“The Harvard Law School Clinical and Pro Bono Programs provide an exceptional educational experience for our students while also providing superb legal representation to clients in need. Our clinicians and our students work together to solve complex problems, address issues of profound social and legal import, and serve individuals and communities. Learning from excellent lawyers and teachers, our students gain deep expertise in practice and procedure and in substantive law across many areas. They also acquire, through their clinical experience, an invaluable sense of professionalism and team work and what we hope will be a life-long commitment to public service. I am very proud of the faculty and staff who lead and support our clinics, of the work our clinics and student practice organizations do, and of the great lawyers they help launch into the world.”

“The twin pillars of the Clinical Program at Harvard Law School are to provide exemplary legal services to local, national, and international communities and to ensure the continuous education, learning, and growth of the clinical community. Our remarkable students are at the heart of both of these goals. As student attorneys, they engage boldly and bravely. They bring their own diverse backgrounds and expertise, coupled with the knowledge they have garnered at Harvard, to advance savvy legal strategy and zealous representation. Our partners trust our students to develop sound policy and legal reasoning. Our clients feel seen, valued, and empowered. Our legal service is better, broader, and more joyful because of our students.
 
In the classroom and Clinics, our students teach as much as they learn. As we advise and mentor students on their path to becoming ethical lawyers, the students, in turn, challenge us to look at legal problems with a fresh set of eyes and creative new perspectives. They teach us. They enhance our community partnerships. They build teams and friendship among their peers that will continue to strengthen their own learning and bolster the legal profession for years to come. Our students teach and change us. And our students change the world: one classroom at a time, one case at a time, one client at a time. As our clinical students join the broader legal profession, we know their impact and contributions will only grow.“

Meredith Boak
Assistant Dean for Clinical and Experiential Education and Pro Bono Programs