Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project

By: D Dangaran, JD’20 Not every law school allows its students to represent clients in their first year, and I chose HLS to prioritize direct…

A number of Harvard Law students from the Class of 2018 received special awards during the Class Day ceremony on May 23. They were recognized for outstanding leadership, citizenship, compassion and dedication to their studies and the profession. This year’s Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award was presented to Tabitha Cohen, Annie Manhardt and Edith Sangueza.

From Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project—Professor Lobel began his talk by giving a brief history of Ashker v. Governor of California, a federal class action lawsuit challenging the practice of solitary confinement based on the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment at California’s notorious "super max" Pelican Bay State Prison.

From Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project—In May, Massachusetts’ highest court extended the American with Disabilities Act to mentally and physically disabled prisoners seeking parole, ruling that the state must help them get support systems in place in the community.

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.

From Harvard Law Today—Erika Johnson is this year’s winner of the David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award. The award is named in honor of the late Clinical Professor of Law David Grossman ’88, a public interest lawyer dedicated to providing high-quality legal services to low income communities.

The symposium brought together over 28 military personnel and legal experts whose work focuses on the areas of Islamic and human rights law as well as on cultural and international security issues.

From the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project—PLAP submitted testimony regarding proposed changes to the Massachusetts Department of Correction regulations that govern disciplinary hearings, use of force, and grievance procedures.

From the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project—On March 2nd, members of Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, came to Harvard Law School to speak to a group of students.

From Prison Legal Assistance Project—Recently, Tabitha Cohen JD '18 argued the appeal of a lawsuit, Crowell v. Massachusetts Parole Board, filed by the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP) in the Massachusetts State Supreme Court, formally known as the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC).

The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs extends a warm welcome to Toiya Taylor (Clinical Instructor) and Lisa Fitzgerald (Clinical Fellow) of the Harvard…

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Tim Kaine and Anne Holton, his future wife, at Harvard Law School in 1983.Motivated by Catholic teachings, he…

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Suffolk University School of Law  When I applied for an internship at Harvard Law School’s Prison Legal Assistance…

By Sam Feldman, J.D. ’16 I came to law school to work on the issues of mass incarceration and prisoners’ rights, inspired by advocates and…

By Erin DeGrand J.D. ’16 Erin DeGrand J.D. ’16 Joining PLAP as a 1L, I was most attracted to the fact that it seemed like…

Via the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project On October 14, three PLAPpers joined individuals and organizations from across the Commonwealth at the State House…

By Irem Girmen, Northeastern University Co-Op Student at the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project On September 4th, the Prison Legal Assistance Project and the Office of…