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Tenant Advocacy Project
The Harvard Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP) is a student
practice
organization dedicated to representing residents of publicly subsidized
housing before local housing authorities. We provide badly needed
assistance to low- and moderate-income tenants who are facing eviction
or who have been denied admission to public housing or a subsidy
program. TAP also provides advice on
general landlord-tenant questions.
Through varied interactions with tenants and local housing
authorities,
our members develop a wide range of important advocacy skills,
including client interviewing, witness examination, oral argument, and
negotiations. TAP is one of the few clinical organizations that offers
1L members the invaluable opportunity to do hands-on lawyering by
handling every aspect of their cases from the initial client interview
to the trial-like hearing. Our advising attorneys and more experienced
students work with new TAP members, giving them plenty of advice and
feedback.
Students volunteer during the school year and three students
are employed during the summer. Students are instructed by attorneys
Marcia Peters and Lynn Weissberg. Betty Blake is the
Administrator in charge of coordinating clinical activities.
NEW MEMBER APPLICATIONS
TAP is now recruiting new members! All
current HLS students may apply. The application form can be downloaded here
and is due on Friday, September 26
at noon. Applications may be submitted in person or by e-mail;
please see the form for instructions. If you are unable to open the
file, please contact Jacob Jou at jjou@law.harvard.edu
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For all other information, please contact:
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The Harvard Tenant
Advocacy Project
Harvard Law School
Austin Hall, Room 009
1515 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4394 617-496-2294 (Fax)
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