As incoming Harvard Law students move in this weekend for orientation next week, we take a look at past registrations and how some students began their lives at Harvard Law School: from creating a homemade model of a new home away from home in the 1800s, to living in temporary housing on Jarvis Field after World War II.
![Photo of Felix Frankfurter, class of 1888, in dorm room](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Frankfurter-in-dorm-room_olvwork354077.jpg)
![Photo of a model of a Dorm Room by Philip Welton Stanford](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Historical_HUA_041_008.jpg)
![Photo of a letter included with hand-drawn model of room](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Historical_HUA_039_001.jpg)
![Photo of a model of a Dorm Room by Philip Welton Stanford](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Historical_HUA_041_006.jpg)
![Old black and white photo of a man in a suit standing next to a tree and two bicycles outside a brick dorm in 1900.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2018_4_02_Hastins_Harvard-Square_Westenguard_Pusey-ARchives001_MStewart-1-scaled.jpg)
![Photo of temporary housing on Jarvis Field after World War II.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Temp-Housing.jpg)
![Old black and white photo of three male students in suits signing a registration book.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Historical_HLSSC_Registration_011_001.jpg)
![Historical photo of a dorm room designed by Anni Albers in Gropius complex](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HLB-w19-20988-v2.jpg)
![Student sitting at desk in dorm room](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/444829524-scaled.jpg)
![Students eating at tables in the dining hall in the1950s.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Harkness-dining-area.jpg)
![Photo taken from outside of two male students playing ping pong in the 1950s.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Harkness-Commons_Hark-Ping-Pong.jpg)
![Women and men eating in the dining hall in the 1950s.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/huv211_4_2_UA15-v2.jpg)
![](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Historical_HLSSC_Registration_013_001.jpg)
![Photo of a student at a table marked Term Bill at Harvard](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Historical_HLSSC_Registration_004_001.jpg)
![Photo of students lined up to register at Harvard](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Historical_HLSSC_Registration_012_001.jpg)
![Photo of students standing in line to register for classes at Harvard in 1977.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/registration-1977_2.jpg)
![Photo of students standing in line to register for classes at Harvard around 1992.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/registration-1992-Perlman.jpg)
![Sign reads: Stop! Did you etch your name into Harvard Law history?](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/08_25_14_Orientation-2014_MStewart_136.jpg)
![Two students signing their names at a table with three other students doing the same in the background.](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/08_25_14_Orientation-2014_MStewart_151.jpg)