced Seminar: Systemic Change in Education
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: Prerequisites for this course include one or more of the following: Lawyering for Justice, Art of Social Change, Education Law and Policy, and the…
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Lawyering for Justice in the United States
January 20, 2023
Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students only. The drop deadline for 1L January Experiential Term (JET) classes is Friday, December 2, 2022.
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Special Education Advocacy for Students Impacted by Trauma
January 20, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Clinic Component: Education Law Clinic: Individual Representation (4-5 fall clinical credits). This…
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Education Law Clinic: Individual Representation
January 20, 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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Education Law Clinic: Impact Litigation
January 20, 2023
Required Class Component: Students must have completed “Advanced Seminar: Systemic Change in Education” to be eligible to apply for this clinic.
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Education Law Clinic: Legislative and Administrative Lawyering
January 20, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Systemic Advocacy for Safe and Supportive Schools (2 spring classroom…
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The Jurisprudence of Excellence
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: No special background is required. Cross-registrants are welcome. Anyone seeking information about this course should feel free to contact Professor Scott Brewer at sbrewer@law.harvard.edu.
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Child Advocacy Clinic
January 20, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Lawyering for Children & Youth Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom…
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Child Advocacy Clinic
January 20, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Lawyering for Children & Youth Clinical Seminar (2 fall classroom…
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Lawyering for Children & Youth Clinical Seminar
January 20, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Child Advocacy Clinic (4-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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Child Advocacy Clinic
January 20, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Lawyering for Children & Youth Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom…
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Lawyering for Children & Youth Clinical Seminar
January 20, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Child Advocacy Clinic (4-5 fall clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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Legislation and Regulation 4
January 20, 2023
Exam type: One-Day Take-Home This course is an introduction to lawmaking in the modern administrative state. It will examine how Congress and executive agencies adopt…
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Writing Group: The Role of Courts/Theories of Interpretation
January 20, 2023
Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…
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Capital Punishment Clinic
January 20, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Capital Punishment in America (4 fall classroom credits). Some seats…
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Startup Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Legal Technology
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will explore the journey of entrepreneurship via a combination of both case studies and supplemental readings.
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Law and the Legal System through the Lens of Latinx/a/o Communities
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will examine the law and the construction of race/national origin, as well as the intersection of LatinX/a/o…
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Forced Arbitration and the American Civil Justice System
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Americans increasingly find themselves subject to binding arbitration clauses imposed by corporations on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. A broad range…
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Failed Corporations: A Post-Mortem
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: Corporations is a required prerequisite and a course in bankruptcy or corporate reorganizations will be helpful, although not required. LLM students with experience in…
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An Introduction to the Classical Legal Tradition
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The reading group will introduce students to the classical legal tradition, as practiced in Europe, Britain and the United…
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Public International Law
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One-Day Take Home This is an introductory course to public international law. The first part of the course examines the nature,…
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Corporations
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: Students should have a familiarity with rudimentary accounting and finance concepts at the level of Analytical Methods for Lawyers. Please consult the syllabus of…
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Justice for Lawyers
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Lawyers for justice at times confront injustice from judges. Throughout American history, powerful entities–public and private–have on occasion directed…
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Religious Freedom Clinic
January 19, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Religious Freedom Clinic Seminar (2 fall classroom credits). The clinic and…
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Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
January 19, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Environmental Law and Policy Clinical Course (1 fall classroom credit).
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Legal Profession – The New Market for Personal Legal Services: Ethical and Professional Challenges
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Whether in solo, small firm or not for profit legal aid offices, new modes of serving clients of modest…
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The Anthropology of Law: Classical, contemporary, comparative, and critical perspectives
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The early weeks will be devoted to (i) classical themes in the field, among them the legal anthropology of…