Academics

Applications will be accepted starting September 1, 2024 for the 2025-2027 term. Prospective Climenko Fellows require a J.D. degree and a superior academic record. To…

Climenko Fellows are promising legal scholars with high academic achievements and a strong interest in teaching. The Fellows will teach the Program and devote themselves…

IMPORTANT!   IF YOU ARE A NON-HARVARD APPLICANT: Before you can apply for the Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship, you will need to create a Harvard Key.

The Dean’s Awards for Community Leadership The Dean’s Awards for Community Leadership recognize a number of graduating students who contribute time and energy to making…

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As an HLS student, one of the unrivaled benefits is the access you have to courses and faculty members in the other Harvard Schools, the …

2023-2024 Date Event August 14, 2023 LL.M. Residence Hall Move-in August 14-15, 2023 LL.M. Check-in (mandatory) August 15 – September 1, 2023 LL.M. Student Orientation (mandatory)…

2021-2022 DATE EVENT August 16 HLS Residence Hall Move-In Begins August 16-25 J.D. Registration/ID Card Pick-up (mandatory) August 16-September 3 LL.M. Student Orientation (mandatory for…

2020-2021 Date Event TBD J.D. Student Orientation and Move-in August 17, 2020 – September 4, 2020 LL.M. Student Orientation September 2, 2020 1L Fall Term…

Addison Brown Prize: Private International Law or Maritime Law
Amount: $9,000
Reviewed by: Professor Mark Wu Animal Law & Policy Program Writing Prize
Amount:  $1,000…

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Bankruptcy
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professor Mark Roe Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Constitutional Law and Equal Justice Under Law
Amount: $1,000…

Submission Requirements and Deadlines Paper Requirements Winning Papers…

Each year the Law School awards several prizes for the best papers written by Harvard Law School students in particular areas of the law. Graduating…

Joseph H. Beale Prize The Joseph H. Beale Prize was established in 1930 by John Grier Buchanan, LL.B. 1912. The prize is awarded to the…

2024-2026 Rappaport Fellow ISAIAH OGREN Isaiah Wray Ogren is the Rappaport Fellow at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on institutional design, applying empirical research…

What is the Heyman Post-Grad Fellowship? The Heyman Post-Grad Fellowship is designed to afford financial support and a community of peers to young Harvard Law…

2024-2025 Reginald F. Lewis Fellow SAÚL RAMÍREZ Saúl Ramírez is the Reginald F. Lewis Fellow at Harvard Law School. He researches questions at the intersection of…