HLS Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
Providing clinical and pro bono opportunities to Harvard Law School students
By Olivia Klein “I was nervous,” says Katie Pleiss ’24 of her first day in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic. Seated around the conference table at the MacArthur Justice …
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By Olivia Klein South Africa, Mexico, Belgium, Australia, Nigeria, France, and Iraq are just a handful of the nations where HLS students completed hands-on legal work this January. Through the …
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By Joshua Payne '24 My name is Joshua Payne, and I am a second year at Harvard Law School who participated as a student attorney for the Transactional Law Clinic (TLC). I have had the pleasure to …
By Regina Fairfax '24 I came to Harvard Law School with a passion for Voting Rights and public service. In my year between college and HLS, I joined the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund …
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By Diane Bernabei, J.D. 24 Interning at the Boston Juvenile Court (BJC) through the Child Advocacy Clinic afforded me a unique opportunity to experience trial advocacy and learn how judges …
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By Alec Johnson, J.D. '24 The first year of law school intimidated me for many reasons: intellectually challenging coursework, grades based entirely on final exams, and hundreds of new …
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