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Class of 2024
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Two students in the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program worked on the Detention Team, specifically focused on direct representation of detained immigrants, securing release from detention and supporting in asylum cases.
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"Witnessing firsthand the trauma-informed lawyering practices and the meticulous care with which each case was handled reaffirmed my belief in the importance of prioritizing the well-being and agency of the child above all else," writes Fatima Khan '24.
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"Over this past year, CJI taught me all that I hoped it would—and so much more," writes Farris Peale '24.
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‘There is always someone who will fight for them’
May 13, 2024
"The power of the clinical community—one that I have been privileged to call home for the last two years—is in its refusal to let client’s stories be ignored," writes Tara Djukanovic '24.
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"Through CJI, I have gotten the opportunity to be a part of my clients’ lives – both their setbacks and their successes," writes Zohar Freeman '24.
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Elevating the voices of others
May 8, 2024
"I will forever be grateful for how HIP helped me and the broader policy team appreciate that however stacked the odds were, our Harvard education gave us the resources necessary to not just help individuals beat those odds, but to also strive for structural change that might provide a more fair and equitable immigration system," writes Bennett Stehr '24.
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"I’m truly indebted to the Cyberlaw Clinic for everything that it’s given me," writes Dylan Moses '24.
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Vanessa Agudelo '24 reflects on her experience advocating for students and families in the Education Law Clinic and her personal connection to the work.
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"Throughout my training and my subsequent years in HMP, I have always felt like a valued, respected, and included member of the community," writes Kate Strickland '24.
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Washington, D.C. is not just for litigators
May 6, 2024
"Spending the last two terms in the capital city of the United States was the ideal culmination of my legal education," writes Alice Chen '24.
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Protecting the Governor, and other state government lawyering, at the New York Attorney General’s Office
May 2, 2024
"That ethos of lawyering for the people was the animating spirit of every minute I spent at the New York Attorney General’s Office," writes Edward Jung '24.
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‘Practicing in the real world, with real stakes’
April 30, 2024
"I loved every day at JCT and walked away from this experience a more confident and knowledgeable tax lawyer," writes Samantha Strimling '24.
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"Little did I know the profound and meaningful impact the Animal Law & Policy Clinic projects would have on my life," writes Sophia Pereira '24.
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"We wanted people to tell us about their humanity, and about the way that the incarceration experience changed them," says Déborah Aléxis ‘25.
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Immigration clinic students receive Skadden Fellowships
April 25, 2024
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program students Julio Colby '24 and Sara Kamouni '24 have been selected as recipients of the Skadden Fellowship.
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Three students from the Sports Law Clinic received the 2024 Weiler Awards during the annual Harvard Sports Law Symposium.
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A taxing time of year
April 16, 2024
According to students in Harvard Law School’s Tax Litigation Clinic, helping indigent clients resolve their tax problems is as much about social justice as it…
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‘So much is possible’: Forging a path in environmental law
April 15, 2024
"The clinical program has been instrumental in shaping my growth as an environmental law student and future attorney,” says Shashank Vura '24.