Harvard Defenders

Harvard Defenders, a student practice organization at Harvard Law School, provides free representation to low-income criminal defendants in show-cause hearings before Clerk-Magistrates. Working to ensure defendants receive quality representation, we enrich students’ education and encourage them to become thoughtful, compassionate, and persuasive legal practitioners.

If you have been notified by a court to appear at a criminal show-cause hearing before a Clerk Magistrate, please contact us.   

If you wish to take advantage of our legal referral services, please  contact us.