by Jenifer B. McKim via Boston Globe Magazine Nearly 10 years ago, Wilfred Dacier was told he would be a free man. But for Dacier, now 63, his view continued to be a little corner of the town of …
HLS clinics and students fight for the most vulnerable amid COVID-19
via Harvard Law Today by Brett Milano For the Clinical Program at Harvard Law School, the past weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a time to mobilize. As the clinics have moved to working …
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PLAP Appeals MA Parole Board’s Decision to Deny Parole to an Inmate with Mental Health Needs
By: Jarrod Nelson, JD '21 *Calvin resides in a prison that for him is also a purgatory. For nine years, Calvin has found himself at the center of a legal controversy that involves two state …
SPO Student Reflection: LGBTQ Representation in TAP and PLAP
By: D Dangaran, JD'20 Not every law school allows its students to represent clients in their first year, and I chose HLS to prioritize direct service through its myriad clinical offerings. I’m …
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PLAP court victory helps disabled parolees
Via Harvard Law Today In May, Massachusetts’ highest court extended the American with Disabilities Act to mentally and physically disabled prisoners seeking parole, ruling that the state must help …
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PLAP student argues case before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Via Prison Legal Assistance Project Recently, Tabitha Cohen JD '18 argued the appeal of a lawsuit, Crowell v. Massachusetts Parole Board, filed by the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP) …
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