By: Tara Louise Casey, LL.M. ’19 As an LL.M. student who has recently finished my primary law degree in Ireland – where there is not a great amount of emphasis on practical legal education – I was …
Beyond a Judicial Philosophy: My Time in the Harvard Mediation Program
By Lauren Godles J.D. '17 In law school, we spend three years studying cases, with the expectation that by the end, we will develop a personal judicial philosophy. This judicial philosophy will …
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Housing Law Clinic: fighting housing displacement and insecurity
By Catherine Peyton Humphreville, J.D. '16 Working with homeless and street-involved youth as a legal intern at the Urban Justice Center’s Peter Cicchino Youth Project after my first year of law …
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Out of the classroom and into the courtroom
Suria Bahadue, J.D. '16 I came to Harvard Law School because I want to help people. Previously, I worked as a paralegal at a large law firm. In that role, I worked on pro bono cases involving …
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A sense of community and a chance to represent clients in court
By Alison Burton, J.D. '16 I have always been interested in women’s issues, including the power imbalances that help perpetuate domestic violence. As a college student, I volunteered at the …
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A clinic student confronts the challenges of family and domestic violence law
By Kathryn Boulton, J.D. '15 Prior to joining the Family and Domestic Violence Law Clinic, I had virtually no direct services experience to speak of. Much of my work in other courses and clinics had …