At Family Justice Clinic, A Spotlight on ‘Early Family Defense’
Pushing Back When Government Tries to Separate Low-Income Children from Their Parents There are few things more devastating to a parent than having a child taken from them by the government. For Emma LoMastro ’25, ...
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Basundhara Mukherjee ’24 on Finding Community Outside of the Classroom
By Harvard Law School Student Basundhara Mukherjee ’24 What leads a non-veteran to spend a year with the Veterans Legal Clinic? When I decided to enroll in the clinic during my 3L fall, I knew ...
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David Paul ’24 wins the David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award
Originally Posted in Harvard Law Today: Story by Olivia Klein David Paul ’24 is the recipient of the 2024 David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award. Paul is honored for his exceptional achievements in the ...
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Douglas Griswold ’25 on Taking Action to Enforce Protections Already in the Law
For the past several years the Legal Services Center has noticed concerning practices by the companies contracting with medical facilities to provide medical records that appear to be in violation of Massachusetts’ patients’ rights laws. ...
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Veterans Organizations Reinstate Lawsuit to Force VA to Amend its Character of Discharge Regulations
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
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 ’24 on Empowering, Advancing and Protecting the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Communities
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
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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Coming Full Circle: Alfredo Rosales ’24 on Finding Purpose Beyond the Classroom
By Harvard Law School Student Alfredo Rosales ’24 Life has a funny way of coming full circle. I was born in Tepic, Nayarit, a little-known Mexican city along the Pacific coast. Tepic is one of ...
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Beyond Safety Nets: Sam Holloway ’24 Reflects on Comprehensive Legal Advocacy Outside the Courtroom
By Harvard Law School Student Sam Holloway ’24 The Legal Services Center’s Safety Net Project helps clients with the “social safety net,” but it does a lot more than that, too. Among the Veteran’s Legal ...
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Supporting evolving economic needs and wellbeing in the Consumer Protection Clinic
Supporting evolving economic needs and wellbeing in the Consumer Protection Clinic Jan 31, 2024 By Lorea Mendiguren ‘24, Originally Published in Harvard Law School Today To be an American is to be a consumer. Daily, we trade ...
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Annika Reno ’24 Gets Introduction to Pursuing Economic Justice with the Consumer Protection Clinic
What does it look like to pursue economic justice for those who have been wronged by abusive or unfair financial practices? Meet Annika, a student in the Consumer Protection Clinic at Harvard Law School. Students ...
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