By Olivia Klein Abigail was nervous the first time she walked into the courthouse. She’d been working with students at the Family and Domestic Violence Law Clinic, and she wanted to make sure …
Holistic Care through Interdisciplinary Partnership
By Olivia Klein “It just makes sense.” Samir Hanna, clinical instructor at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center’s (LSC) Housing Law Clinic, smiles and shrugs as he describes the …
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Home Isn’t A Guarantee For Survivors Fleeing Domestic Abusers During COVID-19
via Huffpostby Alanna Vagianos Angela estimated that she and her four children have moved 10 times since they fled her abusive husband in 2017. She doesn’t always have the money to move, but when …
“They Don’t Teach You This in Law School,” Moments in the Domestic Violence and Family Law Clinic
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 …
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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