Working on juvenile justice in DC
Last summer, Katherine Calle worked as an intern at the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, a public interest organization in Washington, D.C. CCLP works with jurisdictions and facilities to improve...
View ArticleSummer Internship Spotlight – Department of Defense
2L Zack Bluestone spent last summer with the Office of the Chief Prosecutor (OCP) in the Defense Department’s Office of Military Commissions. Headed by Brigadier General Mark Martins (HLS ’90), the...
View ArticleHarvard Law announces new PSVF Seed Grant recipients
Congratulations to Shannon Erwin (HLS, 2010), and Alana Greer (HLS, 2011), Harvard Law School’s next PSVF seed grant recipients!Greer will use the seed grant for the Community Justice Project, a...
View ArticleA summer in public interest: Immigration and Impact Litigation at the ACLU...
Our spotlights on current and former students who interned in the public sector will shed light on the numerous opportunities available to HLS students during the summer. Read this and other OPIA blog...
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: Amal Bass ’06, Staff Attorney at the Women’s Law Project
Amal Bass ’06, Staff Attorney with the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia, knew when she enrolled at HLS that she would emerge a public interest lawyer, though she wasn’t sure in what form.Arriving...
View ArticleJacqueline Berrien ’86, former EEOC chair: 1961- 2015
Jacqueline Berrien ’86, a leading civil rights lawyer and former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, died on Nov. 9, 2015. She was 53. Read more…
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: An Unconventional Path to Public Interest Work
There are numerous pathways within the field of law, which can be daunting for many. Read below to learn how one alumna followed an unconventional. Not everything is linear.When Stephanie Gendell ’98...
View ArticleOPIA is hiring summer interns!
Do you know any/are you a motivated undergrad looking to gain exposure to public interest law this summer? This is a GREAT opportunities for undergraduates to learn more about different areas of public...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: A focus on public international work
Opportunities to pursue international work and study have become a huge part of Harvard Law School. Students can pursue numerous avenues to study international law, and explore it more deeply by doing...
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Alumni Spotlight: Voting rights work with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil...
Genzie Bonadies, a class of 2013 alumna, discusses her path to her current position, and how some of the lessons she has learned, early on, have really opened up her way of thinking of what it means to...
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Alumni Spotlight: From the American south to human rights work abroad
Cori Crider ’06, Strategic Director for the Abuses in Counter-Terrorism Team at Reprieve in the UK talks about her path to becoming a human rights lawyer.Cori Crider ’06 grew up in a small town south...
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Alumni Spotlight: A Career Path Through Immigration Work
Nisha Agarwal, ’06, is the Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), an office charged with promoting the well-being of immigrant communities – no small task in a...
View ArticleThere and Back: An Alum’s Journey Back to Community-based Legal Services Work
Robert McCreanor is now the Executive Director for the Rhode Island Center for Justice, a nonprofit public interest law center that focuses on providing services in Rhode Island around issues including...
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: Advocating on Behalf of Gender Rights at all Levels
Lexie Kuznick is just 8 years removed from HLS, and she has already had a varied career path. From an Equal Justice Works Fellowship at the Urban Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Project to a...
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Alumni Spotlight: Developing a Career in International Law
Jason Gelbort (HLS, 2013) had an eye towards international work when entering HLS, but didn’t quite know how he was going to use a law degree to move that focus forward. After a few years of exploring...
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Alumni Spotlight: Making the Jump from Big Law to the Public Sector
Lee Strock (HLS, 2009) made the transition from the private sector to the public sector in 2012 when he made the jump to become the Director for the Peter Cicchinio Youth Project at the Urban Justice...
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Alumni Spotlight: From Direct Service to Policy Work at the State Level
Jacquelyn Greene has spent her much of her career focused on youth and child advocacy, but in different public interest practice areas. Students may often wonder (and wrestle) with the decision of...
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Alumni Spotlight: Becoming a Peacekeeper with the United Nations
Becoming a human rights attorney takes risk, tenacity, and also some luck. Regina Fitzpatrick (HLS, 2008) had a little bit of everything to help launch her into the human rights field. Recognizing her...
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Alumni Spotlight: Shifting Paths Within the Public Interest Field
Jill Tauber (HLS, 2005) never expected to be an environmental attorney. While she was committed to doing public interest work in her career, she started off focused on civil rights and had been working...
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Alumni Spotlight: Taking Immigration Advocacy to Capitol Hill and Beyond
Kerri Sherlock Talbot (HLS, 2002) knew she wanted to focus on immigration work when she came to HLS, but wasn’t quite sure how a post-HLS career would look like in the field. Immigration positions are...
View ArticleThe Importance of Legal Aid
“What the Poor Really Need is Legal Aid” by Susan Beck discusses the need for Big Law to support legal aid services. You can read it on Law.com.
View ArticleAlumni becomes Interim Counsel for NYC Mayor
Politico features HLS alumnus, Brittny Saunders ’03, who will serve as interim counsel for MYC Mayor Bill de Blasio following the departure of Maya Wiley. You can read about Brittny on Politico’s website.
View ArticleLawyering in moments of crisis
Recent events highlighting anti-Black state violence and police brutality around the nation spark the question: what can lawyers do in these moments of crisis? Center for Constitutional Rights provides...
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