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Clinic Talks 2020: Emerging Trends in Immigration and Criminal Defense
Hosted by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, Clinic Talks 2020 is a series of panels and events dedicated to offering students a window into the clinical program at HLS. Join Phil Torrey from the Crimmigration Clinic and Dehlia Umunna from the Criminal Justice Institute for a conversation about trends in fields of […]
Clinic Talks 2020: Promoting Economic Justice
Hosted by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, Clinic Talks 2020 is a series of panels and events dedicated to offering students a window into the clinical program at HLS. To learn more about the Transactional Law Clinics, the Federal Tax Clinic, and the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, join Carlos Teuscher, Keith Fogg, […]
Clinic Talks 2020: Voting Rights in an Election Year
Hosted by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, Clinic Talks 2020 is a series of panels and events dedicated to offering students a window into the clinical program at HLS. Join Ruth Greenwood and Mason Kortz for a conversation on how the new Voting Rights Litigation & Advocacy Clinic and the Cyberlaw Clinic work […]
HLAB Program Assistant Undergraduate Summer Internship
Position Dates: Training: Tentative for Saturday, May 16th or Sunday, May 17th Two Start Dates: Monday, May 11th and May 18th End Date: Friday, August 14th Monday-Friday 9-5pm; Hourly Rate: $13.00 Position Requirements/Preferred Skills: Candidates must be eligible for the Federal Work Study Program Candidates bilingual in Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole are […]
Interested in Clinical Work for Spring 2020? Enroll Today!
Spring 2020 Clinics with Open Seats The following spring clinics still have a few seats available! Please log in to Helios and navigate to the Add/Drop section to enroll in one of these clinics. Open seats will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. The add/drop deadline for most spring clinics is Friday, December 6th. […]
Pro Bono Recruitment Fair & Open House
Attendees are encouraged to drop in and meet representatives from local legal services organizations and to learn more about the pro bono opportunities in our community. This event is offered to attorneys of all levels, as well as law students in the Boston area.
LGBTQ Discrimination before the Supreme Court: Reflections from Employees’ Counsel
Join us for a conversation with Kendra Albert, a Clinical Instructor with the Cyberlaw Clinic, and Ria Tabacco Mar, a senior staff attorney with the national American Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Project.
A Critical Win: The Fight to Reinstate Care for Critically Ill Immigrants
Join us for a discussion with Tony Marino, the Director of Legal Services at the Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC), and Dr. Fiona Danaher, a pediatrician with Mass General Hospital and Co-chair of the MGH Immigrant Health Coalition about the fight to reinstate the Medical Deferred Action program which let immigrants remain in the country while they or their relatives receive life-saving medical care.
Stopping Hate! – A Conversation with Yee Htun and Nadia Aziz
Join us for a conversation with Yee Htun of the HLS International Human Rights Law Clinic and Nadia Aziz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law about strategies to combat hate in local communities.
New Spring 2020 Clinic Opportunity: Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic – Info Session September 30, 12pm
The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs invites students to come learn about a new clinical opportunity – the Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic, launching in Spring 2020. Join us on Monday, September 30th at 12pm (WCC 3019) to hear more from the clinic instructor. Spring 2020 clinical placements will be with external […]
Criminal Prosecution Work – Clinical Opportunity Available for 3L’s for Fall 2019
Are you interested in criminal prosecution? Check out the Criminal Prosecution Clinic, one of our externship clinic offerings. Students take a course with Jack Corrigan, an HLS alumn and former Massachusetts state prosecutor. Students are then placed in one of the District Attorney’s offices in Massachusetts, under the supervision of an Assistant District Attorney. This […]
Semester in Washington Course Schedule
(Subject to change) Fall 2018 November 12 – Class #1 (in Cambridge) – Introduction to the Semester in Washington program; Personal introductions; Review of one or more policy issues in the news; Review placements and housing arrangements; Discuss expectations for the Program, class materials, and ethical issues surrounding placements, including conflicts of interest, involvement in […]
Animal Law and Policy Clinic
Student Work The Animal Law & Policy Clinic provides students with direct hands-on experience in animal advocacy on behalf of both captive animals and wildlife, including litigation, legislation, administrative practice, and policymaking. Students will be introduced to the overarching issues that non-human animal law advocates face in their work, including rulemaking petitions, open-government laws, and […]
Impact Defense Initiative: Clinic – Applications Due June 21, 2019!
Read more about this new clinical opportunity being offered in Fall 2019 here: https://hls.harvard.edu/dept/clinical/impact-defense-initiative/
Clinical Newsletters
Stay up to date on what the clinics and SPOs are up to on OCP’s blog.
Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project ClinicTalk
Students work closely with Professor Lucie White and Ghanian organizations that focus on the human rights dimensions of Ghana's health policies and practices.
Semester in Washington ClinicTalk
Students spend the entire spring semester in Washington, D.C. working as legal interns in a variety of federal offices while taking an evening course on government lawyering.
Info for F-1 Visa J.D. Students
J.D. students on F-1 visas are eligible to participate in the following: HLS In-House clinics HLS Student Practice Organizations HLS sponsored pro bono opportunities, such as the pro bono spring break projects None of the above offerings require Curricular Practical Training (CPT) authorization. Most HLS Externship Clinics are also available to J.D. students on F-1 […]
Harvard Dispute Design Systems ClinicTalk
Students in the Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic work on advanced client matters related to negotiation, mediation, and conflict management.
Impact Defense Initiative ClinicTalk
The Impact Defense Initiative will immerse students in the design and execution of a high-impact strategic litigation campaign undertaken on behalf of indigent criminal defendants in a state-level criminal court system.