Course Terms
Spring 2021
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Government Lawyer: United States Attorney Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Government Lawyer (2 fall classroom credits). Students who are accepted…
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Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic
February 7, 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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Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinical Seminar
February 7, 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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Strategic Litigation and Immigration Advocacy
February 7, 2023
Note This offering will not count towards the JD experiential learning requirement. There is perhaps no other area of law that has been more…
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Crimmigration Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Crimmigration: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Immigration Law (2…
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The Role of the State Attorney General
February 7, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule. Also with paper option by permission. The role of state attorneys general…
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Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic
February 7, 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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Mediation Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Harvard Mediation Clinic (1 spring clinical credit). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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Mediation Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Mediation Clinical Seminar (1 spring classroom credit). This clinic…
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Housing Law Clinical Workshop
February 7, 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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Housing Law Clinic
February 7, 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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Art of Social Change
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course deals with strategies for changing law and policy, focusing on child welfare (abuse and neglect, foster care,…
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Child Advocacy Clinic: Child Welfare, Education & Juvenile Justice
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Child Advocacy: Child Welfare, Education & Juvenile Justice Clinical Seminar…
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Required Clinic Component: Child Advocacy Clinic: Child Welfare, Education & Juvenile Justice, either during the winter-spring (2 winter clinical credits + 4-5 spring clinical credits)…
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Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic (2-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will…
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Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic
February 7, 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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Prosecution Clinical Course
February 7, 2023
Open to 3Ls only Required Clinic Component: ITA Prosecution Perspectives (5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic…
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Criminal Prosecution Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Open to 3Ls only Required Class Component: ITA: Prosecution Perspectives (3 spring classroom…
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Employment Discrimination
February 7, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course will examine civil rights law in the workplace, one of…
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Employment Law Workshop: Strategies for Social Change
February 7, 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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Employment Law Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Employment Law Workshop: Strategies for Social Change (2 spring classroom…
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Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom…
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Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will…
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Trauma, Refugees and Asylum Law
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Refugees are among the most vulnerable populations in our legal system today and are among the most challenging to…
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Cyberlaw Clinic Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Cyberlaw Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you in…
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LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Law (2 fall classroom…
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Taxation
February 7, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course focuses on the U.S. federal income tax and the policy…
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Transactional Law Clinics
February 7, 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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Transactional Law Clinical Workshop
February 7, 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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City Use of Technology
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course surveys the efforts of city officials around the world as they use technology to solve challenging problems…
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Writing Group: Critical Legal History and the Constitution
February 7, 2023
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Constitutional Law 3
February 7, 2023
Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the…
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Constitutional Law 4
February 7, 2023
Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the…
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The Roberts Court: Theory and Practice
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will examine various facets of the recent jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court. We will consider a…
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Constitutional Law: First Amendment
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: This course draws on a background of US history and constitutional history. Students who are unsure of their preparedness are encouraged to check with…
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Legal Architecture of Globalization: Money, Debt, and Development
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule An integrated political economy now covers much of the globe. This course…
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Constitutional Law 6
February 7, 2023
Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the…
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Research Seminar in Law, Economics, and Organizations
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar is co-taught by Professors Bebchuk, Kaplow, Spier, Spamann and Prof. Oliver Hart, an Andrew E. Furer Professor…
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Law and Economics
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will provide students with exposure to ongoing research in the economic analysis of law. At most of…
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What’s Wrong with Mass Incarceration
February 6, 2023
This seminar will be co-taught with FAS Professor Adaner Usmani. Prerequisites: By permission of instructor. Please email Professor Lewis (clewis@law.harvard.edu) a one paragraph response…
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Immigration Law
February 6, 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: Please…
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Trusts and Estates
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course examines freedom of disposition in American succession law by way…
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Corporate Reorganization
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
Grades are determined by 20-page papers on approved topics. Corporate Reorganization identifies the dominant causes of… -
Classical Liberalism and the Rule of Law
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
Students will be expected to complete two short papers in response to course readings, and a longer paper… -
Facts and Lies
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The seminar will explore different kinds of facts, including historic facts, scientific facts, legislative facts, constitutional facts, mixed questions…
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Legal Problems in Cybersecurity and Cyber Conflict
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Cybersecurity and cyber conflict pose unique legal problems for governments, companies and citizens. The way those problems are resolved…
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Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Students in the spring clinic must enroll in either Food…