Winter term around the world
HLS students traveled to 25 countries over winter term with the support of the Winter Term International Travel Grant Program.
Civil rights complaint filed on behalf of deported Iranian student
On Jan. 29, attorneys from HIRC submitted a complaint to the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of their client, an Iranian student who was denied entry to the U.S. despite having a valid visa.
Eloise Lawrence named assistant clinical professor of law and deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Eloise Lawrence, a community lawyering advocate, was named assistant clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic launches at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School has announced the launch of the new LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, to be led by HLS Lecturer and Clinical Instructor Alex Chen ’15, a tireless advocate in recent years in efforts to protect and expand LGBTQ+ civil rights.
Sabrineh Ardalan named clinical professor of law and faculty director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
Sabrineh Ardalan ’02, who teaches in the fields of immigration and refugee law and advocacy, was appointed a clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and faculty director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program.
Harvard Law School clinician testifies in support of Massachusetts food and health pilot program
A team of attorneys from Harvard Law School’s Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation testified at a hearing in support of legislation to establish a food and health pilot program in the state of Massachusetts.
Geehyun Sussan Lee ’15
It helped that she was a first-generation immigrant herself. Sussan Lee could settle into a conversation with her client, a West African immigrant, about the oddities of everyday American life. They had that kind of newness in common. But the similarities ended there. Lee had emigrated from Korea easily as a child. Her client was […]
Gianna Borroto ’11
Every week, the woman from Guatemala would bring her children. First, she would settle them into chairs to play with their toys. Then the woman, a small-business owner in her home country, would walk into the office, close the door and sit down to review some of the worst days of her life. Over the […]
Toby Merrill ’11 named to the TIME 100 Next list
Toby Merrill ’11, founder and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, has been named to the first-ever TIME 100 Next list, an expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
Clinic Stories: Prepping for the U.S. Court of Appeals
Follow a student in the Federal Tax Clinic as he prepares to argue an appeal on behalf of a military veteran forced to pay back taxes on $500K he didn’t know his wife had embezzled.