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Harvard Defenders Celebrate the Jack T. Litman Fellowship

November 21, 2013 / / 0 Comments

L-R: Kate Bargerhuff, Keron Morris, Daniyal Iqbal, Benjamin Litman and Sacha Litman

This Fellowship was established in 2012 and dedicated to the memory of Jack T. Litman, HLS LL.B. ’67, a renowned New York criminal defense attorney who was a member of Harvard Defenders during his time at the law school. In his introductory remarks,  Benjamin Litman said “My dad really wanted to afford people the opportunity to get their feet wet.” This year’s fellows did just that.

Keron Morris, Kate Bargerhuff, and Daniyal Iqbal spent the summer representing indigent clients in criminal show cause hearings in Boston area courts. In addition, they conducted research on legal issues they encountered in their work. At the 2nd Annual Jack T. Litman Fellowship Symposium, on November 18th, 2013, they presented their findings to a large audience of students, clinicians, and the Litman brothers.

Keron researched issues related to representing clients with mental illness. Kate explored the collateral consequences of criminal charges and Daniyal researched the challenges that attorneys face when rebutting damaging character evidence.

Celebrating the Release of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative’s Second Book

November 20, 2013 / / 0 Comments

L to R: Michael Gregory (Assistant Clinical Professor), Sonya Ho, Niousha Rahbar, Spencer Churchill, Leanne Gaffney, Kate Bargerhuff, Amanda Savage, Seth Packrone, Susan Cole (Clinical Director)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: Kate Bargerhuff (2L), Spencer Churchill (2L), Leanne Gaffney (2L), Sonya Ho (3L), Seth Packrone (2L), Niousha Rahbar (2L), and Amanda Savage (2L)

On November 14, 2013 the professors and students from the Education Law Clinic traveled to Brockton, MA to celebrate the release of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative’s (T.L.P.I.) second book, Helping Traumatized Children Learn Volume 2: Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools. T.L.P.I. is a partnership between HLS and Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC) that focuses on the need to address trauma in schools and the impact it can have on student learning.  T.L.P.I. uses its policy work, advocacy, and direct legal services to help traumatized children succeed in school.

Attendees at the release celebrated the success of Mary E. Baker Elementary School, a trauma-sensitive school, and the Brockton community, and featured different stakeholders involved in education policy and reform, including HLS Lecturer on Law and Director of T.L.P.I. Susan Cole, Principal Ryan Powers of the Mary E. Baker Elementary School, and Matthew Malone, Massachusetts Secretary of Education.  Both the educators and legislators in attendance highlighted the achievements of T.L.P.I. and Brockton’s efforts aimed at creating trauma-sensitive schools, and emphasized the need for broader support and connectivity among education professionals.

The energy in the room was palpable as Joel Ristuccia and Professor Michael Gregory, two of the book’s co-authors, revealed T.L.P.I.’s new website, which includes a wealth of information on trauma, an online bookstore, and a forum designed to create a nationwide dynamic trauma-sensitive learning community focused on making schools safe and supportive.

Meanwhile, for the student attorneys at the Education Law Clinic, the book launch was a break from advocating for appropriate educational services for individual students in Massachusetts who have had traumatic experiences, and an opportunity to share in the excitement of T.L.P.I.’s success and witness the results of advocating at the systemic level. Anne Eisner, one of the book’s co-authors and the Deputy Director of T.L.P.I., played a large role in orchestrating the entire event. Overall, the evening was an exciting new step in creating awareness for schools’ mandate to create a more supportive environment to meet the whole needs of the child.

Upcoming Events

November 18, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Eat Red Meat, Save the Planet
Featuring Allan Savory of the Savory Institute and
Mathieu Lalonde, Ph.D., Harvard Chemist
Thursday, November 21st, 6 PM
Austin Hall

Spurring Community and Economic Development in the Mississippi Delta Region
Panel Discussion with Christopher A. Masingill, Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority
November 20th, 12 – 1 PM
HAU HAU104


Externship Appreciation Dinner

November 13, 2013 / / 0 Comments

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Externship

On November 6, 2013, the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP) held an Appreciation Dinner to honor externship supervisors in our Fall/Winter Criminal Prosecution Clinic and Spring Judicial Process in Community Courts Clinic. Eight Judges and five Assistant District Attorneys attended, along with clinicians from our Criminal Justice Institute and other HLS clinical programs. The evening’s lively discussion focused on student supervision and was moderated by Judge Cratsley, with introductory remarks by Judge Limon of the Suffolk County Juvenile Court.

Several judges noted that the externships give students the opportunity to see what goes on in a judge’s mind, as well as exposing them to court staff and the culture of the courthouse. As Jack Corrigan of the Criminal Prosecution Clinic said, seeing students trying to make a difference rekindles idealism for everyone. Students bring fresh perspectives, energy and much needed help to the courts in the current climate of limited resources. In the Spring 2013 semester, students contributed over 500 hours of research and writing to the courts.

ADA Joe Pagliarulo (West Roxbury District Court) described giving his students incrementally harder tasks. At the beginning of the semester they may just identify themselves for the record in court, but by the end they are doing jury trials.
Judge Limon noted that he has been involved with the externship program since 1999, in part because clinical experience was so valuable to him in law school. At the beginning of the day, after talking to the session clerks and judges, he steers students to observe events they may not have seen before, like a Motion to Suppress or a jury being empanelled. He and his colleagues in the Boston Juvenile Court have lunch with the students every day in order to create the opportunity for discussion. Judge Harris noted the benefits of listening to the students’ opinions as they are much closer in age to the young people appearing before him.

A big thank you to everyone who supervises our students!

Upcoming Events

November 12, 2013 / / 0 Comments

A Living Wage and Beyond
November 12, 12 pm – 1 pm
WCC, 3019

Health and Food Law Opportunities at HLS
November 15, 12 pm – 1 pm
WCC 301

JD’s, Journalism and Justice: What Lawyers Can Accomplish Outside the Courtroom
Erin Moriarty
Correspondent, 48 Hours
November 13, 4 pm – 6 pm
WCC Hall, 2009

 

HLAB on its 100th Birthday

November 7, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Photo courtesy of HLAB

Via the Harvard Law Record

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau will celebrate 100 years of providing free legal services to low-income individuals in the Greater Boston area on the weekend of November 8th, 2013. The Bureau, better known as HLAB, is the oldest student-run legal services organization and specializes in four different practice areas: housing law, family law, government benefits law, and fair wage law. As a legal service organization, HLAB members are both students and practicing attorneys and often find themselves balancing academia, work, and a social life in ways foreign to many other HLS students.

“Balance? What balance?” 2L Jocelyn Keider joked. “It’s definitely a challenge to balance reading for class and going to class with real client representation and the work that is involved in that. I just have to make sure that I make every single class that I can. I try to pay attention in class as best I can because I know that I’ll have to miss class for a hearing. You have to be disciplined. You have to make time for both. You have to force yourself to not waste time in a way that we may otherwise want to.”

Please read the full story on the Harvard Law Record.

 

Upcoming Event: The GMO Teach-In

November 7, 2013 / / 0 Comments

  Via the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic.

Watch Clinical Students at Work

October 25, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Please join the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Ames Courtroom, where a three-judge panel of the Court will convene to hear oral arguments in the pending case, Ausmer v. Shinseki. The case presents several novel questions related to the appellate rights of disabled combat veterans. This is the first time that this Court will convene on our campus.  Harvard’s own Veterans Legal Clinic, launched by Clinical Professor Dan Nagin, represents the appellant in the case, and two Clinic students will argue the case to the Court on his behalf. The case highlights not only the legal issues veterans face when they seek VA benefits, but the practical lawyering and Pro Bono opportunities available to our students.

Harvard Community Dialogue: Reflecting on Syria – Fri, 9/13, 2-4pm (WCC 2019)

September 10, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic co-hosts EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy

July 31, 2013 / / 0 Comments

By Molly Gibson, OCP Summer Intern 2013

Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Gina McCarthy, newly confirmed Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, spoke at HLS Tuesday about the many successes the EPA has achieved in its forty-three year history, as well as the challenges she envisions for its future.

Following remarks from Dean Martha Minow, McCarthy was introduced by her daughter, Maggie McCarey, a program coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. For McCarthy, a Boston area native, the event was an opportunity to return to her roots. She spoke about the EPA’s interventions in local industrial communities like Lowell, where textile factory runoff used to turn the river yellow, red, or blue—depending on what dyes were being used.

During the address—McCarthy’s first as Administrator—she reflected on the importance of striving toward sustainability for future generations. McCarthy stressed the need to consider climate change solutions as a fundamental part of the country’s “economic agenda,” rather than a detriment to economic progress. She pointed to both the Clean Air Act and the Brownfields program as examples of how environmental regulations can spark job growth.

Slashing carbon pollution will be McCarthy’s biggest test while at the helm of the EPA, yet she was confident about the organization’s ability to rise to the challenge. “Climate change will not be resolved overnight. But it will be engaged over the next three years. That I can promise you.”

Michael Gregory Discusses Education Law/Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative with HLS Summer Interns

July 31, 2013 / / 0 Comments

By Molly Gibson, OCP Summer Intern 2013

Michael Gregory, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law

The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs’ Summer Speaker Series gives undergraduate and law school interns a chance to learn about the exciting work done by members of the HLS community.

In the sixth installment of the series, Mike Gregory spoke to interns about his work in the Education Law Clinic of the Trauma Learning and Policy Initiative (TLPI). Prof. Gregory discussed the many intersections of trauma and special education, the types of cases the clinic takes on, as well as the clinic’s broader administrative and legislative advocacy efforts.

The series wraps up next Tuesday at noon in WCC 3038 with a talk from ACLU staff attorney (and HLS alum) Jessie Rossman.

In the spirit of Gary Bellow

April 15, 2013 / / 0 Comments

By Jeanne Segil and Abbey Marr, Co-chairs of the Gary Bellow Public Service award

Photo credit: Jon Chase

On Friday April 12th, the HLS community gathered to honor the legacy of Professor Gary Bellow, founder and former faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Clinical Programs, while recognizing the work of an incredible HLS alumna, Laurel Firestone (HLS ’04) and an inspiring HLS student, Stephanie Davidson (HLS ’13). The Gary Bellow Public Service Award was created in 2001 to recognize excellence in public interest work at HLS and to honor Professor Bellow.  The Award is entirely student-run and given annually by the student body of HLS to a student and alumnus/a whose commitment to social justice makes us proud to be a part of the HLS community.

Dean Minow opened the ceremony, speaking eloquently about Professor Bellow and his commitment to community lawyering and public service. She also introduced Professor Jeanne Charn, the Director of the Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project and the wife of the late Professor Bellow, who shared the personal stories of faculty and students who fondly remembered Professor Bellow and his charges to his clinical students. Bellow’s presence was felt in the room as the two honorees received recognition for their commitment to legal services and community lawyering.

Laurel Firestone and community organizer Susana de Anda founded the Community Water Center, an environmental justice organization, based in San Joaquin Valley to ensure that access to water is recognized as a human right. Firestone’s dedicated work has impacted change at the community, regional, and state level. Her talk inspired students to “find their purpose,” to look in their own backyards and see people who often remain invisible. She suggested that community organizing is a vital component of creating change and empowering people.

Stephanie Davidson, the current president of the WLA and a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, spoke about her work within these organizations as she dedicated herself to anti-violence activism. Stephanie spoke passionately about her desire to change the paradigm of violence against women work, to move from being reactive to instead think about how to prevent such violence from occurring in the first instance. She plans to dedicate her career to such efforts and we were so excited to hear about the inspiring and important work she will continue to pursue.

The room erupted into standing ovation at the end of these talks as the HLS community demonstrated its appreciation for the work of individuals such as Laurel and Stephanie, committed and conscientious, determined to create change in a world that so needs it.

Jeanne Charn, the Director of the Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project and the wife of the late Professor Bellow.
Photo credit: Jon Chase

Photo credit: Jon Chase

Photo credit: Jon Chase

Event 4/17: IHRC launches MSI Integrity: A New Business and Human Rights NGO

April 8, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Wednesday April 17
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Harkness South

Join the International Human Rights Clinic in celebrating the launch of the Institute for Multi-stakeholder Initiative Integrity (MSI Integrity), a non-profit organization that the Clinic has helped get off the ground. MSI Integrity examines the impact and value of voluntary business-related human rights initiatives, such as Fairtrade labeling and the Kimberley Process certification for conflict diamonds. Through research, critical assessment, and shared learning, MSI Integrity aims to ensure that these initiatives protect and promote human rights. Drinks will be served!

Events: April 1 – 14

April 2, 2013 / / 0 Comments

What: Clinical Registration Opens for 2013-14 Academic Year
When: Wed, April 3, 9am
Note: Clinical registration is for the entire 2013-14 year.

What: Veterans Legal Clinic Panel
When: Wed, April 3, 12-1pm
Where: WCC 2019 Milstein West A
 Details: With featured speaker Coleman Nee (Secretary of MA Department of Veterans’ Services), Zach Stolz (Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick) and Dan Nagin (Clinical Professor and Director of HLS’s Veterans Legal Clinic). Join panelists and student members of the Veterans Legal Clinic to learn about the urgent needs of local veterans and the exciting work students are undertaking on their behalf. Lunch provided. (Flyer below)

What: Clinical Registration Closes for 2013-14 Academic Year
When: Fri, April 5, 12:59pm
Note: Clinical registration is for the entire 2013-14 year.

What: Toward a Civil Gideon: The Future of Legal Services
When: Sat, April 6, 10:15-3:30pm
Where: Wasserstein Hall 1015
 Details: This symposium will feature scholar-practitioners from around the country discussing the access to justice crisis and how to solve it. Panelists include: Scott Cummings (UCLA); Russell Engler (New England School of Law); Jim Greiner (HLS); David Grossman (HLS); Gene Nichol (Center on Poverty); Deborah Rhode (Stanford); Rebecca Sandefur (U of I); and Richard Zorza (UCLA). If you can’t make it the whole day, feel free to stop by when you are available!

What: The People’s Law School: Community Education Workshops & Open House
When: Sat, April 13, 1-5pm
Where: 122 Boylston Street Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130
 Details: Presented by the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School This is a Free Event, Registration Not Required. For More Information Call 617-522-3003 (Flyer below) Continue reading

Human Rights panel discusses cost of Iraq invasion, 10 years after: Video

April 2, 2013 / / 0 Comments

The Human Rights Program at HLS, brought together representatives from Iraq Veterans Against the War, the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, and the Center for Constitutional Rights to discuss the launch of the Right to Heal Initiative, a partnership they formed to “fight for redress.” Read more or watch below.

Human Rights panel

Sports Law is “cool”

March 28, 2013 / / 0 Comments

At the suggestion of Dean Minow, Sports Law clinic students and Professor Carfagna gathered for lunch on March 27.  Each student had the opportunity to describe their placement, which included work with the Celtics, New England Patriots, Red Sox, Memphis Grizzlies, and the Sports Legacy Institute to name a few.   Almost every student  said they had a very “cool” time just being there, in the ball park, working on a wide range of issues, including negotiating contracts, representing players and/or leagues and working on technical devices to install in helmets to measure impact hits, designed for both school age athletes as well as professional athletes.

Students interested in learning more about the Sports Law Clinic should contact Peter Carfagna or Liz Solar in the office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs directly.

Event 3/29: Learn about the LSC and CHLPI Clinics

March 27, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Come learn more about the Legal Services Center (LSC) and Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) Clinics

Friday March 29
5 to 7:00pm at the WCC Pub
Come eat food, meet staff and students, and learn about our amazing clinical programs! Appetizers provided.

Administrative/Disability Law Clinic
Domestic Violence Clinic
Estate Planning Clinic
Family Law Clinic
Health Law and Policy Clinic
Food Law and Policy Clinic
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Law Clinic
Post Foreclosure Eviction Defense Housing Clinic
Predatory Lending/Consumer Protection Clinic
Veterans Legal Clinic

Today: Clinical 101 and Clinical Fair

March 27, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Clinical 101 and Clinical Fair

Wednesday March 27:

5:30-6:00 PM – Clinical 101
WCC 2012
Learn about clinical registration and how best to navigate the clinical fair, and get an introduction to the HLS clinical program.

6:00 – 8:00 PM – Clinical Fair
Milstein East A, B, & C
Talk with clinical faculty and students. Refreshments provided.

Event 3/26: A Decade of War

March 15, 2013 / / 0 Comments

For Us, The Wars Aren’t Over: The Right to Heal Initiative
Tuesday, March 26
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Room 2012

Ten years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program joins organizations from across the Harvard and Boston communities to mark the anniversary with speakers from two groups still living the consequences of the last decade of U.S.-led wars: Iraqis and U.S. veterans and service members.  Members of the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will speak about the costs of war they share.  Together with attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights and Harvard Law School, they will discuss the Right to Heal Initiative, the partnership they have formed to fight for redress.

Speakers:
Yanar Mohammed, President, Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq
Ms. Mohammed is the founder of OWFI, a nongovernmental organization that promotes women’s rights and interests in Iraq.  She will speak about OWFI’s work in an Iraqi town near a U.S. military base that has seen dramatic increases in the incidence of birth defects, cancers, and other severe health ailments.

Matt Howard, Member, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Mr. Howard served two tours in Iraq with the Marine Corps.  He will discuss the costs of war for U.S. service members and veterans, particularly the obstacles that prevent too many from receiving proper medical and mental health care.  IVAW and its subcommittee, Afghan Veterans Against the War, have advocated for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and for reparations to Iraqis for the costs of war.

Pamela Spees, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
Ms. Spees will discuss CCR’s role as a support player in the Right to Heal’s collaborative project to ensure the U.S. takes concrete steps for health care, accountability, and reparations.

Moderator:
Deborah Alejandra Popowski, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School

Dinner will be served.

Co-Sponsored By: HLS Advocates for Human Rights, Harvard National Security and Law Association, Islamic Society of Boston, National Lawyers Guild (Mass. Chapter), Veterans for Peace (Ch. 9, Smedley D. Butler Brigade), BC Law Holocaust/Human Rights Project, HKS Human Rights Professional Interest Council, HLS American Constitution Society, HLS Democrats, HLS Human Rights Journal, Harvard International Law Journal, HLS Muslim Law Students Association, Harvard Women’s Law Association, HSPH Muslim Student Group, MIT Amnesty International, MIT Center for International Studies, MIT Muslim Student Association, Northeastern Univ. Arab Student Association, Human Rights Caucus at Northeastern Univ. School of Law, Tufts Univ. New Initiative for Middle East Peace, Tufts Univ. Fletcher School Human Rights Project

Events: March 18th – April 5th

March 14, 2013 / / 0 Comments

We hope you will join us for some or all of these events over the next few weeks:

** Great for 1Ls (2Ls also welcome) **
What:Clinical 101: Information Session
When: Wed, March 27, 5:30-6pm
Where: WCC 2012
 Details: Learn about 2013-14 clinical registration (April 3-5) and how to best navigate the clinical fair, and get an introduction to the HLS clinical program.

** Great for 1Ls (2Ls also welcome) **
What: Clinical Fair
When: Wed, March 27, 6-8pm
Where: WCC Milstein East B&C
Details: Please join us for the annual Clinical Fair. Students curious about clinics will have the opportunity to speak directly with current clinical students, attorneys and faculty to learn more about the work experience, potential projects, types of client interaction, time commitment and opportunities that are unique to each clinic.

What: Winter Term – Attorney General Clinic
When: Mon, April 1, 12-1pm
Where: WCC 4063
Details: Interested in spending winter term working with an Attorney General’s office outside of Boston, in your home town, or in another city? Attend an informational session with former Maine Attorney General, Prof. Tierney, who directs the Attorney General Clinic and teaches the Role of the Attorney General. Lunch will be provided. For more details, contact Liz Solar, Externship Director, Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs.

What: Clinical Registration Opens for 2013-14 Academic Year
When: Wed, April 3, 9am
Note: Clinical registration is for the entire 2013-14 year.

What: Clinical Registration Closes for 2013-14 Academic Year
When: Fri, April 5, 12:59pm
Note: Clinical registration is for the entire 2013-14 year.

Event 3/7: Dr. Jorja Leap will speak about her work on youth gang violence

March 4, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Thursday, March 7th at 12pm in WCC 3018

Dr. Jorja Leap, an expert on gangs and at-risk youth, is currently working to reduce community-based violence and promote pro-social attitudes within violence-plagued neighborhoods. As part of these efforts, Dr. Leap is currently the senior policy advisor on Gangs and Youth Violence for the Sheriff of Los Angeles. Dr. Leap will discuss her work and answer questions you may have on issues relating to gang violence and how we can address the problem.

Sponsored by the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project. This event is open to anyone who is interested. (Non-pizza) lunch will be provided.

Standing Room Only at PLAP Solitary Confinement Panel

February 28, 2013 / / 0 Comments

PLAP Panel AudienceBy Jacob Alderdice, J.D. ’14

Watch a video of the event

Solitary confinement in prison, a practice under scrutiny for hundreds of years, continues to be widespread here in Massachusetts and across the United States.  On Monday, February 25th, the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP), along with several co-sponsors, hosted a panel on solitary confinement.  HLS students and PLAP Policy Coordinators Jeanne Segil ’14 and Sia Henry ’14 put the event together, assembling a panel of experts that encompassed several sides of the opposition to this practice.

Austin West was standing room only as over one hundred students, activists, and outside community members came to see the panel moderated by Matthew Segal, the Legal Director of the ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts.  The panel included Professor Jules Lobel, the President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Mikail Deveaux, the Director of Citizens Against Recidivism, Dr. Stuart Grassian, an expert in the psychological effects of solitary confinement, and Bobby Dellelo, an advocate who has spent five years in solitary confinement in Massachusetts prison.

Photo Credit: Tony Irving Photography

A powerful and moving conversation ensued among the five men.  Mr. Deveaux set the tone for the night by reminding the audience to think of incarcerated individuals as people, not just as prisoners.  He acknowledged that even advocates can have a “they’re not us” mentality about inmates, which can keep the public at large from seeing them as human beings.  Professor Lobel discussed his legal work in the area, including the CCR’s recent lawsuit against Pelican Bay State Prison in California, in which 500 inmates have been in solitary confinement for over ten years.  He lamented the lack of courts’ recognition of prisoners’ mental anguish and suffering, a feeling shared by Dr. Grassian.

Dr. Grassian pointed to the multitude of research on the severe and debilitating effects of confinement, spanning from colonial America to present day.  While Dr. Grassian spoke of the research into the “torture” of solitary confinement that is “far greater than physical pain,” Bobby Dellelo confirmed this for the audience by sharing his experiences.  Mr. Dellelo spoke about the five years that he spent in complete isolation in Massachusetts prison, describing how he felt himself going crazy leading to an inability to interact with other people.

At the end of their talk, when Professor Lobel and Dr. Grassian were talking about what needed to be done to achieve legal victories, Mr. DeVeaux jumped in with a challenge to everyone present.  He said that change would come “if the general public were more aware” of the issue, and exhorted everyone to get involved.  Matthew Segal answered the challenge by inviting advocates in the audience to speak about their work, and their links are below.

Prisoners’ Legal Services
Physicians for Human Rights
American Friends Service Committee
Between the Bars

Related Links:
New Yorker article on Bobby Dellelo (and Solitary Confinement Generally)
Huffington Post article on Pelican Bay Lawsuit

Read the full article in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.

PLAP Panel on Solitary Confinement

February 25, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Today: Prison Legal Assistance Project Panel on Solitary Confinement

5:00-7:00 PM

Austin Hall, West Classroom, Harvard Law School.

Events: Nov 9 through Nov 15

November 8, 2012 / / 0 Comments

We hope you will join us for some or all of these events this weekend and next week:

What: Coordination of Sandy Efforts for Students
When: Fri, Nov 9, 12–1pm
Where: WCC Milstein East C
Details: HLS Events Calendar

What: Project No One Leaves: Community Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis Conference
When: Fri, Nov 9 – Sun, Nov 11
Where: Harvard Law School (various locations)
Details: Project No One Leaves website

What: Advocacy for Boston-Area Veterans: Unmet Needs and Pro Bono Opportunities
When: Mon, Nov 12, 12–1pm
Where: WCC Milstein West B
Details: HLS Events Calendar

What: Knowing Your Legal Rights: A Seminar for Military Veterans and Families
When: Wed, Nov 14, 5–7pm
Where: WCC 1010
Details: HLS Events Calendar

What: Negotiation in the News: Negotiating a Ceasefire in Syria
When: Thu, Nov 15, 12–1pm
Where: WCC 3012
Details: HLS Events Calendar

Event: Talk on Solitary Confinement with Professor Midekssa

November 6, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Just added to the calendar for Thu, Nov 8! The Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP) is hosting a conversation with Professor Birtukan Midekssa about her own experience in solitary confinement. A former federal judge and leader of the pro-democracy opposition party in Ethiopia, she was sentenced to life in prison in 2005 after her party won an unprecedented number of seats in parliamentary elections. She was released from prison in 2010.

What: Talk on Solitary Confinement with Professor Midekssa
When: Thu, Nov 8, 12–1pm
Where: WCC 3019
Note: Indian food will be served

Events: Week of Nov 5

November 2, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Check out the following clinical events next week:

What: The Future of Economic and Social Rights
When: Mon, Nov 5, 12–1pm
Where: WCC 4059
Details: HLS Events Calendar

What: Advances in HIV Prevention: Legal, Clinical and Public Health Issues
When: Mon, Nov 5, 12–2pm
Where: Austin 111
Details: HLS Events Calendar

What: Dimensions of Labor Trafficking in the US and Abroad
When: Thu, Nov 8, 12–1pm
Where: Hauser 104
Details: HLS Events Calendar

What: The Law In These Parts: Screening and Discussion
When: Thu, Nov 8, 6–8:30pm
Where: Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Details: HLS Events Calendar

Event: Election Protection Volunteer Training

October 22, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Wed, Oct 24, 4–6pm in WCC 2009

Election Protection – led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – is the nation’s largest non-partisan voter protection coalition. Through the 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline and a comprehensive legal field deployment, Election Protection helps ensure eligible voters are able to participate in our democracy while collecting data for meaningful reform so that our elections are free, fair, and accessible.

This training will discuss election day poll monitoring and volunteer opportunities for law students and attorneys.

Event: Stalled Negotiations: Harvard University and the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers

October 18, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Thu, Oct 25, 12-1pm in WCC 3012

Join the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program for the third installment in a series of brown-bag lunch conversations about current events and negotiation practices.

This discussion, facilitated by Lecturer on Law Chad Carr, features an analysis of the ongoing labor negotiations between the university and the union from a conflict resolution perspective. The focus will be on how the parties can overcome current challenges and negotiate more efficiently and effectively to develop a sustainable agreement.

Cookies and soda will be served.

Event: Human Rights Program Orientation – Sep 12

September 10, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Stop by WCC 2009 on Wed, Sep 12 for the Human Rights Program Orientation.


Join the Harvard Human Rights Program (HRP) in WCC 2009 on Wed, Sep 12 from 12-1:30pm for pizza, an overview of HRP opportunities, and how you can get involved.

Learn more about:

  • The International Human Rights Clinic
  • Summer funding for human rights internships
  • Post-graduate fellowships
  • Events and conferences
  • The larger human rights community at Harvard Law School

Get to know:

  • Clinical Instructors
  • Visiting Fellows from the Academic Program
  • Representatives from student groups focused on human rights, including HLS Advocates for Human Rights.

For more information, stop by WCC 3139 or email  hrp at law.harvard.edu. Hope to see you there!

Event: Mandatory Clinical Ethics Training & Reception for Students

September 4, 2012 / / 0 Comments

What
Mandatory Clinical Ethics Training & Reception

When
Fri, Sep 21, 4-6pm (Check-in at 3:45pm)

For Whom
HLS Students enrolled in their first clinic in Fall 2012 or Winter 2013

Where
Milstein East, WCC

Featured Speakers
Dean Martha Minow
Chief Justice Margaret Marshall
Lisa Dealy, Assistant Dean of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
Shaun Goho, Clinical Instructor, Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic
Jeremy McClane, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program
Maureen McDonagh, Lecturer on Law and Clinical Instructor, WilmerHale Legal Services Center, Post-Foreclosure Eviction/Housing Law Clinic

Details
Welcome to the start of a new clinical year! This session will introduce you to your new role as a student attorney and explain your basic ethical obligations. Topics covered will include confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and due diligence. As a reminder, all HLS students enrolled in their first clinic in Fall 2012 or Winter 2013 are required to attend.

Students in attendance will receive a confirmation slip that they must provide to their clinic supervisor. Students unable to attend the training must contact their clinic supervisor and the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs ( clinical at law.harvard.edu).

Please note that laptops are not permitted at the event.

If you have any questions, please contact  clinical at law.harvard.edu.

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