Information for Cross Registrants - 2011

• Applicable CAP Courses
• Procedures to Cross-Register
• Deadlines
• Campus Maps
• "Art of Social Change" Initial Course Assignments
• New Developments

Applicable CAP Courses:

We welcome students from other Harvard graduate schools and programs to cross-register for two of our Child Advocacy Program ("CAP") courses offered at Harvard Law School ("HLS") in 2011-12:

1. Art of Social Change: Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice & Education (Fall 2011)
   
   LAW-30691A
   Meets Thurs.
   5:00 - 7:00 PM
   Austin West Classroom, Austin Hall, HLS
   Course Syllabus
   
   To learn more about the Art of Social Change class -- including this year's speaker schedule and biographies, as well as slideshows with speakers and students from previous years -- click here.  
   
   
2. Child, Family, and State (Spring 2012)
   
   LAW-32000A
   Meets Tues. & Wed.
   3:20 - 4:50 PM
   Room TBA, HLS

Procedures to Cross-Register:

To enroll in CAP courses, follow the requirements of your home school and Harvard Law School for cross-registrants. Please visit these sites for full details about the cross-registration procedures which apply to you:

• Harvard University Cross Registration site
  
• HLS Cross Registration site

         You can contact Sandy Parker at the HLS Registrar's Office at 617-384-7778 with questions.

• Your home school's cross-registration site

Complete these steps to enroll in the Art of Social Change or Child, Family and State this Fall 2011.  NOTE: Child, Family and State is offered in Spring 2012.  Spring deadlines for cross-registration will be posted later this year.

1. 1. Confirm you are eligible to cross-register.
      
   2. Follow the cross-registration procedures detailed on Harvard University's Cross-Registration site.
      
   3. Create and print your completed Cross-Registration Petition.  NOTE: The Harvard University Cross-Registration site might be malfunctioning.  If this course is listed as ineligible for cross-registrants, contact Jessica at jbudnitz@law.harvard.edu.  Jessica will provide information about a work-around so you can enroll in the course now.
      
   4. Get your Petition signed by your course instructors: Elizabeth Bartholet (for either course) or Jessica Budnitz (for the Art of Social Change).
      
      ⇒For Art of Social Change: Prof. Bartholet or Ms. Budnitz will sign your form before or after the first class on Sept. 15.  OR arrange with CAP Program Assistants Margo Strucker or Eleanor Topping to get your form signed prior to the first day of class.
      ⇒For Child, Family, and State: Prof. Bartholet will sign your form at the beginning of the Spring semester.
      
   5. Submit your petition to the HLS Registrar's Office, which is located on the third floor of Pound Hall, Rm 300 on 1563 Mass. Ave, during normal business hours.  See below for a campus map.  Also, submit your petition to your home school, if they require it.
      
   6. Access the Course Website.  Once you have submitted your cross-registration petition to the HLS Registrar's Office, you will be enrolled in the course website, which is located at: http://myhls.harvard.edu/.  Important course announcements and assignments will be posted on the course website, so make sure you can access the site.  If you are having problems, contact the ITS Student Help Desk (617-495-9576), which is located in the basement of Hauser Hall, Rm 030.

Remember to check with your home school to ensure you are meeting all of their requirements for cross-registrants.

Deadlines:

Here are some important HLS & CAP Fall deadlines relevant for cross-registrants.

Campus Maps:

• All-Campus Map
• Law School Map

"Art of Social Change" Initial Course Assignments:

Bartholet's Nobody's Children: Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative (Beacon Press) is the only text you need to purchase for the course.  You can buy the paperback book at the Law School COOP (617.499.3255), which is located at 1678 Massachusetts Avenue, near HLS.  

In preparation for the first "Art of Social Change" class on Sept. 15, students should read carefully the following:

1. Course Information, Syllabus and Schedule
2. Nobody's Children (pp. 1-29)

New Developments:

We will post new information on this webpage, so please check this site for updates.