Student Spotlights

Through clinics and a Skadden Fellowship, Julio Quiroz Colby ’24 aims ‘to assist immigrant workers every step of the way.’

The legal underpinnings of integrating submarine service led Phoebe M. Kotlikoff MPP/JD ’24, one of the first female U.S. Navy submariners, to study law.

A child star, Nicholas Gonzalez ’24 found his vocation for the law through his love for acting.

Asha Jain on satellites, sustainability, and space law

Julio Colby ’24 and Sara Kamouni ’24 have been selected as recipients of the Skadden Fellowship.

According to students in Harvard Law School’s Tax Litigation Clinic, helping indigent clients resolve their tax problems is as much about social justice as it is about the IRS.

While classes took a pause, legal work continued for students participating in spring break pro bono trips to San Diego, California and Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Jesus Carreon ’25 discusses his journey to HLS and his commitment to immigrant advocacy.

Students from across the globe come to Harvard Law School to engage in graduate studies in law as part of Harvard Law School's LL.M. and S.J.D. programs.

This year, 11 upper-level J.D. students and LL.M. candidates were selected as Cravath International Fellows. Here are four of their stories.

Four Harvard Law School students were selected this year as Salzburg Cutler Fellows. This annual program brings together students from 14 leading U.S. law schools to foster skills and forge connections through their common interest in international law.

First-year student Annabelle Hutchinson hopes her company can offer an eco-friendly way to buy your favorite jeans.

The Harvard Law Review has elected Sophia M. Hunt ’25 as its 138th president.

During January, more than 100 HLS students pursued independent clinicals, research and writing projects, or coursework abroad.

Michael Cheng ’24 on harmonizing his passions for music, science, and law

Students gathered at Harvard Law School on Nov. 17 for the seventh annual Tortys, the Oscars-style film festival examining important issues of justice and tort law.

At Harvard Law, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told the 2023 Ames Moot Court competitors their “devotion to craft” inspired her

Having grown up in chaos, Logan Lathrop ’25 credits the military with setting him on a technology-related litigation career path.

Matthew Pekoske, a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Coast Guard, is hoping his time catching drug smugglers will translate to stopping cyberattacks.

After a near fatal helicopter crash Rachel Anderson J.D./M.B.A. ’26 is determined to live life to its fullest.

As a Chayes Fellow, Izza Drury ’24 drafted a complaint to the UN Committee against Torture on behalf of a survivor seeking international protection in Greece.