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| Clinical Course | Class Meeting Time | Class Credits | Workshop | Clinical Term & Credits | Clinical Course & Section Number | Sample Placements |
| Advanced Clinical Practice Seminar (D. Grossman) - 3L HLAB members only - Not in clinical course registration - Required clinical credits - Clinical grading is Pass/Fail | Fall & Spring: TH 5pm-7pm Block K | Fall: 1 and Spring: 1 | n/a | Fall: 3 and Spring: 3 | 32355C-1/FS | Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (members only) |
| Bankruptcy B (E. Warren) | Spring: M,T,W 10:20-11:40am Block C | Spring: 4 | Required 32350A 2 class credits | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 31400C-1/S | Legal Services Center (Predatory Lending/Consumer Protection Clinic) |
| Capital Punishment in America (C. Steiker) - Clinical grading is Pass/Fail - LLM students may enroll | Spring: M, T 3:15pm-4:45pm Block G | Spring: 3 | n/a | Winter: 2 and Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | 31980C-1/WS | Center for Death Penalty Litigation; Equal Justice Institute; Philadelphia Federal Defender (Capital Habeus Unit); Southern Center for Human Rights; Texas Defender Service; and other placements |
| Child Advocacy Clinic (J. Budnitz) - Required clinical credits - LLM students permitted at the permission of the instructor - Early add/drop deadlines: 1) Winter/Spring clinical by 11/06/07 2) Sring clinical by 12/05/07 | Spring: W 5pm-7pm Block L | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 3, or 4 Winter: (optional) 2 | Winter & Spring: 32080C-1/WS | Children & Family Law Program; Civil Rights Project; Suffolk County D.A.'s Office; Legal Services Center (Special Education Clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative) |
| Spring only: 32080C-1/S | ||||||
| Civil Litigation Workshop (P. Collier) - Pre-requisites: Evidence - Required clinical credits - Prior clinical experience and completion of TAW strongly suggested | Spring: T 7pm-9pm Block M | Spring: 2 | n/a | Fall or Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | Fall: 32210C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Various units, geared toweards clinics with litigation practice) or Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (3L members only) |
| Spring: 32210C-1/S | ||||||
| Community Action for Social and Economic Rights (L. White) | Fall : M, T 1pm-2:30pm Block E Spring: M 1pm-3pm | Fall: 3 and Spring: 2 | n/a | Fall or Spring: 2, 3, or 4 or Winter: 2 | Fall: 32370C-1/F | Placements arranged by Professor Lucie White |
| Winter: 32370C-1/W | ||||||
| Spring: 32370C-1/S | ||||||
| Copyright (P. Samuelson) - LLMs admitted with clinic permission | Fall: M,T 1pm-2:30pm Block E | Fall: 3 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | Fall: 33800C-1/F | Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center) |
| Criminal Justice Advocacy: Clinical Seminar (D. Poole) - LLM students need permission of instructor to enroll - 2L students cannot represent in court | Spring: Th 5pm-7pm Block K | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2 | 92010C-1/S | Criminal Justice Institute; New England Innocence Project |
| Cyberlaw: Internet Points of Control (J. Zittrain) - LLMs admitted with clinic permission | Winter: M, T, W, Th, F 2pm-5pm | Winter: 3 | n/a | Fall or Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | Fall: 39150C-1/F | Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center) |
| Spring: 39150C-1/S | ||||||
| CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion (C. Nesson) - LLMs admitted with clinic permission | Fall: M,T 5pm-6:30pm Block L | Fall: 3 | n/a | Fall or Spring: 2, 3, or 4 or 2 Winter | Fall: 37271C-1/F | Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center) |
| Winter: 37271C-1/W | ||||||
| Spring: 37271C-1/S | ||||||
| Dispute Systems Design: Seminar (R. Bordone) - Req. pre-requisite: Negotiation Workshop | Fall: W 5pm-7pm Block J | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2 | 92792C-1/F | Harvard Negotiation Clinical Program |
| Educational Policy-Making and the Courts (M. Rebell) | Winter: M,T,W,Th,F 9am-12pm | Winter: 3 | Spec. Ed. | Fall or Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | Fall: 35245C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Special Education / Trauma and Policy Learning Initiative) |
| Spring: 35245C-1/S | ||||||
| Employment Civil Rights Clinical Workshop (S. Churchill) - Required clinical credits - LLM students may enroll | Spring: W 7pm-9pm Block M | Spring: 2 | n/a | Winter: 2 and Spring: 1 or 2 | Winter & Spring 35312C-1/WS | Legal Services Center (Employment Law Clinic); externships with private firms, advocacy groups, or government agencies (Mass Commission Against Discrimination; Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) |
| Spring only: 2, 3, or 4 | Spring only 35312C-1/S | |||||
| Employment Clinical Workshop (S. Churchill) - Required clinical credits | Fall: W 5pm-7pm Block L | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | 35315C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Employment Law Clinic); externships with private firms, advocacy groups, or government agencies (Mass Commission Against Discrimination; Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) |
| Environmental Law (J. Freeman) | Spring: M,T 1pm-3pm Block E | Spring: 4 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 35500C-1/S | HLS Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Conservation Law Foundation, and other environmental organizations |
| Environmental Law Practice: Skills, Methods, and Controversies (W. Jacobs) - Pre- or co-requisite: Administrative or Environmental Law | Spring: W 5pm-7pm Block L | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 93025C-1/S | Harvard Environmental Law and Policy Clinic and other environmental organizations |
| Families and Children: Law and Policy Clinical Workshop A (R. Greenwald) - Required clinical credits | Fall: W 5pm-7pm Block J | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3 or 4 | 36515C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Family and Children's Unit: Family, Family Mediation/Pro Se, Domestic Violence, or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Clinics) |
| Families and Children: Law and Policy Clinical Workshop B (R. Greenwald) - Required clinical credits | Spring: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 36515C-1/S | Legal Services Center (Family and Children's Unit: Family, Family Mediation/Pro Se, Domestic Violence, or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Clinics) |
| Federal Public Land and Resources (J. Leshy) | Fall: M, T 1pm-2:30pm Block E | Fall: 3 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3 or 4 | 36975C-1/F | HLS Environmental Law and Policy Clinic |
| Gender Violence, Law and Social Justice: Seminar (D. Rosenfeld) | Spring: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Spring: 2 | Required 37634A 1 class credit | Fall or Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | Fall: 94020C-1/F | Jane 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 Boston |
| Spring: 94020C-1/S | ||||||
| Government Lawyer A (A. Whiting) | Fall: Th 10am-12pm Block D | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | 38000C-1/F | U.S. Attorney's Office; Office of the Attorney General |
| Government Lawyer B (A. Whiting) - By Permission only - Not in clinical course registration - Required clinical credits | Spring: Th 10am-12pm Block D | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 3 or 4 Winter:(optional) 2 | Winter & Spring: 38000C-1/WS | Local and federal government offices; U.S. Attorney's Office; Office of the Attorney General |
| Spring only: 38000C-1/S | ||||||
| Health, Disability and Planning: Law and Policy Clinical Workshop A (R. Greenwald) - Required clinical credits | Fall: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | 38093C-1/F | Legal Services Center (HELLP Unit: Administrative/Disability, Health, and Estate Planning Law Clinics) |
| Health, Disability and Planning: Law and Policy Clinical Workshop B (R. Greenwald) - Required clinical credits | Spring: Th 5pm-7pm Block K | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | 38093C-1/S | Legal Services Center (HELLP Unit: Administrative/Disability, Health, and Estate Planning Law Clinics) |
| Housing Law and Policy (D. Grossman) | Spring M 5pm-7pm Block H | Spring: 2 | Required 32350A 1 or 2 class credits | Fall or Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | Fall: 38100C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Housing or Predatory Lending Units); Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (3L members only); and other externships |
| Spring: 38100C-1/S | ||||||
| Human Rights Advocacy Seminar (J. Cavallaro, B. Nowrojee) -LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Fall: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | 94740C-1/F | Human Rights Program |
| Human Rights and the Environment: Advocacy Seminar A (T. Giannini) - LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Fall: M 5pm-7pm Block H | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | 94611C-1/F | Human Rights Program |
| Human Rights and the Environment: Advocacy Seminar B (T. Giannini, B. Docherty) -LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Spring: M 5pm-7pm Block H | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | 94611C-1/S | Human Rights Program |
| Independent Clinical - Enrollment by application only - Not in Clinical course registration - Grading is Pass/Fail | - | Fall, Winter, or Spring | n/a | Fall or Spring: 2, 3 or 4; or Winter: 2 | - | Various |
| International Human Rights Litigation Seminar (J. Cavallaro, S. Parmar) - LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Spring: W 5pm-7pm Block J | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 94743C-1/S | Human Rights Program |
| Introduction to Advocacy (ITA): Civil -Skills and Ethics in Clinical Practice (D. Grossman) - 2L HLAB members only - Not in clinical course registration - Required clinical credits - Fulfills Professional Responsibility requirement - Clinical grading is Pass/Fail | Fall & Spring: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Fall: 2 and Spring: 1 | n/a | Fall: 2 and Spring: 3 | 39500C-1/S | Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (members only) |
| Introduction to Advocacy (ITA): Criminal Justice (C. Ogletree) - Students are automatically enrolled for Trial Advocacy Workshop (TAW) - 3L students only - Required clinical credits - Fulfills professional responsibility requirement - Pre- or co-requisite: Evidence | ITA- Fall & Winter: (Starts 10/3) W 5pm-7pm Block J | ITA: Fall: 3 and Winter: 1 | Trial Advocacy Workshop (automatically enrolled) | ITA: Fall: 3 and Winter: 1 | 39700C-1/FW | Criminal Justice Institute |
| TAW- Sept. 10-28 Mon-Fri. 2pm-9pm | TAW- Fall: 3 | n/a (TAW is class credits only) | ||||
| Introduction to Advocacy (ITA): Criminal - Prosecution Perspectives (J. Corrigan) - Students are automatically enrolled for Trial Advocacy Workshop (TAW) - 3L students only - Required clinical credits - Fulfills professional responsibility requirement - Pre-requisite: Evidence | ITA- Fall & Winter: (Starts 10/4) Th 5pm-7pm Block K | ITA: Fall: 2 and Winter: 1 | Trial Advocacy Workshop (automatically enrolled) | ITA: Fall: 3 and Winter: 1 | 41350C-1/S | District Attorney's Offices of Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, or Suffolk Counties |
| TAW- Sept. 10-28 Mon-Fri. 2pm-9pm | TAW- Fall: 3 | n/a (TAW is class credits only) | ||||
| Judicial Process in Community Courts (J. Cratsley) - LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Spring: W 7pm-9pm Block M | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | 90920-1/S | Individual Justices of the District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Juvenile Court, and Housing Court Departments of the Massachusetts Trial Court |
| Law and the Political Process (L. Guinier) | Spring: M,T 1pm - 2:30pm Block E | Spring: 3 | n/a | Spring: 3 or 4 | 41350C-1/S | ACLU; Common Cause; GLAD; and Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights; National Voting Rights Institute; and possible local legislative offices |
| Legal Profession: Delivery of Legal Services (J. Charn) - Fulfills Professional Responsibility Requirement | Fall: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Fall: 2 | Required 32350A 1 or 2 class credits | Fall or Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | Fall: 43300C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Housing clinic or Special Education clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative; other clinics within Family & Children's HELLP or Predatory Lending Units) |
| Spring: 43300C-1/S | ||||||
| Legal Profession: The Lawyering Process A (J. Charn) - Required clinical credits - Fulfills Professional Responsibility Requirement | Fall: M 5pm-7pm Block L | Fall: 2 | Required 32350A 1 or 2 class credits | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | 42300C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Housing clinic or Special Education clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative; other clinics within Family & Children's HELLP or Predatory Lending Units) |
| Legal Profession: The Lawyering Process B (J. Charn) - Required clinical credits - Fulfills Professional Responsibility Requirement | Spring: M 5pm-7pm Block L | Spring: 2 | Required 32350A 1 or 2 class credits | Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | 42300C-1/S | Legal Services Center (Housing clinic or Special Education clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative; other clinics within Family & Children's HELLP or Predatory Lending Units) |
| Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project (L. White) - By Permission (applications due 4/11/07) - Not in clinical course registration | Fall & Winter: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Fall: 1 and Winter: 3 | n/a | Fall: 1 or 2 | 43610C-1/F | Ghana Legal Resources Centre |
| Mediation (D. Hoffman) | Spring: Th 4pm-7pm Block L | Spring: 3 | TBD | Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | 44000C-1/S | Harvard Mediation Program |
| Negotiation Clinical: Seminar (R. Bordone) - Required clinical credits - Pre-requisite: Negotiation Workshop | Spring: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Spring: 1 | n/a | Spring: 2 or 3 | 44105C-1/S | Harvard Negotiation Clinical Program |
| Poverty Law (L. White) | Spring: Th,F 10am-11:30am Block D | Spring: 3 | n/a | Fall or Spring: 2, 3 or 4 or Winter: 2 | Fall: 44575C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Various Units), Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (3L members only) or other externship organizations. |
| Winter: 44575C-1/W | ||||||
| Spring: 44575C-1/S | ||||||
| Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace: Seminar (J. Palfrey, Malone) - LLMs admitted with clinic permission | Fall: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall or Spring: 2, 3 or 4 or Winter: 2 | Fall: 98141C-1/F | Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center) |
| Winter: 98141C-1/W | ||||||
| Spring: 98141C-1/S | ||||||
| Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinical Workshop A (R. Bertling) - Required clinical credits | Fall: Th 5pm-7pm Block L | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3, or 4 | 44795C-1/F | Legal Services Center (Predatory Lending / Consumer Protection clinic) |
| Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinical Workshop B (R. Bertling) - Required clinical credits | Spring: Th 5pm-7pm Block L | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3, or 4 | 44795C-1/S | Legal Services Center (Predatory Lending / Consumer Protection clinic) |
| Prison Law and Policy (S. Dolovich) - LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Fall: M,T 1pm-3pm Block E | Fall: 4 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 44305C-1/S | Prison Legal Assistance Project; Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services |
| Race and Justice Seminar: Criminal Justice (C. Ogletree) | Spring: W 5pm-7pm Block J | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 98221C-1/S | Criminal Justice Institute; New England Innocence Project; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute; and other wrongful convictions and death penalty organizations |
| Refugee and Asylum Law and Advocacy Seminar A (Anker) - Required clinical credits - LLMs admitted with clinic permission | Fall: Th 5pm-7pm Block K | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3 or 4 | 98460C-1/F | Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic |
| Refugee and Asylum Law and Advocacy Seminar B (Anker) - Required clinical credits - LLMs admitted with clinic permission | Spring: Th 5pm-7pm Block K | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 98460C-1/S | Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic |
| Regulation of the Household (Halley) | Spring: M,T,W 10:20am-11:40am Block C | Spring: 4 | 36515A-1/S 2 class credits | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 45575C-1/S | Legal Services Center (Family Law Unit); Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (3L members only) |
| Sports and the Law: Representing the Professional Athlete (Carfagna) - By application only (due 9/17/07) - Priority given to prior Sports Law students - Pro bono credit only for non-profit work | Spring: Th 1:15pm-4:30pm Block F | Spring: 3 | None | Spring: 2 or 3 | 41140C-1/S | Various, including legal departments of major leagues, law firms and lawyers doing sports law represention of individual players or team/leagues |
| Supreme Court and Appellate Practice (Dellinger, Harris, Hacker) - By permission (applications due 4/4/07) - Not in clinical course registration - Required clinical credits - Class meets every other week - Full year course and clinical | Fall and Spring: T 3pm-5pm | Fall: 1 and Spring: 1 | n/a | Fall: 2 and Spring: 2 | 46645C-1/FS | Cases coordinated with instructors |
Supreme Court Litigation (Tribe, Goldstein, Russell) | Winter: M, T, W, Th, F 2pm-5pm | Winter: 1 | n/a | Winter: 2 | 46650C-1/W | Cases coordinated by instructors |
| Title IX: Seminar (D. Rosenfeld) - LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Fall: T 5pm-7pm Block I | Fall: 2 | Required 1 class credit Th 3-4:15pm | Fall: 2, 3 or 4 | 99420C-1/F | Security on Campus, Inc., Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and various other legal advocacy groups |
| Transactional Practice Clinical Workshop: Business, Non Profit, Real Estate and Entertainment A (B. Price) - Required clinical credits - LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Fall: M 5pm-7pm Block H | Fall: 2 | n/a | Fall: 2, 3 or 4 | 47532C-1/F | Legal Services Center (CEP Unit) |
| Transactional Practice Clinical Workshop: Business, Non Profit, Real Estate and Entertainment B (B. Price) - Required clinical credits - LLMs admitted with instructor permission | Spring: M 5pm-7pm Block H | Spring: 2 | n/a | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 47532C-1/S | Legal Services Center (CEP Unit) |
| Trial Advocacy Workshop A (TAW)(Ogletree) - Students in ITA Criminal Justice and Prosecution Perspectives are automatically enrolled and should not bid separately on TAW - LLMs admitted with instructor permission - Grading is Pass/Fail | Fall: Sept. 10-28 Mon-Fri 2pm-9pm | Fall: 3 | n/a | None | 47500A-1/F | None |
| Trusts and Estates (B. Mann) - LLMs admitted with instructor and clinic permission | Spring: MTW 3:15pm-4:35pm Block G | Spring: 4 | Required 32350A-3/S 2 class credits | Spring: 2, 3 or 4 | 48020C-1/S | Legal Services Center (Estate Planning clinic within HELLP Unit) |
| War Crimes Prosecution Workshop (A. Whiting) - Required clinical credits - Class meets every other week - LLMs may enroll - Students are suggested to also take "International Criminal Justice: War Crimes Tribunals"; taught by Gary Bass in Spring 07. | Spring: F 10am-12pm Block D | Spring: 1 | None | Winter: 2 and Spring: 2 | 48333C-1/WS | War crime tribunals or organizations working on war crime prosecution issues |
| Web Difference? Digital Media, Entertainment, and the Law (J Palfrey, D. Weinberger) - LLMs may enroll with clinic permission | Spring: M,T 1pm-2:30pm Block E | Spring: 3 | None | Fall or Spring: 2, 3 or 4 or 2 Winter | Fall: 48372C-1/F | Cyberlaw clinic (Berkman Center) |
| Winter: 48372C-1/W | ||||||
| Spring: 48372C-1/S |
| Workshop | Workshop Time | Credits | Section | Associated Clinicals |
| Gender Violence, Law, and Social Justice Clinical Workshop (Rosenfeld) | Fall: W 3:30-4:45 PM Block G | 1 | 37634A-1/F | Gender Violence, Law, and Social Justice Clinical (Fall) |
| Gender Violence, Law, and Social Justice Clinical Workshop (Rosenfeld) | Spring: W 3:30-4:45 PM Block G | 1 | 37634A-1/S | Gender Violence, Law, and Social Justice Clinical (Spring) |
| Housing Law Litigation Clinical Workshop A (Mares/McDonagh) | Fall: TH 5:00-7:00 PM Block K | 1 | 32350A-1/F | LSC - Housing Clinic (Fall) |
| Housing Law Litigation Clinical Workshop B (Mares/McDonagh) | Spring: TH 7:15-9:15 PM Block M | 1 | 32350A-1/S | LSC - Housing Clinic (Spring) |
| Special Education / Trauma and Policy Learning Initiative Workshop A (Cole/Gregory) | Fall: W 5:00-7:00 PM Block L | 1 | 32350A-5/F | LSC - Special Education Clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (Fall) |
| Special Education / Trauma and Policy Learning Initiative Workshop B (Cole/Gregory) | Spring: W 5:00-7:00 PM Block L | 1 | 32350A-5/S | LSC - Special Education Clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (Spring) |
| Title IX Clinical Workshop (Rosenfeld) | Fall: TH 3:00-4:15 PM | 1 | 47275A-1/F | Title IX Clinical (Fall) |