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Veterans Organizations Reinstate Lawsuit to Force VA to Amend its Character of Discharge Regulations
April 17, 2024
News Veterans Legal Clinic
By National Veterans Legal Services Program NVLSP and Swords to Plowshares, represented by the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School and Latham & Watkins LLP, are filing on behalf ...
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Seeking the Right Fix: Tashrima Hossain ’26 on Housing Justice Through Policy Advocacy
April 4, 2024
Housing Housing Justice for Survivors
By Harvard Law School Student Tashrima Hossain ’26 When I was eight, Hurricane Katrina ravaged my community and pushed my family into homelessness. A decade later, I moved to San Francisco and was struck by ...
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Lauren Greenawalt ’25 on Empowering, Advancing and Protecting the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Communities
March 22, 2024
LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic Student Perspectives
What does it entail to champion LGBTQ+ rights with litigation, policy, and regulatory work within the community? Meet Lauren, a student in the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at Harvard Law School. Students in this clinic have ...
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LSC’s Family Justice Clinic: Addressing the Evolving Legal Needs of Families
February 22, 2024
Family Law and Domestic Violence Clinic News
There is a knock on the door of the apartment where a mother—we will call her Dee*—lives with her two young sons. Dee is surprised to see a Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigator ...
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