Alumni Focus

Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod ’92 has long gravitated toward the courtroom.

Students in the Semester in Washington Clinic spend a spring semester in the nation’s capital, working full time at a government agency and attending classes on policymaking

David Ryan can’t get too specific about his work at the U.S. Department of Justice. And that’s probably a good thing,

Like a detective, Elizabeth Arkell enjoys sifting through information, painstakingly piecing together facts, and then applying them to the law.

Not everyone can say they are working at their dream job. Demarquin Johnson can. 

“There is no winning in a prosecution,” says Vanessa Strobbe ’12. “That’s someone’s father, that’s someone’s son, who’s going to jail.”

For a lucky few students, experiences in other countries led to unexpected connections.

Drexel University Professor Adam Benforado ’05 says the nation disregards children's rights, and fails to protect them and create conditions so they can thrive.

Rya W. Zobel L.L.B. ’56 is one of four who will receive the 2023 Harvard Medal in recognition of extraordinary service to the University.

A clinic fact-finding mission on the Thai-Burma border changed the course of Jason Gelbort’s career.

With decades of experience prosecuting war crimes, Eli Rosenbaum '80 turns his attention to Russia.

Patricia Schroeder ’64, a feminist pathbreaker in Congress, who served as U.S. representative from Colorado from 1973 to 1997, died on March 13. She was 82.

Since the first class of women graduated from Harvard Law School in 1953, women have made their mark.

The first class of women graduated from Harvard Law School 70 years ago this spring. A look back at moments and milestones.

70 years on, Sondra Miller ’53 reflects on her experience as a member of the first class at Harvard Law School to include women.

Chief counsel of a respected mid-’70s Senate inquiry into improper federal investigations says the credibility of the oversight function is at stake.

A Public Service Venture Fund Fellowship helped Lauren Herman ’13 launch an organization to help underserved communities in New Jersey.

Seventy years ago this spring, the first class of women graduated from Harvard Law School. Sondra (Markowitz) Miller ’53 talks about her experience and her career