Registrar

These instructions cover how to get your takehome exam question and then start the exam. Takehome exam questions do NOT automatically appear in the software. …

Calendar for Non-HLS Students Cross-Registration Petitioning Begins HLS Classes Start Cross-Registration Petitioning Deadline* and HLS Drop Deadline Cross-Registration Petition Review and Notification HLS Classes End…

Incoming Cross-Registration Petitioning Enrolled Incoming Cross-Registrants If you are looking for audit information, please review the Audit Request Form on the HLS…

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 …

A course in Professional Responsibility is a mandatory JD degree requirement, and is recommended for LLMs who expect to take the NY Bar. (LLMs needing…

2024-2025 Multi-Section Courses Fall Administrative Law (Sunstein, Cass)
Bankruptcy (Roe, Mark)
Constitutional Law: First Amendment (Feldman, Noah)
Constitutional Law: First Amendment (Parker, Richard)
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Below is the 2024-2025 list of “by permission” courses, which are not included in course preferencing. To enroll in a by permission course, you must…

Course Reference Guide 2024-2025 The Course Reference Guide will be updated with seat capacity before the opening of each round (Multisection, Legal Profession, Fall Elective).

How It Works For each registration stage (clinical, multisection, etc.), participating students are assigned random registration ID numbers.  Numbers are re-assigned at the beginning of each…

What is a Firesale? The Firesale is a process in which students have an opportunity to request open seats in classes which they were waitlisted…

Policies & Procedures for Add/Drop and Waitlisting  By-Permission Courses: Courses designated as “by permission” have instructions in their course descriptions detailing how students can apply…

While there is not an exact science to ranking your classes and clinics each round, the Registrar’s Office has a few general guidelines for approaching…

The Handbook of Academic Policies is the official source of academic policy and requirements at HLS. Please refer to the HAP for additional information…

HLS Canvas sites for most Fall 2024 upper-level courses will be available for viewing from Monday, August 26th through Friday, September 13th. This access provides…

The below list includes syllabi for current academic year courses, as well as for courses that may not be offered this year but have been…

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…