Mississippi Delta Project

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by Rachel Reed Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. Credit: Brooks KraftHLS clinics and…

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…

via Harvard Law Today credit: Jessica Scranton Emily Broad Leib ’08, founder and director of the Harvard Law School Food Law…

  Student Practice Organizations often provide 1Ls with their first opportunity to gain practical legal experience at HLS. Each SPO is typically led by…

By: Emanuel Powell, J.D. ’19 From left to right, Emanuel Powell ’19, Sacajawea “saki” Hall, a Environmental Justice Initiative Client at Cooperation Jackson, and Megan…

Credit: Lorin Granger By: Alexis Farmer Harvard Law School (HLS) student Emanuel Powell J.D. ’19 is the winner of this year’s Gary Bellow Public Service…

By Thomas Wolfe, J.D. '19—This spring, I went with the Mississippi Delta Project (MDP) to Clarksdale, Mississippi to work on the issue of lead contamination of municipal water supplies in the Mississippi Delta.

From the Mississippi Delta Project—The Economic Development Team works on solutions that improve economic well-being and quality of life in the Mississippi Delta.

From the Mississippi Delta Project—After law school, Emanuel’s goal is to support community development efforts back home in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Delta Project—Farm to School seeks to improve child nutrition, teach children about agriculture and healthy diets, and build relationships between schools and local farmers.

Susana Cervantes, J.D. ’17 By Susana Cervantes, J.D. ’17
Student Leader, Mississippi Delta Project I initially joined the Mississippi Delta Project (“MDP”) my…

Via Mississippi Delta Project Newsletter Food Policy Team This year, the Food Policy Team is working on a year-long project in partnership…

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By Colin Ross, Harvard Mississippi Delta Project Co-Chair, HLS ‘16 On the evening of November 18th, the students and faculty…

Via HLS News This March, several teams of HLS students used their Spring Break to work on a number of humanitarian projects, including documenting…

Harvard University Law School students recently received an overview of the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area by Dr. Roland Herts, director of Delta State’s…

Desta Reff, Mississippi Delta Fellow
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation  Last week, the Jackson Free Press published a…