Interest Areas
Criminal Law and Procedure
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Economic Analysis of Law
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class What effects does law have? Do corporations pollute less, market safer products, and adhere more often to their…
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Required Clinic Component: Litigating in the Family Courts: Domestic Violence and Family Law Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your…
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Required Clinic Component: Litigating in the Family Courts: Family/Domestic Violence Law Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in…
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Government Lawyer: United States Attorney Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Government Lawyer (2 fall classroom credits). Students who are accepted…
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Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic, either during winter-spring (2 winter clinical credits + 8 spring clinical credits) or spring clinic (8…
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Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinical Seminar (3 spring classroom…
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Government Lawyer: United States Attorney Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Government Lawyer (2 fall classroom credits). Students who are accepted…
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Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinical Seminar (3 spring classroom…
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Crimmigration: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Immigration Law
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class The intersection of criminal law and immigration law is a growing field of law that is at the forefront…
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Crimmigration Clinic
February 7, 2023
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…
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Crimmigration Clinic
February 7, 2023
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…
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Crimmigration: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Immigration Law
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule The intersection of criminal law and immigration law is a growing…
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Crimmigration Clinic
February 7, 2023
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…
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Crimmigration: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Immigration Law
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class The intersection of criminal law and immigration law is a growing field of law that is at the forefront…
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Crimmigration Clinic
February 7, 2023
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…
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Crimmigration Clinic
February 7, 2023
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…
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Crimmigration Clinic
February 7, 2023
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…
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Art of Social Change
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course deals with strategies for changing law and policy, focusing on child welfare (abuse and neglect, foster care,…
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Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinical Seminar (2 spring clinical…
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Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinical Seminar (2 fall classroom…
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Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic (4 fall clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will…
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Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic (3 or 4 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the…
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Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Judicial Process in Trial Courts (2 spring classroom credits). This…
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Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic (2-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will…
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Trial Advocacy Workshop
February 7, 2023
This course is taught by Professor Ron Sullivan, Judge John Cratsley, Mr. Albert Herring, Ms. Mary Kennedy, Judge Peter Krauthamer, Mr. Thomas Newman, and Judge…
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Prosecution Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Open to 3Ls only Required Clinic Component: ITA Prosecution Perspectives (4 fall clinical credits + 1 winter clinical credit). This clinic and course are bundled;…
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Criminal Prosecution Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Open to 3Ls only Required Class Component: Prosecution Clinical Seminar (2 fall classroom…
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Criminal Prosecution Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Open to 3Ls only Required Class Component: ITA: Prosecution Perspectives (3 spring classroom…
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Criminal Prosecution Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Open to 3Ls only Required Clinic Component: ITA Prosecution Perspectives (4 fall clinical credits + 1 winter clinical credit). This clinic and course are bundled;…
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Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic
February 7, 2023
Required Class Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar (1 winter clinical credit). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically…
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Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic
February 7, 2023
Required Class Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar (1 winter clinical credit). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically…
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Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar (1 winter clinical credit). This…
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Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic (2 winter clinical credits + 2-3 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in…
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Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic (2 winter clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll…
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Law and Philosophy Workshop
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This workshop will examine new ideas at the intersection of law and philosophy. The workshop will meet weekly and…
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What’s Wrong with Mass Incarceration
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The virtually unprecedented overall rate at which we lock people up in this country, combined with the extreme concentration…
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Race, Class, Policing, and Punishment
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The virtually unprecedented overall rate at which we lock people up in this country, combined with the extreme concentration…
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What’s Wrong with Mass Incarceration
February 6, 2023
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…
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Facts and Lies
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The seminar will explore different kinds of facts, including historic facts, scientific facts, legislative facts, constitutional facts, mixed questions…
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Facts and Lies
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The seminar will explore different kinds of facts, including historic facts, scientific facts, legislative facts, constitutional facts, mixed questions…
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Evidence
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class In this course we will study the basic rules and principles of American evidence law, focusing primarily on federal…
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Wielding Impact: Economics as Tool for Justice
February 5, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The study of the law is inextricably linked with the study of what constitutes justice. Yet formalistic legal doctrine…
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The Effects of Mass Incarceration: Experiences of Prison and Parole
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam More than 6 million Americans are under “correctional supervision” in the United States, which incarcerates people at a rate…
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Restorative and Transformative Justice
February 2, 2023
Prerequisite: By Permission. Please send a one paragraph description of your related background and interest in the subject area to the instructor. Exam Type: No…
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Evidence
February 2, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This course will study the basic rules and principles of American evidence law, focusing on the Federal Rules of…
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White Collar Criminal Law and Procedure
February 2, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type Last Class Take-Home The past several years have seen a number of significant developments in white collar criminal prosecutions. The Department…
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Race and the Law
February 2, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type:One-Day Take-home This course will explore the role of race and ethnicity in American legal jurisprudence and history. Areas of focus will…