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Class of 2024
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Melissa Morgan ’24 endeavors to “make rights real” for clients in the Housing Justice for Survivors Project
September 29, 2023
"In the Housing Clinic, the law is tangible," writes Melissa Morgan '24.
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‘There are many ways to be a lawyer’ in the Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic
September 19, 2023
In the Institute to End Mass Incarceration Clinic, the law is used as one of many tools for supporting communities working to bring about the end of mass incarceration.
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Fighting for the freedom to practice religion in prison
July 18, 2023
Faculty and students in Harvard Law’s Religious Freedom Clinic work on a pair of cases seeking justice for incarcerated Rastafarians whose dreadlocks were shorn by…
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The cumulative impact of the community courts
June 16, 2023
Caroline Gillette '24 reflects on her semester at the Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court through the Judicial Process in Trial Courts Clinic.
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Sam Holloway ’24 Discovers that Criminal Record Sealing is Not Always the End of the Story
June 15, 2023
n this blog post, Sam Holloway ‘24, student in LSC’s Safety Net Program, discusses how he helped a client fully clear her public record.
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Highlights of the 2022-2023 SPO Experience
May 19, 2023
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.
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‘It takes a village’: Crimmigration Clinic presents argument in First Circuit Court of Appeals
May 4, 2023
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…
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By Olivia Klein At an event hosted by the Harvard Law School Library, Natalie Leitman ’24, Robert Clinton ’24, Charles Sonenclar ’24, and Kellen Dugan…
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Clinic Submits Public Comments to USDA on Animal Handling, Enrichment, and Personnel Training
April 11, 2023
By Hallie Aylesworth ’24, Elizabeth Duncan ’23, and Andrew Slottje ’23
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Expanding legal empowerment for local tenants
April 10, 2023
Over the course of his 1L year in the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP), Matthew Rock ‘24 saw firsthand the power of the reasonable accommodation letter as…
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Federal Judge Rules USDA Acted Unlawfully in Denying Petition to Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Primates Used in Research
March 29, 2023
Via Animal Law & Policy Clinic Judge Julie Rubin of the federal district court in Maryland yesterday issued a stunning victory today for…
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In remote Alaska, Harvard Law students spent 12-hour days during spring break preparing tax returns for indigenous communities. By Elaine McArdle
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Harvard Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic saves thousands of dollars for Boston residents every year
March 7, 2023
In a single day last semester, students helped eliminate $10,000 in debt for community members. By Rachel Reed
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Bringing the fight for democracy home
February 27, 2023
By Lizzie Wallace ’24 Lizzie Wallace ’24 As a native North Carolinian raised on vinegar-based barbeque sauce and purple state politics, I…
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A matter of ‘life or death’
February 8, 2023
Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic partners with organizers in Jacksonville, Florida to score important victories for voting rights By Rachel Reed
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Holding the United Nations accountable
February 8, 2023
A team of Harvard Law School students seeks justice for Roma exposed to lead poisoning under the U.N.’s watch By Brett Milano
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My time in the Consumer Protection Clinic
February 6, 2023
By Morgan Sperry, J.D. ’24 Morgan Sperry ’24 Step into West Roxbury District Court on any Monday morning, and you will find the following…
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‘A natural fit’ in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic
February 1, 2023
By Olivia Klein “I was nervous,” says Katie Pleiss ’24 of her first day in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic. Seated around…
