International Development Work Abroad
Last summer, Melanie Botho Emmen worked at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome. IDLO is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to promote the rule of law around the...
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: Medical-Legal Partnerships to help unaccompanied minors
Brett Stark (HLS, class of 2012) and an organization he recently co-founded, Terra Firma, were highlighted in the Atlantic this month. The article spotlights work being done through medical-legal...
View ArticleWorking on Illegal Detainment Issues in Arizona
After 2L year, Greg Baltz (a current 3L) spent his summer with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (FIRRP) in Florence, Arizona. FIRRP is a non-profit organization with its central office...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Prosecution at the ECCC
Jillian Wagman, a 2L, spent her 1L summer as an intern with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The Chambers is responsible for prosecuting individuals responsible for the genocide in...
View ArticleWorking 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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