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Harvard Defenders
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‘There is always more to the story’
May 8, 2023
Mary Cao '23 reflects on her time as a student attorney in Harvard Defenders.
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Highlights of the SPO Experience
September 9, 2022
Student Practice Organizations (SPOs) are a great way to get involved in hands-on legal work while being supervised by a practicing attorney beginning your first…
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‘If not now, then when?’
August 9, 2022
By Olivia Klein Keeping Tabs is a Q&A series that follows alumni on their careers after graduation, the lasting impacts of their clinical and pro…
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Q&A with 2022 Skadden Fellows
April 4, 2022
By Olivia Klein Left: Ava Cilia ’22, Right: Kaitlynn Milvert ’22 The Skadden Fellowship, which launched in 1988, offers young lawyers two-year fellowships to…
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‘Putting clients at the center of everything that we do’
February 22, 2022
By Paula Kelly, LLM ’22 Paula Kelly, LLM ’22 The number of opportunities to advocate on behalf of clients was one of the main…
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Making connections—and a difference—through Student Practice Organizations
September 15, 2021
via Harvard Law Today
by Rachel Reed Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. Credit: Brooks KraftHLS clinics and… -
by Grace Yuh Harvard Defenders hosted the 9th Annual Jack T. Litman Symposium on February 3rd, 2021. Directed by Mike Bliss J.D.’22 and Kimberly Quick…
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Summer Public Interest Work at HLS Clinics
December 11, 2020
by Grace Yuh Credit: Courtesy of Jordana Arias As COVID-19 brought changes to the field of legal education throughout 2020, Harvard Law School clinics had…
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by Grace Yuh The Skadden Foundation named its 2021 class of Skadden Fellows in late November and of the 29 recipients, nine are current…
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Students Work with Clients to Seal and Expunge Records
October 20, 2020
via LSC blog Criminal record sealing is an especially important legal tool useful in addressing inequality and the disproportionate impact the criminal justice system…
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2020 Student Practice Organizations Panel
September 22, 2020
by Grace Yuh Students at Harvard Prison LEgal Assistance Project (PLAP) credit: Martha Stewart Student Practice Organizations often provide 1Ls, transfer students, and LL.M…
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Student Practice Organizations Panel 2019
September 12, 2019
Student Practice Organizations often provide 1Ls with their first opportunity to gain practical legal experience at HLS. Each SPO is typically led by…
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All in a Day’s Work
June 20, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer The numerous clinics at Harvard Law School (HLS) are frequently successful in their pursuit of advancing justice. We often read of victories…
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Harvard Defenders Host 7th Annual Litman Symposium
December 19, 2018
Via Harvard Law Today Courtesy of Harvard Defenders Harvard Law School’s Harvard Defenders hosted the 7th annual Litman Symposium on Nov. 15. This year’s event, titled…
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A New Harvard Law Building Opens on Mass Ave
November 9, 2018
Via Harvard Law Today Credit: NBBJ Boston By: Clea Simon Citing its future role in “innovation, deep learning, collegiality, and service,” Dean John F.
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Clinical Instructor John Salsberg Quoted in Boston Globe Article about MA Show Cause Hearings
October 15, 2018
Inside Our Secret Courts Via The Boston Globe Credit: Brooks Kraft Senior Clinical Instructor for Harvard Defenders John Salsberg was quoted in an article describing…
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SPO Student Reflection: Answering the Call – In Community for Justice
September 14, 2018
By: Felipe Hernandez, JD ’20 Source: Pixabay As a first-generation college student, my parents and I, who worked nightshifts as janitors, never dreamed that one…
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Students honored at 2017 Class Day
May 25, 2017
From Harvard Law Today—A number of Harvard Law students from the Class of 2017 received special awards during the 2017 Class Day ceremony on May 24. They were recognized for outstanding leadership, citizenship, compassion and dedication to their studies and the profession.
