The Program's work is organized around three key objectives, each of which relates to and supports the other.  First, it conducts world-class empirical research on some of the most difficult, cutting-edge issues facing the profession today.  Second, it examines the way in which law schools teach and prepare future lawyers – now law students – for their chosen career and develops innovative teaching methods and materials.  Third, it works to build bridges between the academy and the profession and to foster an ongoing dialogue between them

Located at Harvard University and integrated into the teaching curriculum and intellectual life of Harvard Law School, the Program is uniquely positioned to fulfill its mission of innovation and education.  It is engaged with a variety of projects seeking, proposing and implementing solutions to the key issues facing lawyers in the modern legal services industry.  This includes not only research and scholarship on the rapidly-changing professional services environment, but also substantive proposals for change that will improve the day-to-day lives of lawyers and other professionals, both within the United States and around the world.

More details about the Program and its research and educational initiatives are set out in our most recent Annual Report.