Option 2 of the Written Work Policy
Under Option 2 of the new written work policy, students may satisfy the JD written work requirement by completing
-- two pieces of writing, which could include any of the following, provided that at least one of the pieces was written under the supervision of a faculty member or clinical instructor:
- lawyers work product: this category would include substantial writing in a clinic, upper-level moot court briefs, or the equivalent, as certified by the supervisor of the relevant program, but not written work from a summer job or paid work;
- law school course and seminar papers: substantial writing as part of a course or seminar, including the standard series of reaction papers, amounting to no fewer than 15 pages;
- law journal writing: including notes, book reviews, descriptions of developments in the law, and the like (totaling no fewer than 10 publishable pages);
- nontraditional writing produced under faculty supervision: this might include interactive web-based material, surveys of students or practitioners with analysis, case study materials appropriate for classroom use, or other law-related writing outside of the forms mentioned above.
To register to use Option 2 of the written work requirement, students should complete and submit the registration form found at www.law.harvard.edu/academics/registrar/wwopt2.pdf. Please note that verification signatures are needed for clinical writing; upper-level moot court briefs; law journal writing and nontraditional writing produced under faculty supervision. Verifications signatures are not needed for seminar and course papers.