Interest Areas
Government Structure & Function
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Federal Courts and the Federal System
January 31, 2023
Prerequisite: For JD students, this course is open to those who have completed Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment. For LLM students,…
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Federal Courts and the Federal System
January 31, 2023
Prerequisite: For JD students, this course is open to those who have completed 1L Constitutional Law or Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth…
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Election Law
January 27, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This is a survey course American election law. Topics include democratic theory; the structure of republican government; the sources…
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Federal Budget Policy
January 27, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to submit a series of reaction papers to daily assignments, some…
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Federal Budget Policy
January 27, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to submit a series of reaction papers to daily assignments, some…
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The International Law of the Sea
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course explores the international law of the sea, which is one of the most important and compelling areas…
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The International Law of the Sea
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course explores the international law of the sea, which is one of the most important and compelling areas…
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Abraham Lincoln as Constitutional Theorist
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Abraham Lincoln is not only regarded (by most analysts) as very definitely one of our most important presidents. He…
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Consumer Financial Market Regulation
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Consumers use bank accounts, debit and credit cards, check cashing services and payment apps to receive, store, spend and…
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Democracy, the Incomplete Experiment
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar interrogates the ways in which democracy, as practiced in the United States, continues to form. In doing…
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Coloring Politics, Racing Law: America’s Ongoing Struggle with Changing Conceptions of Race
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course examines key intersections of race, politics, and law within a historical trajectory of evolving conceptions and associated…
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Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course examines key intersections of race, politics, and law within a historical trajectory of evolving conceptions and associated…
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Law & Democracy: The Incomplete Experiment
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar interrogates the ways in which democracy, as practiced in the United States, continues to form. In doing…
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Creating Electricity in the U.S.: Exploring the Tradeoffs
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam In this reading group, we will explore historic and ongoing legal and policy debates about the fuels that power…
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Creating Electricity in the U.S.: Exploring the Tradeoffs
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam In this reading group, we will explore historic and ongoing legal and policy debates about the fuels that power…
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Be Careful What You Wish For
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: Students who have completed either of the following Spring 2021 reading groups, Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform or Legal Policies, Randomized Control Trials, and Ethics,…
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Education Law and Policy
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will survey several contemporary legal and policy issues in American elementary and secondary public education, including school…
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The Power of Principled Leadership: A Practical Approach
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam Can professional success be achieved without “playing politics” or “behaving politically”? Can behaving ethically, with integrity & principle, be a…
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Government Lawyer: United States Attorney Clinic
January 18, 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: United States Attorney Clinic
January 18, 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
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Government Lawyer: U.S. Attorney Clinic (4-5 clinical credits; either fall or spring semester). Students who are accepted into this clinic will be…
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Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinical Seminar
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will…
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Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom…
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Public Law Workshop
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: Instructor permission is required for enrollment. Applicants should send a statement of interest and resume to Ellen Shapiro-Smith at eshapirosmith@law.harvard.edu. Deadline is October 30,…
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Local Government Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course examines the possibility and desirability of decentralization of power in…
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American Indian Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule This course covers the history and fundamentals of modern federal Indian…
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Presidential Power in an Era of Conflict
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment Exam Type: No Exam This course will explore the modern exercise of Presidential power in…
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Military Law and Justice
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: LLMs must have taken or be concurrently enrolled in Constitutional Law or Federal Courts. For students who may have taken applicable courses elsewhere, permission…
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Administrative Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One-Day Take Home This course will study the law governing federal administrative agencies, and related matters of policy and theory. Using…
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The Role of the State Attorney General
January 18, 2023
Classroom: Lewis 200 Prerequisite: None Exam Type:Any Day Take-Home. Also with paper option by permission. The role of state attorneys general has dramatically expanded as…
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American Indian Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course is an introduction to federal Indian law, the body of law recognizing and limiting the sovereignty of…
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Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will examine changing judicial views on fundamental questions concerning the structure of government. The new composition of…
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Local Government Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One Day Take-Home Local governments exert tremendous influence over inequality, race relations, environmental health, political power, and housing and real estate.
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Complex Federal Investigations
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will examine many of the problems and issues that arise during federal criminal investigations of complex entities…
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Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: The Role of the State Attorney General (2 fall classroom…
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Public Problems: Advice, Strategy, and Analysis
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: Instructor permission is required for enrollment. For students who want permission to enroll, please email Professors Barron and Fung expressing why you would like…
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Conflict of Laws
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: LLM students must have taken (1) Either Civil Procedure or Federal Courts, or equivalent coursework; AND (2) one of the following: Contracts, Torts, or…
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National Security Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: Enrollment is by permission of instructor. Interested students should email a CV and statement of interest to Mr. Baker at jbaker@law.harvard.edu. Exam Type: No…
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Criminal Prosecution Clinic
January 18, 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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Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: The Role of the State Attorney General (2 fall classroom…
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Transgender Law & Politics
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam An examination of the legal, social, and political issues raised by the status and treatment of transgender persons, primarily…
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Appellate Courts and Advocacy Workshop
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The Appellate Courts and Advocacy Workshop combines a substantive review of key appellate litigation doctrines concerning appellate jurisdiction, standards…
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Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule This is one of the basic courses in American Constitutional Law.
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Law and Politics Workshop
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This workshop is devoted to learning about, discussing, and critically evaluating new scholarly work on law and politics. A…
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Food and Drug Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam. A paper is required. This course explores the full range of federal regulation of products subject to the jurisdiction…
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Public Problems: Advice, Strategy, and Analysis
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: Instructor permission is required for enrollment. For students who want permission to enroll, please email Professors Barron and Fung expressing why you would like…
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The Role of the Article III Judge
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment or Constitutional Law: First Amendment Exam Type: No Exam The contemporary debate over the proper…