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Tenant Advocacy Project
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Securing housing stability, growing along the way
April 29, 2022
By Olivia Klein A Cambridge mother of five will keep her Section 8 housing voucher thanks to the diligent work of Alison Roberts, J.D. ‘22,…
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Grateful for the Tenant Advocacy Project
April 8, 2022
By Anna Jessurun, JD ’22 Credit: Courtesy of Maddy Gates When I walked out of the new member orientation for the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP)…
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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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Tenant Advocacy Project’s Dick Bauer Honored with Massachusetts National Lawyers Guild Award
October 4, 2021
On Friday, October 1, Dick Bauer was honored with the National Lawyers Guild Massachusetts Chapter’s annual Rob Doyle Award, recognizing his exceptional work…
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Tenant Advocacy Project hosts 1L Orientation and Training
September 30, 2021
With the fall semester now in full swing, the Tenant Advocacy Project recently held its annual 1L Orientation and Training. Students new to the…
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Harvard Law School clinics redouble efforts to assist after eviction moratorium’s end
September 15, 2021
via Harvard Law Today
by Rachel Reed Credit: iStock/JJ Gouin The expiration two weeks ago of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic-related… -
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… -
Recap: Tenant Advocacy Project in Fall 2020
February 25, 2021
The Fall of 2020 saw the Tenant Advocacy Project busy with a variety of cases, community growth, and new 1L involvement in a remote environment.
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Reflections On Working Remotely At The Tenant Advocacy Project
February 25, 2021
For almost a year, Attorney Dick Bauer has been the Clinical Instructor at the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP). Dick is a graduate of MIT and…
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Advocating for Housing as a Human Right with TAP
February 17, 2021
by Rachel Niegelberg J.D.’23 Rachel Niegelberg J.D.’23 I entered law school this fall after ten years as a public school teacher in the New York…
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The 1L Experience at TAP during COVID-19
February 16, 2021
by Grace Yuh The first semester of law school is an important one as students begin to find their footing in the classroom, amongst their…
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Balancing Optimism and Realism in Attenuated Wins
October 22, 2019
By Alev Erhan During my first year of law school, I was eager to get away from the HLS bubble and our classroom hypotheticals by…
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Questions the Democratic Presidential Candidates Haven’t Been Asked
October 15, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer Affordable housing has yet to be addressed in a presidential debate, even though a national public opinion poll revealed that 85%…
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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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Harvard Law School clinicians testify on legislation supporting tenants in eviction cases
July 25, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Alexis Farmer Credit: Lorin Granger Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks in front of the Joint Committee on the…
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Lynn Weissberg receives an honor from the Massachusetts Chapter for the National Lawyers Guild
June 6, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer Lynn Weissberg On May 17, 2019 the National Lawyers Guild – Massachusetts Chapter (NLG) celebrated its fifty year anniversary at St. Paul…
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Sarah Rutherford ’21, David Shea ’20, and William “Billy” Wright ’21: Candidates for Director of Student Organizations and Journals
March 15, 2019
Via The Harvard Law Record By: Merve Ciplak and Kate Thoreson Sarah Rutherford ’21 Record: Why are you running for DoSO? Sarah Rutherford: I…