Class of 2023

The award recognizes a student who is dedicated to advancing access to justice and racial equity and has demonstrated leadership in helping to eliminate systemic…

This award recognizes a graduating student who, like Muniz, has demonstrated an exemplary dedication to client-centered representation in criminal courts and has focused their efforts…

By Anthony Pericolo ’23 A few weeks after starting the Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic, my instructor, Dan Nagin, approached me about an upcoming…

"It’s incredibly special to find a group of devoutly religious people who are eager to learn from each other’s faiths and who stand for religious freedom for its own sake."

SPOs are cherished by HLS students, as an opportunity to explore their own passions from human rights to the arts, and much more. Here’s what students had to say about some of their SPO experiences this year. 

Liz Turner ‘23 set her sights on law school with a clear vision. After spending nearly a decade working in the food space—in restaurant kitchens,…

“Defenders is a place where you can not only be a part of a community, but you can also build the community that you want to see," says Molly Crane '23.

"More than the subject matter of the Clinic's jurisdiction, however, I think it was the personal aspects that most discernibly impacted me," writes Billy Goulston '23.

By Kaylee Ding ’23 It felt like most people in the environmental law space came to law school with some sort of background in environmental…

"I came to realize that so many of the judges I came across this semester, whether in Superior Court or in the classroom, sought to make their courtrooms a better, fairer place."

Via Harvard Legal Aid Bureau News Suzanna Bobadilla served as the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau’s President from February 2022 through February 2023, and is…

Mary Cao '23 reflects on her time as a student attorney in Harvard Defenders.

On one side of the office, two students huddled over laptops and papers, writing and re-writing draft after draft. On the other side, another student…

By Brian Dezurick ’23 When I was growing up in Nashua, New Hampshire, I wanted to be a teacher. As a once challenging (read: nightmarish)…

On April 11, three clinical students received the 2023 Weiler Awards during the Harvard Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law’s annual Harvard Sports Law Symposium.

By Ali Gentry ’23 Ali Gentry ’23 As a student attorney at the Health Law and Policy Clinic this semester, I worked on various…

Via Harvard Legal Aid Bureau News Vandana Apte ’23 On March 23, the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau obtained a judgment enforcing a settlement agreement…

By David Tye ’23 David Tye ’23 I came to law school as a Christian with a passion for faith, and I chose Harvard…