Spring 2021

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…

Note This offering will not count towards the JD experiential learning requirement. There is perhaps no other area of law that has been more…

Prerequisites: Students should have some exposure to microeconomics or a related discipline (e.g., Analytical Methods, Law & Economics, an undergraduate class in economics, finance, etc.).

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The Policy Advocacy Workshop is a hands-on seminar that will explore the methods, tools, and skills used to conduct…

Prerequisites: No prerequisites for JD students. LLM students must seek faculty permission. Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will present an overview of topics in…

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…

Prerequisites: Registration for the course has two prerequisites: (1) Students must have taken Corporations or be taking it concurrently with ACT. (2) In addition, a…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The seminar will explore a variety of legal issues in connection with the modern administrative state, some of which…

Prerequisite: Instructor permission is required. Please send a statement of interest and your resume to Brenda Bee (bbee@law.harvard.edu). Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will focus on doctrine and theories in land use, local government, and property law by examining…

Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course deals with characteristic arrangements under American law for the creation and transfer…

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…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course will examine civil rights law in the workplace, one of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule An integrated political economy now covers much of the globe.  This course…

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…

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…

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…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course examines freedom of disposition in American succession law by way…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule

If class size permits, class participation will be considered in…

Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule Basic introduction to property and the role of law in the construction of markets…

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…

Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course concerns the legal protection afforded in civil proceedings against interference by others…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam

There will be no paper or exam, and class will be graded credit/no credit. We will look…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course is designed to offer an overview of the work of…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course will examine the rules and principles of American evidence law,…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will interrogate theories and practices of punishment in relation to the American criminal justice system—a system…

Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course considers the basic themes of substantive criminal law, including criminal responsibility, the…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam A few short years ago, it would have been unthinkable for candidates for prosecutorial positions to run on a…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The legal profession is uniquely disdainful of evidence-based thinking. Nowhere is this disdain more overt than in the profession’s…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will survey several contemporary legal and policy issues in American elementary and secondary public education, including school…

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…

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…

Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Environmental Law and Policy Clinical Course (1 spring classroom credit).

Required Clinic Component: Environmental Law and Policy Clinic (4-5 fall clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule The focus of the class will be on comparing various ancient and…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will discuss the theory behind restorative justice and examine current experiments in the practice of restorative justice,…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule Grades will be based principally on a final examination but also, to some…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This Reading Group will study the practical, policy and ethical dimensions of management in various organizational settings, with a…

Required Clinic Component: Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will…

Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom…