Training a new generation of election law lawyers
Harvard Law Today spoke with Ruth Greenwood about the new Election Law Clinic and why she thinks it is important to train a new generation of lawyers to practice in this burgeoning field.
Election Law Clinic launches at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School has announced the launch the new Election Law Clinic, which will give students the opportunity to work on a broad range of cutting-edge issues in areas such as redistricting, voting rights, campaign finance, and party regulation.
Examining international, comparative, and foreign law
Seven HLS students were recently named Cravath International Fellows in recognition of the significant, internationally-focused independent clinical or research/writing projects they undertook during Winter Term in January.
COVID and the law: What have we learned?
The effect of COVID-19 on the law has been transformative and wide-ranging, but as a Harvard Law School panel pointed out on the one-year anniversary of campus shutdown, the changes haven’t all been for the worse.
Advocating from afar
Despite working remotely, first-year students with Harvard Law School’s Tenant Advocacy Project gained meaningful skills and successfully helped clients during the fall semester student practice organization.
Rethinking digital education in a ‘global classroom’
As Harvard Law students across the world logged onto Zoom this fall to connect to their professors and peers, Sidharth Chauhan LL.M. ’21 took virtual education a step further.
Food Law and Policy Clinic releases report evaluating Farmers to Families Food Box Program
In their new report, An Evaluation of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition highlight opportunities to make the program more equitable and effective amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program blocks another Trump administration asylum rule
In a case brought by the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, a California District Court last week issued a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration rule that would gut protections for people fleeing persecution and torture.
Laying the groundwork for real-life lawyering
Students in independent clinicals are making the most of a digital world.
Trusted to listen
After her first interview in Afghanistan, Nicolette Waldman ’13 realized she had found the career she was meant to pursue.