International Legal Studies
Clinicals
Each academic year, some 500 HLS students explore the practice of law in the world around them through a diverse set of clinical legal offerings administered by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. Through clinical offerings, students engage in supervised projects spanning the globe — assisting underserved clients, developing crucial legal resources, and conducting policy-based research. Notable recent clinical engagements abroad have included investigating situations of rights abuse in locations from Suriname to Bangladesh (through the International Human Rights Clinic), staffing a legal services center in Ghana, and leading a global Internet communication project through the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Closer to home, many students work on complex questions of refugee and asylum law and in 2005 HLS students filed an amicus brief in a major U.S. court decision on the subject.An extensive list of Law School courses with clinical components is available at www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/curriculum.htm. Below is a small sampling of courses offered in 2006-2007 that contain clinical components relevant to international practice:
- Community Action for Social and Economic Rights
- International Human Rights Litigation
- Internet Law and Politics
- Refugee and Asylum Law and Advocacy Workshop A
- Refugee and Asylum Law and Advocacy Workshop B
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