Student Orgs & Journals
Harvard Plaintiffs' Law Association
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Bartz v. Anthropic: The Role of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in Protecting Artists and Authors in the Age of AI
February 19, 2026
Join Jacob Miller, HLS ‘20, an associate in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office, for a discussion about his representation of a class of writers and copyright holders…
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How to Sue Airlines and Opioid Retailers: The Role of Associates in Plaintiff-Side Trial Litigation
February 2, 2026
Join Hannah Crowe, Laura Seggerman, and Daniel Charest from leading plaintiffs’ law firm Burns Charest to discuss their recent litigation and the key role that…
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Plaintiffs’ Happy Hour with Walkup Melodia
November 10, 2025
Spencer Pahlke of Walkup Melodia is a leading plaintiff-side litigator and mentor to many students interested in plaintiff-side work. He’s the brain…
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Office Hours with Spencer Pahlke
November 10, 2025
Want to dig deeper into plaintiff’s side practice? Have questions about partnership structures at plaintiffs firms? About finding your niche? About the business side of…
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Plaintiff-Side Job Search Panel
November 3, 2025
Join HPLA Board Members for a panel about plaintiff-side summer opportunities! Lunch will be served. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/VzdLHgFKvWGusDhY6…
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The Harvard Law School Community is invited to join the Systemic Justice Project and Torts Illustrated on this Wednesday to hear from Kelly Fitzpatrick and …
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Fighting Bullies: The Case for a Career in Plaintiffs’ Law
September 30, 2025
Join Bill Reid of Reid Collins & Tsai for an evening discussion about his debut book, Fighting Bullies: The Case for a Career in Plaintiffs’…
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What is Plaintiffs’ Law?
September 22, 2025
1Ls! Before we started at HLS, many of us in HPLA didn’t know what plaintiff-side law (aka plaintiffs’ law) was. If you’re in that bucket…
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Join us for a lunch talk and for a happy hour with Bill Reid of Reid Collins Tsai, a leading plaintiff-side boutique specializing in business and financial litigation. Lunch will…
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HPLA Panel: 2L Summer Job Search
April 8, 2025
Join HPLA 2Ls and 3Ls for a presentation and Q&A about finding a job in plaintiffs’ law for 2L summer. Submit your questions …
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Diversity in the Plaintiffs’ Bar
April 7, 2025
Join the Harvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association tomorrow, April 8, from 12:20-1:20PM in WCC 1015 for a panel on Diversity in the Plaintiffs’ Bar! Hear from…
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Course Selection Student Panel: Plaintiffs Law
March 24, 2025
Join the Harvard Plaintiffs Law Association for a student panel on fall course selection. 2Ls and 3Ls will answer your questions about choosing courses to…
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Public Law Interest Day
March 21, 2025
Harvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association invites you to attend: Vigorous Public Interest Law Day with opening remarks by Ralph Nader (HLS ’58). The program will feature…
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Public Interest Law Day
March 14, 2025
Join Ralph Nader (HLS ’58), the Center for Study of Responsive Law, and other public interest lawyers for an evening reception to cap off our…
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Plaintiffs’ Law Office Hours
March 10, 2025
Join attorneys from Cohen Milstein and Morgan & Morgan for drop-in “office hours” to ask any questions you have about entering into and practicing plaintiffs’-side…
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Transitioning from Big Law to Plaintiffs’ Law
March 6, 2025
Join attorneys from Cohen Milstein, Hausfeld, and Morgan & Morgan for insights about what it’s like to…
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“Office Hours” on Plaintiffs’ Law with Walkup Melodia
February 24, 2025
Want to dig deeper into plaintiff’s side practice? Have questions about partnership structures at plaintiffs firms? About finding your niche? About the business side of…
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Client Acquisition and Business Development in Plaintiffs’ Law
February 20, 2025
Join Walkup Melodia for a conversation focused on client acquisition and the process of working with individual, non-corporate clients. The discussion will also cover the…