Via HLS News Thirteen Harvard Law School students were selected as the 2016 Cravath International Fellows. The fellows traveled to 12 countries for winter term clinical placements or independent …
Using the law to heal the wounds of racism
By Rena Karefa-Johnson, J.D. '16 In my law school applications, I wrote that I wanted to be a lawyer to continue my grandfather’s legacy of healing. While he fought to heal the suffering in his …
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Fighting Injustice in the Tennessee Court System
Last Spring, a group of HLS students traveled to Tennessee to work with Equal Justice Under Law, a non-profit civil rights organization started by alumni Alec Karakatsanis '08 and Phil Telfeyan '08 …
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Two Win 2015 Exemplary Clinical Student Award
Harvard Law School’s Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs recognizes two graduating students who exemplify putting theory into practice through clinical work. The honorees are Seth Hoedl ’15 and …
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Student finds motivation in her clinical work
By Ashley Lewis, J.D. '15 The most memorable moments of law school have been walking out of a courtroom with my client after a favorable decision. In that moment I am smiling, my client is smiling, …
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First Line of Defense
Via Harvard Bulletin Students represent the indigent in courts where judges ask, ‘Is Harvard in the building?’ On a frigid, snow-packed morning in mid-February, the galleries in the Roxbury …