2009-2010 Clinical Curriculum

  • Listed below are courses that offer a clinical component.  Courses not listed as 'required clinicals' can also be taken as a standalone class.
  • Adding: Enrolling in a clinical section will add you into both the class and the clinical components. 
  • Dropping: If you drop any component of the clincial course you will be dropped from both the class and the clinical (and workshop, if applicable).
  • Add/Drop Deadlines: Fall - September 4, 2009.  Winter - December 4, 2009.  Spring - January 15, 2010.
  • Professional Responsibility: Clinical courses that fulfill the HLS professional responsibility requirement are Government Lawyer: The Prosecutor, Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington, ITA Civil, ITA Criminal Justice, ITA Criminal Prosecution Perspectives, Legal Profession: Delivery of Legal Services.
  • By Permission Courses: Courses listed as 'By permission' are not in clinical registration; see course description for enrollment information.
  • Waitlists: Short WL = 0-10;  Medium WL = 11-20;  Long WL= 21-30;  Very long WL = 31+
  • Clinical courses in GREEN indicate current registration period

To add or waitlist for a clinical, please email clinical@law.harvard.edu with the name and course number of the clinical you wish to add.  Starting December 1, students will be able to add or waitlist through MyPlan.

Clinical CourseClass TimeClass CreditsSample Clinical PlacementsClinical Term & CreditsClinical Course & Section NumberRegistration/ Availability
Advanced Clinical Practice
(D. Grossman)
- By permission
- 3L HLAB members only
- Required clinical credits
- Clinical grading is Credit/No Credit		Fall & Spring:
Thursday
3:00pm-4:00pm
Block X		Fall: 1 and
Spring: 1		Harvard Legal Aid BureauFall: 3 and
Spring: 3		32355C-1/FSBy permission
Apply by 4/3
Capital Punishment in America
(C. Steiker)
- Clinical grading is Credit/Fail
- LLMs permitted with permission		Spring:
Mon, Tue
1:00pm-2:30pm
Block E		Spring: 3Center for Death Penalty Litigation; Equal Justice Institute; Philadelphia Federal Defender (Capital Habeus Unit); Southern Center for Human Rights; Texas Defender Service; and other placementsWinter: 2 and
Spring: 2-4		31980C-1/WSFull
No waitlist
Child Advocacy Clinic
(J. Budnitz)
- Required clinical credits
- LLM students permitted with instructor permission
- Early add/drop deadlines		Spring:
Wednesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J		Spring: 2Boston Juvenile Court, Child Protection Unit of the D.A.'s Office, WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Special Education Clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative, OthersSpring: 3-4
Winter: (optional) 2		Winter & Spring: 32080C-1/WS
Full
Short WL
Spring only:
32080C-1/S		Full
Medium WL
Child Exploitation, Pornography, and the Internet
(D. Rosenfeld, D. Sacco)		Spring:
Thursday
9:50am-11:50am
Block D		Spring: 2Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center)Fall or Spring:
2-4
or Winter: 2		Fall: 98063C-1/F- - -
Winter: 98063C-1/WFull
Medium WL
Spring: 98063C-1/SFull
Medium WL
Climate Change Justice
(M. Vandenbergh)
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Fall:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Fall: 2Environmental Law and Policy Clinic or other environmental organizationsFall: 2-432325C-1/F- - -
Community Action for Social and Economic Rights
(L. White)
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Fall & Spring:
Wednesdays
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J		Fall: 3 and
Spring: 2		Placements arranged by Professor Lucie White and/or Clinical and Pro Bono OfficeWinter: 2 or
Spring: 2-4		Winter: 32370C-1/W- - -
Spring: 32370C-1/S- - -
Consumer Finance
(H. Jackson, P. Tufano)
- Additional 2 credit workshop required		Spring:
Monday
1:30pm-4:30pm
Block E/G		Spring: 3WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Predatory Lending / Consumer Protection clinicSpring: 2-433720C-1/SFull
Medium WL
Copyright and Trademark Litigation: TRO to the Supreme Court
(D. Cendali)		Fall:
Thursday
9:50am-11:50am
Block D		Fall: 2Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center)Fall: 2,-447292C-1/F- - -
Cybercrime
(P. Malone)		Spring:
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		Spring: 2Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center)Fall or Spring:
2-4
or Winter: 2		Fall: 92485C-1/F- - -
Winter: 92485C-1/WFull
Long WL
Spring: 92485C-1/SFull
Long WL
Cyberlaw: Difficult Problems
(J. Zittrain)		Winter
(at Stanford)		Winter: 2Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center)Spring: 2-434285C-1/SBy permission
Apply 9/15
Dispute Systems Design: Seminar
(R. Bordone)
- Clinic pre-requisite: Negotiation Workshop		Fall:
Wednesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J		Fall: 2Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical ProgramFall: 2-492792C-1/F- - -
Education Advocacy and Systemic Change: Children at Risk Clinical Workshop A
(S. Cole, M. Gregory)
- Required clinical credits		Fall:
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		Fall: 2Education Law Clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy InitiativeFall: 2-435244C-1/F- - -
Education Advocacy and Systemic Change: Children at Risk Clinical Workshop B
(S. Cole, M. Gregory)
- Required clinical credits		Spring:
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		Spring: 2Education Law Clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy InitiativeSpring: 2-435244C-1/SFull
Short WL
Employment Law Workshop: Advocacy Skills
(S. Churchill)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Fall:
Wednesday
7:00pm-9:00pm
Block M		Fall: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Employment Civil Rights Clinic, externships with private firms, advocacy groups, or government agenciesFall: 2-435315C-1/F- - -
Employment Law Workshop: Strategies for Social Change
(S. Churchill)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Spring:
Wednesdays
7:00pm-9:00pm
Block M		Spring: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Employment Civil Rights Clinic; externships with private firms, advocacy groups, or government agenciesWinter: 2 and
Spring: 2-4		Winter & Spring
35312C-1/WS		Full
Short WL
Spring only:
2-4		Spring only
35312C-1/S		Full
Medium WL
Environmental Law
(M. Vandenbergh)
- LLM students admitted at clinic's permission		Fall:
Mon, Tue
8:40am-10:10am
Block A		Fall: 3Environmental Law and Policy Clinic or other environmental organizationsFall: 2-435500C-1/F- - -
Environmental Law Practice: Skills, Methods, and Controversies: Seminar
(W. Jacobs)
- Pre- or co-requisite: Administrative Law,  Environmental Law, or Legislation and Regulation.
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Spring:
Wednesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J		Spring: 2Environmental Law and Policy Clinic or other environmental organizationsFall or Spring:
2-4		Fall: 93025C-1/F- - -
Spring: 93025C-1/SFull
Short WL
Family, Domestic Violence and LGBT Law: Litigating in the Family Courts A
(R. Greenwald)
- Required clinical credits		Fall:
Monday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block H		Fall: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Family Law, Family Law Mediation, or GLBT clinicsFall: 2-436515C-1/F- - -
Family, Domestic Violence and LGBT Law: Litigating in the Family Courts B
(R. Greenwald)
- Required clinical credits		Spring:
Monday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block H		Spring: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Family Law, Family Law Mediation, or GLBT clinicsSpring: 2-436515C-1/SFull
Short WL
Gender Violence, Law and Social Justice: Seminar
(D. Rosenfeld)
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission
- Additional 1 credit workshop required during clinical term		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 2Jane Doe, Inc.; Boston Area Rape Crisis Center; Security on Campus; Mass. Governor's Commission on Sexual and Domestic Violence; Trafficking Victims Outreach & Services Network in BostonFall or Spring:
2-4		Fall: 94020C-1/F- - -
Spring: 94020C-1/SFull
Medium WL
Government Lawyer: Policy and Practice: Semester in Washington
(J. Flug)
- Required clinical credits
- Fulfills professional responsibility requirement		Spring:
T TH 5-7pm		Spring: 4Federal executive, legislative, and agency offices in Washington, DCSpring: 5
Winter: 2 (optional)		Winter & Spring: 38001C-1/WSBy permission
Apply by 10/23
Spring: 38001C-1/SBy permission
Apply by 10/23
Government Lawyer: The Prosecutor
(A. Whiting)
- Required clinical credits
- Fall drop deadline: 6/5/09
- Spring drop deadline: 9/4/09
- Fulfills professional responsibility requirement		Fall:
Mon, Tue
1:00pm-2:00pm
Block E		Fall: 3U.S. Attorney's Office or
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General		Fall or Spring:
2-4		Fall: 38000C-1/F- - -
Spring: 38000C-1/S- - -
Green New York
(G. Frug)
- Required clinical credits		Fall:
Monday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block H		Fall: 2New York City Law DepartmentSpring: 294035C-1/SBy permission
Apply in Sept
Health, Disability and Estate Planning: Law and Policy Clinical Workshop A
(R. Greenwald)
- Required clinical credits		Fall:
Wednesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J		Fall: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Administrative/Disability, Health Law, Estate Planning clinicsFall: 2-438093C-1/F- - -
Health, Disability and Estate Planning: Law and Policy Clinical Workshop B
(R. Greenwald)
- Required clinical credits		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Administrative/Disability, Health Law, Estate Planning clinicsSpring: 2-438093C-1/SOpen
Housing Law and Policy
(D. Grossman)		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense Housing Clinic, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, other organizationsSpring: 2-438100C-1/SFull
Short WL
Human Rights Advocacy
(J. Cavallaro)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Spring:
Monday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block H		Spring: 2International Human Rights ClinicSpring: 2-494740C-1/SFull
Long WL
Human Rights Advocacy in Contemporary South Africa
(T. Giannini, S. Farbstein)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 2International Human Rights ClinicSpring: 2-494741C-1/SFull
Long WL
Human Rights and the Environment
(T. Giannini)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Fall:
Wednesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J		Fall: 2International Human Rights ClinicFall: 2-494611C-1/F- - -
Humanitarian Protection in Situations of Armed Conflict
(B. Docherty, S. Sonnenberg)
- Required clinical credits
- Negotiation and Mediation clinical placements have pre-requisite of Negotiation Workshop
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Fall:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Fall: 2International Human Rights Clinic (no pre-requisite) or Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (Pre-requisite: Negotiation Workshop)Fall: 2-4Human Rights: 94742C-1/F- - -
Negotiation: 94742C-2/F- - -
Immigration and Refugee Advocacy: Seminar A
(D. Anker)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Fall:
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		Fall: 2Harvard Immigration and Refugee ClinicFall: 2, 3 498460C-1/F- - -
Immigration and Refugee Advocacy: Seminar B
(D. Anker)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Spring:
W 5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J		Spring: 2Harvard Immigration and Refugee ClinicSpring: 2, 3 498460C-1/SFull
Medium WL
Independent Clinical
- Enrollment by application only
- Not in clinical registration
- Grading is Pass/Fail
- LLMs may apply		-Fall, Winter, or SpringVariousFall or Spring:
2-4;
or Winter: 2		-By application
Intellectual Property Law: Advanced
(W. Fisher)
-Pre-req: see course description		Spring:
Mon, Tue, Wed
10:20am-11:40am
Block C		Spring: 4Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center)Fall or Spring:
2-4
or Winter: 2		Fall: 41415C-1/F- - -
Winter: 41415C-1/WFull
Short WL
Spring: 41415C-1/SFull
Short WL
Introduction to Advocacy (ITA): Civil - Skills and Ethics in Clinical Practice
(D. Grossman)
- 2L HLAB members only
- Required clinical credits
- Fulfills professional responsibility requirement
- Clinical grading is Pass/Fail
- Pre- or co-requisite: Evidence		Fall & Spring:
Tue,Wed
3:20pm-4:20pm
Block G		Fall: 2 and
Spring: 1		Harvard Legal Aid BureauFall: 2 and
Spring: 3		39511C-1/FSBy permission
Apply by 4/3
Introduction to Advocacy (ITA): Criminal Justice
(R. Sullivan)
- Pre- or Co-Requisite: TAW and Evidence
- 3L students only
- Required clinical credits
- Fulfills professional responsibility requirement		ITA-
Fall & Winter:
(Starts 10/7)
Wed, Thu
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block J/K		ITA:
Fall: 3 and
Winter: 1		Criminal Justice InstituteITA:
Fall: 3 and
Winter: 1		39700C-1/FW- - -
TAW-
9/9/09-10/2/09
Mon-Fri
2:00pm-9:00pm		TAW-
Fall: 3		--
Introduction to Advocacy (ITA): Criminal - Prosecution Perspectives
(J. Corrigan)
- Pre- or Co-Requisite: Evidence and Trial Advocacy Workshop (TAW)
- 3L students only
- Required clinical credits
- Fulfills professional responsibility requirement		ITA-
Fall & Winter:
(Starts 10/8)
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		ITA:
Fall: 2 and
Winter: 1		District Attorney's Offices of Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, or Suffolk CountiesITA:
Fall: 3 and
Winter: 1		39600C-1/FW- - -
TAW-
9/9/09-10/2/09
Mon-Fri
2:00pm-9:00pm		TAW-
Fall: 3		--
Judicial Process in Community Courts
(J. Cratsley)
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Spring:
Monday
7:00pm-9:00pm
Block M		Spring: 2Individual Justices of the District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Juvenile Court, and Housing Court Departments of the Massachusetts Trial CourtSpring: 2-490920-1/SFull
Long WL
Law and Social Movements
(L. Guinier)		Spring:
Mon, Tue
3:20pm-4:50pm
Block G		Spring: 3TBD - Contact Clinical office for questionsSpring: 2-441211C-1/SFull
Medium WL
Law and the Political Process
(L. Guinier)		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 2Demos, a Network for Ideas & Action, Advancement Project, Cambridge Election Commission, and Common CauseSpring: 2-496445C-1/SFull
Medium WL
Legal Profession: Delivery of Legal Services A
(J. Charn)
- Fulfills professional responsibility requirement
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission
- Additional 2 credit  workshop required for LSC clinics		Fall:
Mon 5pm-7pm
Tue 7pm-8pm
Block H/M		Fall: 3Externships or WilmerHale Legal Services Center Clinics: Administrative/Disability Law, Domestic Violence, Estate Planning, Family Law, GLBT Law, Health Law, Housing, Predatory Lending, Special Education/TLPIFall:
2-4		43300C-1/F- - -
Legal Profession: Delivery of Legal Services B
(J. Charn)
- Fulfills professional responsibility requirement
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission
- Additional 2 credit workshop required for LSC clinics		Spring:
Mon 5pm-7pm
Tue 7pm-8pm
Block H/M		Spring: 3Externships or WilmerHale Legal Services Center Clinics: Administrative/Disability Law, Domestic Violence, Estate Planning, Family Law, GLBT Law, Health Law, Housing, Predatory Lending, Special Education/TLPISpring:
2-4		43300C-1/SOpen
Making Rights Real
(L. White)		Fall: Thursday
7:00pm-9:00pm
Block M		Fall: 2 and
Winter: 1
(Optional Spring: 1)		Ghana Legal Resources CentreWinter: 243610A-1/SBy permission
Apply by 4/10
Mediation
(D. Hoffman)		Spring: Thursday
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Block X/K		Spring: 3Harvard Mediation ProgramSpring: 143610C-1/SFull
Medium WL
Natural Resources Law and Policy
(J. Purdy)		Spring:
Mon, Tue
10:20am-11:50am
Block C		Spring: 3Environmental Law and Policy Clinic or other environmental organizationsSpring:
2-4		44070C-1/SOpen
Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Workshop
(R. Bordone, M. Smith)
- Required clinical credits
- Pre-requisite: Negotiation Workshop
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 1Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical ProgramSpring: 2-444105C-1/SOpen
Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense Housing Clinical Workshop A
(M. McDonagh)
- Required clinical credits		Fall:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Fall: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense Housing ClinicFall: 2-438105C-1/F- - -
Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense Housing Clinical Workshop B
(M. McDonagh)
- Required clinical credits		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense Housing ClinicSpring: 2-438105C-1/SFull
Short WL
Poverty Law
(L. White)
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Spring:
Wed, Thu
1:00pm-2:30pm
Block F		Spring: 3Various local organizationsFall or Spring:
2-4		Fall: 44575C-1/F- - -
Spring: 98141C-1/SOpen
Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace
(P.Malone)
- LLMs admitted with clinic permission		Fall:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Fall: 2Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center)Fall or Spring:
2-4
or Winter: 2		Fall: 98141C-1/F- - -
Winter: 98141C-1/W- - -
Spring: 98141C-1/S- - -
Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinical Workshop A
(R. Bertling, M. Weinstein)
- Required clinical credits		Fall:
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		Fall: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Predatory Lending / Consumer Protection clinicFall: 2-444795C-1/F- - -
Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinical Workshop B
(R. Bertling, M. Weinstein)
- Required clinical credits		Spring:
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		Spring: 2WilmerHale Legal Services Center: Predatory Lending / Consumer Protection clinicSpring: 2-444795C-1/SFull
Short WL
Securities Regulation
(A. Ferrell)
- Fall clinical drop deadline: 6/5/09		Spring:
Friday
9:50am-11:50am
Block D		Spring: 3Securities and Exchange CommissionFall or Spring:
2-4		Fall: 46200C-1/F- - -
Spring: 462C00-1/SFull
Very Long WL
Sports Law Clinic
(P.Carfagna)
- By permission
- Priority given to prior Sports Law students
- Pro bono credit only for non-profit work		--
--Various, including legal departments of major leagues, law firms and lawyers doing sports law represention of individual players or team/leaguesSpring: 2-4TBDBy permission,
Apply by 10/1
Supreme Court Litigation
(T. Golstein, K. Russell, A. Howe)
- LLMs may apply		Winter
Mon-Fri
9:00am-12:00pm		Winter: 1Cases arranged by instructorsWinter: 246650C-1/WBy Permission
Apply by 10/16
Title IX: Seminar
(D. Rosenfeld)
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Fall:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Fall: 2Security on Campus, Inc.; other legal advocacy groupsFall: 2-499420C-1/F- - -
Transactional Practice Clinical Workshop: Business, Non Profit, Real Estate and Entertainment A
(B. Price)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Fall:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Fall: 2Transactional Law Clinics: Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, and Recording Artist ProjectFall: 2-447532C-1/F- - -
Transactional Practice Clinical Workshop: Business, Non Profit, Real Estate and Entertainment B
(B. Price)
- Required clinical credits
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Spring:
Tuesday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block I		Spring: 2Transactional Law Clinics: Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, and Recording Artist ProjectSpring: 2-447532C-1/SFull
Long WL
War Crimes Prosecution Workshop
(A. Whiting)
- Required clinical credits
- Class meets every other week
- LLMs admitted with instructor permission		Spring:
Thursday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Block K		Spring: 1War crime tribunals or organizations working on war crime prosecution issuesSpring: 248333C-1/SBy permission
Apply by 10/1

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