Job Opportunities

The Sixth Amendment Center (6AC) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that no person faces potential time in jail or prison without first having the aid of a lawyer with the time, ability, and resources to present an effective defense, as required under the United States Constitution. An externship with 6AC is ideal for any law student interested in criminal justice reform, indigent defense, and social and racial equity.

Clara Spera (Lecturer in Law, Fall '23) seeks to hire one Teaching Fellow for her Fall 2023 seminar, Reproductive Rights Advocacy.

Research assistant(s) needed for project on international law and Israel-Palestine. Strong public international law background and research experience are a must.

Eligible students include 2L, 3L, and SJD students at Harvard Law School, as well as PhD students at Harvard University who work on the role of law in the construction of economic and social inequality, on power in economic and social relations, or on the political economy of market societies.

Professor Sunstein seeking teaching fellows for the course, GENED 1102, Making Change When Change is Hard.

Fellowships, which normally are for a one-year period, involve a stipend of $5,000. 2L and 3L JD students and SJD Harvard Law School students are eligible for the fellowships, as well as PhD students at Harvard University who have a strong and developed interest in economic analysis of law.

Clinical Professor Christopher Bavitz seeks a research assistant to support a writing project about using actuarial risk assessment systems in the criminal legal system against the backdrop of European and international human rights law.

David Hoffman is looking to hire two Teaching Fellows for his course in the fall, Legal Profession, Collaborative Law.

The HHRJ is now accepting applications for its Submissions Committee and for Assistant Managing Editors! Submissions Editors will start this summer, reviewing and selecting submissions for publication in the Print and Online Journals.

Research assistant needed for project addressing the governance of migration through funding with a focus on violation of the right to seek asylum and non-refoulement obligations under domestic and international law through the externalization of U.S. and Canadian borders.

Research assistant needed to develop practice advisory for Haitian asylum seeker damages claims.

Professor Vicki Jackson is seeking multiple Research Assistants for ongoing projects in U.S. constitutional law and comparative constitutional law.

Marco Basile, HLS Climenko Fellow, is looking for summer research help with scholarship on public law.

Professor Richard Parker is looking to hire a summer research assistant to help with a project analyzing rhetoric in recent constitutional law opinions by the Supreme Court.

Professors William Alford and Michael Stein seek a RA to work with them on a project concerning issues of disability in Korea. While the project will principally be focused on contemporary issues, the capacity to do historical research would be an added plus. Candidates should have strong Korean language skills.

Judge Gertner is looking for a summer RA to research for a book on the men that she sentenced when she was on the bench and to research articles on sentencing and jury selection.

HLS Post-doc Fellow Oren Tamir is looking for 1-2 RAs to work with him in the next few months on a new comparative administrative law project.

2L and 3L JD students and SJD Harvard Law School students are eligible for the fellowships, as well as PhD students at Harvard University who have a strong and developed interest in economic analysis of law.