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Tenant Advocacy Project
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Highlights of the 2022-2023 SPO Experience
May 19, 2023
SPOs are cherished by HLS students, as an opportunity to explore their own passions from human rights to the arts, and much more. Here’s what students had to say about some of their SPO experiences this year.
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Expanding legal empowerment for local tenants
April 10, 2023
Over the course of his 1L year in the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP), Matthew Rock ‘24 saw firsthand the power of the reasonable accommodation letter as…
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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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By Olivia Klein Liz Butterworth ’22 is the recipient of the 2022 Gants Access to Justice Award. Butterworth is honored for her zealous advocacy for housing justice as a member of…
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Securing housing stability, growing along the way
April 29, 2022
A Cambridge mother of five will keep her Section 8 housing voucher thanks to the diligent work of Alison Roberts, J.D. ‘22, a third-year student…
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Grateful for the Tenant Advocacy Project
April 8, 2022
By Anna Jessurun, JD ’22 When I walked out of the new member orientation for the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP) my first year at HLS,…
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Q&A with 2022 Skadden Fellows
April 4, 2022
By Olivia Klein The Skadden Fellowship, which launched in 1988, offers young lawyers two-year fellowships to pursue public interest law on a full-time basis. The…
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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 in Massachusetts…
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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 The expiration two weeks ago of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic-related moratorium on evictions… -
Making connections—and a difference—through Student Practice Organizations
September 15, 2021
via Harvard Law Today
by Rachel Reed Ask students involved with any of Harvard Law School’s 11 Student Practice Organizations (SPOs) why they participate, 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 I entered law school this fall after ten years as a public school teacher in the New York public school system. …
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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…