Clinical and Pro Bono Programs

The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP) is an academic, student services, and administrative office which oversees the clinical education and pro bono…

How do I learn more about the clinical opportunities at HLS?  Harvard Law School has a robust clinical program that offers a wide variety of…

Selecting Clinics in Helios Students register for most clinics through Helios during registration preferencing the spring of the year before.  The clinical round is the first…

Possible topics to write about include the following: After your first meeting with your supervisor, what is the work plan for the term and what…

General Clinical Information Student Conflicts Log Students are strongly advised to keep a conflicts log from the moment they begin to engage in the student practice…

The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs is an academic office and does not provide legal services or advice.  Please contact Peter O’Meara…

Access and Use of Clinical Email Accounts All J.D. and LL.M. students will have two HLS email accounts, the regular student account (jharvard@jd##.law.harvard.edu) and the…

Student Practice Organizations are overseen and supported by their supervising attorney and affiliated clinic (when applicable) in conjunction with the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono…

Please see our Student Tips for Working Remotely for details on our guidance and recommendations for externship and independent clinical remote work environments. Watch the Successful…

All students participating in Student Practice Organizations (SPOs), clinics, and independent clinicals are required to do an online interactive ethics tutorial.  The ethics training content…

1L students can begin representing clients through a Student Practice Organization (SPO), where students’ volunteer hours count towards the HLS pro bono requirement. All 2L,…

Sports Law clinical placements are in a variety of settings, including legal departments of major leagues or sports franchises, and with law firms and lawyers…

Clinical placements are available with individual judges of the District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Juvenile Court, and Housing Court Departments of the Massachusetts Trial Court,…

The Government Lawyer: U.S. Attorney clinic allows students to examine firsthand the roles and responsibilities of a federal prosecutor. Students are placed at the United…

HLS Semester in Washington Class of 2024 Name Year Placement Joey Alpert 3L Office of United States Senator Chris Murphy Seth Gertz-Billingsley 2L Senator Tom…

Students spend the entire Spring Term in Washington, D.C. working as legal interns in a variety of federal offices while taking an evening course on…

Lecturer Jim Tierney teaches the required clinical course, the Role of the State Attorney General, in the fall semester, and oversees and directs the clinic.

The Federal Courts Clinic allows students to work with federal judges throughout the country and at different levels of the judicial system to gain a…

The Employment Law Clinic focuses on rights in the workplace, with a particular emphasis on state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and retaliation…

Students will participate in an externship with Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit founded by former White House and Department of Justice attorneys and dedicated to…