OPIA

What should I be thinking about as I search for a first post-graduate job? You are beginning a process of reflection, iteration, and transition that…

Introduction Fellowships provide an excellent—and often the essential–resource for supporting law students, judicial clerks, and other recent graduates who seek immediate public service employment within…

Typically, students begin their search with summer internships. Although it is always helpful to know where you are heading in a career search, it is…

Government lawyers work at the federal, state and local level, in every state and city in the country (as well as internationally), and across almost…

Lawyers often play a major role in congressional or state oversights and government activity.

Enforcement lawyers are responsible for taking legal action in federal or state court or within administrative agencies to bring violators into compliance with the law.

The nature of a judicial clerkship depends on the court’s level and the individual judges. At the highest levels, such as the U.S. Supreme Court,…

Community lawyering is an umbrella term for collaborative, community-based approaches to legal services. While there are different variations on “community lawyering,” the core elements are…

Providing education in community-based settings and information on legal rights related to specific topics (e.g., your rights as a tenant), typically to underserved communities in…

Below is a sample of organizations that have traditionally hosted fellows in the past. *Please be aware that this is just a sample of organizations.…

The following Employer Recruiting Policies have been established to protect the interests of both students and employers and will be administered by the Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA). By…

Client-based public interest lawyering entails handling individual client cases. In the context of public interest work, client-based advocacy often takes the form of representing low-income…

A class action is a type of civil lawsuit brought on behalf of many similarly situated people who have been harmed in the same way…

Trial lawyers represent parties in trials before federal, state, and local courts.

Increasingly, students are taking time between college and law school, and this time offers a great opportunity to live, and hopefully work, abroad. Any international…

When cases in litigation are appealed to a higher court, appellate litigators handle the proceedings. While some litigators manage both trial and appellate litigation, appellate…

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) refers to a variety of processes and techniques designed to help disagreeing parties come to an agreement short of litigation. These…

Administrative and management positions may involve non-legal work, such as overseeing staff and coordinating long-term projects.

Administrative advocacy encompasses a variety of positions concerned with influencing the formation, application, or change of rules that government agencies put in place to implement…

There are a variety of international courses offered at HLS, and your course load should reflect a general background in public international law, conflict of…