On November 15, Professor Carol Steiker led a conversation with recent HLS graduates and Capital Punishment Clinic alumni working in the area of death penalty defense. Watch here: This event …
‘I’m at my wit’s end’: Welcome to the underbelly of the region’s housing crisis
By Danny McDonald Via The Boston Globe It is morning in Eastern Housing Court, and Frances Louis is seated on a bench in the gallery of a courtroom, waiting for her case to be called. Outwardly, …
‘We want to be your voice’
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 …
‘It’s incredible what we did, as a bunch of law students, to change VA policy’
Strategic lawyering by a team of Harvard Law students led Veterans Affairs to change its long-standing benefits policy. Via Harvard Law Today Last month, the Department of Veterans Affairs …
Uniting racial justice and law firm pro bono
By Olivia Klein Keeping Tabs is a Q&A series that follows alumni on their careers after graduation, the lasting impacts of their clinical and pro bono experiences at HLS, and their experiences …
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Plea bargaining and mass incarceration go hand in hand. We need to end both.
By Premal Dharia (Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration) and Chris Kemmitt Via USA Today Our legislatures and courts have armed prosecutors with so much power that they can …