HLS Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
Providing clinical and pro bono opportunities to Harvard Law School students
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By Stephanie Schuyler, J.D. '17 If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming 1Ls at Harvard Law School, I would tell them to join a student practice organization (SPO) as soon as humanly possible. …
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The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs extends a warm welcome to Daneiris Heredia-Perez (Administrative Director) of Harvard Defenders, Christina Haines (Program Assistant) of the Harvard …
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By Tori Anderson, J.D. '16 I knew coming into law school that I wanted to work in public interest. Working for people and with people was very important to me and I wanted to spend my three years at …
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Via HLS News “The role of a criminal-defense lawyer is rarely comfortable, and never popular,” renowned defense attorney Jack T. Litman ’67 liked to say, “but it remains among the more noble …
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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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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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