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Student Spotlights
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Kelly Kapianga LL.M. ’20: An advocate for incarcerated children celebrates Commencement with a special joy
May 26, 2020
Drawing inspiration from his time at HLS, Kelly Kapianga LL.M. ’20, who founded a nonprofit to provide legal services to juveniles, aims to combat corruption in Zambia.
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Machteld van Egmond LL.M. ’20: A physician-researcher with a curious mind turns to the practice of law
May 24, 2020
A physician-researcher, Machteld van Egmond LL.M. ’20 explored the intersections among empirical science, law, and medicine during her LL.M. year at Harvard Law School.
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At Harvard, Niku Jafarnia J.D. / M.P.P. ’20 found a wealth of ways to advocate for refugees
May 24, 2020
With the aim of advocating for refugees, Niku Jafarnia J.D. / M.P.P.’20 focused on the intersection of refugee rights, armed conflict, and counterterrorism as joint law and public policy student at Harvard.
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Lyla Wasz-Piper and Kennedi Williams-Libert receive 2020 CLEA Outstanding Clinical Student Team Award
May 21, 2020
Lyla Wasz-Piper ’20 and Kennedi Williams-Libert ’20 have received the 2020 Outstanding Clinical Student Team Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association, recognized for their unique partnership and exemplary teamwork during their time as student attorneys at the Criminal Justice Institute.
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Exemplifying a pro bono public spirit
May 20, 2020
The Office of Clinical Pro Bono recognizes Class of 2020 clinical students who have exemplified a pro bono public spirit and demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to delivering high-quality legal services.
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Jeremy Ravinsky ’20, this year’s recipient of the Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Award, was recognized for providing more than 2,000 hours of pro bono services with the Tenant Advocacy Project and Project No One Leaves.
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Sejal Singh ’20 is the recipient of the David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award. She was recognized for her work on the Project on Predatory Student Lending, as well as her exemplary contributions to public-interest endeavors.
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Lauren Beck ’20, lowering barriers to entry
May 20, 2020
As the 133rd president of the Harvard Law Review, Lauren Beck ’20 has focused on making the journal more inclusive and accessible.
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Summations: Reflections from the Class of 2020
May 20, 2020
Members of the Class of 2020 reflect on their interests and share experiences they will take from their time at Harvard Law.
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Dylan Asafo LL.M. ’20 plans to use his HLS education to help address the inequalities facing communities of color in New Zealand and the wider Pacific region.
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Team of 1Ls win international negotiation challenge
May 15, 2020
Deftly adapting to a shift in both venue and format, and applying skills from their J-Term negotiation workshop, Harvard Law 1L students Adira E. Levine, Noopur Sen, and Adam J. Toobin were able to negotiate their way to victory in The Negotiation Challenge—an international contest drawing competitors from around the world.
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At year-end celebration, Petrie-Flom student fellows present their independent research projects
April 27, 2020
Student fellows at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics recently celebrated their fellowships’ end virtually when their capstone meeting moved to Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Born and raised in Nepal, Sabrina Singh ’20 has been speaking out about how the COVID-19 pandemic could exacerbate conditions in her home country.
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For the Clinical Program at Harvard Law School, the past weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a time to mobilize. As the clinics have moved to working remotely, their work has continued with new urgency.
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Waste not, want not
April 1, 2020
Harvard Law School Professor Emily Broad Leib ’08, director of the HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic, and her students have been working furiously to ensure that the most vulnerable—and ultimately the rest of us—are fed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Animal Law & Policy Program files amicus brief in Supreme Court challenging border wall
March 19, 2020
Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Program filed its first Supreme Court brief challenging the Trump administration’s waiver of laws regarding the U.S.-Mexico border wall construction. Ashley Maiolatesi ’20 recently corresponded with Harvard Law Today about what is at stake, the specific ramifications of these waivers, and her own personal connection to the project.
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During Winter Term, 12 Harvard Law School students traveled to 12 countries as Cravath International Fellows to pursue clinical placements or independent research with an international, transnational, or comparative law focus.
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Patients are often subjected to nonconsensual procedures and other mistreatment during the birthing process; Alexa Richardson, a student fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, is working to bring this situation to light.
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Chol Soo Lee and his fight for freedom
February 28, 2020
For the fourth consecutive year, the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) welcomed the Honorable Judge Denny Chin of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for a reenactment of a key trial that shaped Asian American history.
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Gallery: The LL.M. Class of 2020 celebrates at Harvard Law School’s annual International Party
February 26, 2020
On Feb. 15, Harvard Law School LL.M. Class of 2020 celebrated the annual International Party in Wasserstein Hall.
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Winter term around the world
February 11, 2020
HLS students traveled to 25 countries over winter term with the support of the Winter Term International Travel Grant Program.
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Michaeljit Sandhu ’21 elected 134th Harvard Law Review president
February 11, 2020
The Harvard Law Review has elected Michaeljit Sandhu ’21 as its 134th president. Sandhu succeeds Lauren Beck ’20.
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First Class
February 6, 2020
An organization started by Harvard Law students offers community and resources for low-income and first-generation college students at the school.
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Students showcase films on tort law and justice
December 19, 2019
A night of glamour at HLS to celebrate student films on tort law and justice.
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Mail priorities: Madelyn Petersen ’19 works to keep communities connected in rural Iowa
December 6, 2019
As a member of Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, Madelyn Petersen '19 and several other students traveled to northwest Iowa to study how the federal government’s plan to potentially privatize the U.S. Postal Service might affect the small, largely rural communities there.
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Ben Miller-Gootnick ’21 wins the Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition.
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Two teams of 3Ls competed for the coveted recognition of their advocacy skills in the final round of the 2019 Ames Moot Court Competition on November 12 at Harvard Law School.
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Clinic Stories: Prepping for the U.S. Court of Appeals
November 14, 2019
Follow a student in the Federal Tax Clinic as he prepares to argue an appeal on behalf of a military veteran forced to pay back taxes on $500K he didn't know his wife had embezzled.
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Veterans of war and service
November 5, 2019
Four of the 26 current and former members of the U.S. armed forces in this year’s entering class at Harvard Law School share their experiences in the military and at HLS.
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‘I knew if I didn’t join, I’d regret it for the rest of my life’
November 5, 2019
With a lifelong commitment to helping people in need, especially those in impoverished countries, Brandon Ricaurte joined the U.S. Army to become a Special Forces soldier, whose mission is to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
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‘Statistics show that a person who grew up like me should be drug addicted or maybe dead’
November 5, 2019
Born in Madrid, Spain, to heroin-addicted parents who neglected and abused her, and as a teenage immigrant who spoke no English when she arrived in Texas in the late 1990s, Ivanka Canzius ’22, a U.S. Army veteran, has walked a long and rocky path to Harvard Law School.
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Being in control of U.S. nuclear weapons taught Riley Vann how to cope—and maintain leadership—under pressure
November 5, 2019
As a U.S. Air Force Nuclear and Missile Operations officer, Riley Vann was one of 90 missileers whose job it was to ensure that U.S. nuclear weapons are ready to launch on command. The experience taught her how to cope—and maintain leadership—under pressure.
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Anthony Sham, educating via the airwaves in Afghanistan
November 5, 2019
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr Anthony P. “Tony” Sham LL.M. ’20 has served in Afghanistan as a legal adviser to American military leaders and at the Pentagon as a deputy executive assistant to the Judge Advocate General of the Navy.
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Global outreach: Chayes International Public Service Fellows tackle challenging issues this summer
October 23, 2019
In a series of profiles, Harvard Law Today highlights the experiences of three of the 17 Harvard Law School students who traveled the globe as Chayes International Public Service Fellows in 2019.
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Serious challenges, with some green shoots of hope
October 7, 2019
S.J.D. Candidate Eric Gitari describes his work this summer monitoring the status of human rights for LGBTIQ persons in Gambia and Senegal.
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Clinic Stories: Democracy Brewing
September 17, 2019
With the help of Harvard Law School's Transactional Law Clinics, Democracy Brewing has become the first brewery in Massachusetts to launch as a worker-owned business.
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Harvard Law School Orientation 2019
September 13, 2019
As new Harvard Law students settle into life on campus, we feature highlights from the beginning of the academic year.
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Welcoming new students
August 23, 2019
On August 19, Harvard Law School’s Graduate Program officially welcomed the LL.M. Class of 2020 to campus, along with eight new S.J.D. candidates and 10 international students from six of the law school’s exchange partner schools.
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A look back at new beginnings
August 23, 2019
As new HLS students begin to move in this weekend for orientation next week, we take a look at how some past students began their lives at Harvard Law School.
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Student Voices: Going against the government at the Office of the Federal Public Defender in D.C.
July 12, 2019
Alyssa Bernstein ’19 recounts her experience working for the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia.
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Highlights from Harvard Law School Commencement 2019
May 31, 2019
On Thursday, May 30, the Harvard Law School Class of 2019 received their diplomas and celebrated their graduation with family and friends.
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2018 – 2019: The Year in Pictures
May 30, 2019
Harvard Law School looks back in pictures on the 2018-19, from orientation through commencement, as we congratulate our graduates.
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Unexpected Reunion
May 30, 2019
Most law school graduates look forward to seeing their mothers and favorite professors at their commencement ceremonies. Very few see their 4th grade teachers or the mothers of their professors cheering them on as they receive their diplomas. Michael Donohue is the exception.
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Snapshots: Harvard Law School Class Day 2019
May 29, 2019
The Class of 2019 celebrated Class Day with friends and family, faculty and staff, and special guests on Harvard Law School's Holmes Field.
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Students honored at 2019 Class Day ceremony
May 29, 2019
A number of Harvard Law students from the Class of 2019 received special awards during the Class Day ceremony on May 29. They were recognized for outstanding leadership, citizenship, compassion and dedication to their studies and the profession.
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Nancy Pinn receives staff appreciation award
May 29, 2019
Nancy Pinn, director of administration and student affairs in the Graduate Program, received the Suzanne L. Richardson Staff Appreciation Award during Harvard Law School’s Class Day exercises on Wednesday, May 29.
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Asseret Frausto ’19 is the winner of the Outstanding Clinical Student Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA). The award is presented annually to one student from each law school for outstanding clinical coursework and contributions to the clinical community.
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Logan Leslie JD/MBA ’19 loved military service and planned to spend his lifetime in it. But a growing family—along with the ‘heartbreaking’ poverty and failed institutions he witnessed in Afghanistan—spurred him to serve in a different way.
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Emanuel Powell wins Gary Bellow Public Service Award
May 22, 2019
Emanuel Powell ’19 is the winner of this year’s Gary Bellow Public Service Award, established in 2001 to honor Professor Gary Bellow ’60, his commitment to public service, and his innovative approach to the analysis and practice of law.