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Class of 2024
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“The gruesome injuries that leghold and body-gripping traps inflict are difficult to stomach,” says Kira Horowitz, a third-year law student who co-authored the letter. “Even…
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Instructors, staff, students, and loved ones gathered for the ceremony, celebrating their accomplishments in education law and child advocacy at HLS.
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The Harvard Defenders held their annual Jack T. Litman Symposium on Friday, with a day-long agenda that endeavored to bring the voices of incarcerated people to campus through artistic expression.
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As a member of the Health Law and Policy Clinic’s Reproductive health team, I had the opportunity to attend the fourth annual Reproductive Health Innovation Summit in Boston.
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"As a young boy, I could’ve never imagined that one day I’d be advocating for people facing similar challenges."
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Fighting for Wisconsin voters’ power
February 1, 2024
In Clarke v. Wisconsin, the Harvard Law Election Law Clinic fought to restore voting power to Wisconsin residents – and won.
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Supporting survivors through the Tenant Advocacy Project
January 31, 2024
"This experience serves as a reminder that, as lawyers, we have a profound responsibility to stand as advocates for those whose voices may be silenced or overlooked," writes Mohini Tangri '24.
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"Protections for consumers are crucial to ensure that individuals can enjoy economic mobility and self-determination. Contributing to this work with the clinic is impactful and edifying," writes Lorea Mendiguren '24.
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Harvard Mediation Program: Experience of a lifetime
January 25, 2024
"I learnt a lot, I felt that I had done actual and relevant work, and I acquired skills that would forever stay with me and help me in both my professional and personal life."
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Kristen McEnroe '24 reflects on her time in the Food Law and Policy Clinic, including a trip to South Africa to meet with clinic partners.
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Clinic Partner Puts World’s Seventh-Largest Supermarket Chain on Notice for Human Rights Abuse
January 11, 2024
French duty of vigilance law means Carrefour can be held accountable for slavery, human trafficking, torture in its tuna supply chain, write Nikki Santos, JD’24,…
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Rachael Maguire ‘25 and Bridget Pranzatelli ‘24 petitioned for certiorari with the Supreme Court this November.
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LSC students reflect on the value of an Advanced Clinical
January 3, 2024
For most students, an advanced clinical provides opportunities to deepen their advocacy skills, experiment with different case types, test out different lawyering tools, take on increasingly complex matters, and/or partner further with one or more clinical supervisors whose mentorship they value.
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"The last time I said goodbye to Ted*, he was upright in his hospital bed, swaddled in his blue hospital gown with a wide smile. As I looked back at him, I wanted to feel happy. I had successfully executed my first full estate plan for this man that had been a stranger only months before. But all I could feel was a sense of sadness that my time with him had come to an end."
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Annika Reno ’24 faces dilemma in eliciting emotional testimony from client in federal court
January 2, 2024
"As an advanced clinical student attorney in LSC’s Consumer Protection Clinic, I had the opportunity to argue on my client's behalf in federal court."
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"I found my experience in the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic so valuable in large part because it gave me a fuller view of movement lawyering both in the post-settlement phase of litigation and even where litigation isn’t an option."
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On the front lines for veterans
November 8, 2023
How Harvard Law’s Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic is helping a former Marine and small business owner get the benefits he deserves…
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Two veterans – one an LSC student and the other a client battling homelessness – help each other in surprising ways
October 2, 2023
"In the military, I found months of training in the U.S. could never replicate the reality of an operational environment while deployed abroad, whether in Afghanistan, West Africa, or Europe. My experience with LSC indicates lawyering is no different."