Topic: Events

Join Fellowships Director Judy Murciano for an overview of fellowships, grants, and scholarships that will support public interest work, study, research, and entrepreneurship in the US and abroad. OPIA encourages all students thinking about pursuing a fellowship to attend. Non-pizza lunch provided. 

Are you wondering if the Early Interview Program is right for you? Do you see yourself somewhere other than a large law firm? Are you worried that if you don’t go to a large law firm, you’ll be left without “options”? Join us for a panel discussion with current HLS students and OPIA staff who can help answer your questions regarding the EIP process and how to weigh the pros and cons of participating in the EIP program. Non-pizza lunch will be served.

Please join OPIA and the Labor and Employment Action Project (LEAP) to hear Wasserstein Fellow Ben Botts discuss the current landscape for guest workers’ rights under President Trump. Please note that the views expressed by the speaker(s) are their own. Non-pizza lunch provided.

Speak with Brent Mitchell ’98 about working with and applying to the summer internship program with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You must register to receive the conference call details.

OPIA’s Public Interest Networking Reception is an opportunity to connect with attorneys from a wide range of public interest organizations, including federal and state government, legal services, public defenders, prosecutors, public interest law firms, and non-profit advocacy organizations. Please RSVP if you would like to attend.

Come learn from and network with one of our highly esteemed and deeply knowledgeable Wasserstein Fellows, Jim Freeman ’03, Founder and Executive Director of the Grassroots Action Support Team, as he discusses what it takes to be a movement lawyer.

Come learn from and network with one of our highly esteemed and deeply knowledgeable Wasserstein Fellows, Barbara Martinez, Chief of the Special Prosecutions Section and Trafficking/Project Safe Childhood Coordinator in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, as she discusses the importance of partnerships and how prosecution alone is not the way […]

OPIA’s Public Interest Networking Reception is an opportunity to connect with attorneys from a wide range of public interest organizations, including federal and state government, legal services, public defenders, prosecutors, public interest law firms, and non-profit advocacy organizations.

Be prepared for your 1L summer internship interviews and ensure success by practicing your skills in a mock interview. 1Ls will have the opportunity to participate in thirty-minute interviews with HLS alumni and other attorneys representing both the public and private sectors. The first twenty minutes will be spent participating in the mock interview; during […]