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Student Spotlights
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First Gen Empower, founded by Arabi Hassan ’23, enables first-generation, low-income, and immigrant high school and college students to pursue their dreams.
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At an event hosted by the Harvard Law School Library, several students discussed their experiences working with capital defense offices across the country as part of the Capital Punishment Clinic.
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An indelible experience with deep Harvard roots
April 5, 2023
A friendly competition between four Harvard Law students in 1960 has grown into the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, with 700 students competing worldwide.
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Alice Hu has been elected president of the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, an organization founded in 1981 to represent and support Asian Pacific American law students.
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Ten Harvard Law students trekked to arctic Alaska during spring break to prepare tax returns for indigenous communities.
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Alternative Spring Break
March 28, 2023
Harvard Law Students undertook a number of pro bono projects locally, nationally, and internationally during Spring Break this year.
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Making the invisible curriculum visible
March 22, 2023
At the “Teaching First-Generation Law Students” event, professors shared insights and recommendations for making law teaching more inclusive.
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Four Harvard Law School students were selected this year as Salzburg Cutler Fellows in International Law and Public Service.
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International Women’s Day 2023
March 7, 2023
In honor of this global holiday, here are just a few international women who make up the Harvard Law School community.
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Maryan Hassan LL.M. ’22
March 7, 2023
Hassan is a UK lawyer and former chief trade negotiator at the World Trade Organization for the Federal Government of Somalia. She says her time…
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Ásgerður Snævarr LL.M. ’23
March 7, 2023
Ásgerður Snævarr LL.M. ’23 is a legal adviser to the Prime Minister of Iceland and a part-time lecturer in administrative law at the University of…
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Khawla Yassin Nassar LL.M. ’23
March 7, 2023
Khawla Yassin Nassar LL.M. ’23 is a Palestinian Israeli lawyer. She completed her Bachelor of Laws degree at Tel Aviv University, graduating magna cum laude…
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Harvard Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic saves thousands of dollars for Boston residents every year
March 6, 2023
Students in Harvard Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic fight to eliminate debt for community members.
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2023 Cravath International Fellows
March 2, 2023
From transgender equality to the rights of displaced persons, four Harvard Law students describe their winter-term projects abroad.
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As a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, Francisco Balbín conducted an independent clinical with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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As a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, Janna Adelstein traveled to the United Kingdom to conduct research on how equality law doctrines affect transgender people.
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Teresa Chen, researching the impact of Hong Kong’s new national security law on Taiwan
March 2, 2023
Teresa Chen, a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, traveled to Taiwan to undertake research on a recently-enacted national security law and its effect on democracies in the region.
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Carlos Gonzalez Sierra, assessing protections for internally displaced persons in El Salvador
March 1, 2023
Carlos Gonzalez Sierra, a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, undertook an independent clinical placement in Central America with an NGO offering legal aid and psychological support to victims of forced displacement.
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Holding the United Nations accountable
February 7, 2023
A team of Harvard Law School students seeks justice for Roma exposed to lead poisoning under the U.N.’s watch.
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Clinical placements across the globe
January 31, 2023
Across the globe HLS students worked on independent clinical placements during the January winter term.
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Apsara Iyer ’24 elected president of the Harvard Law Review
January 30, 2023
The Harvard Law Review has elected Apsara Iyer ’24 as its 137th president. Apsara succeeds Priscila Coronado ’23.