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Harvard Law School Class of 2014 HARVARD LAW SCHOOL CLASS OF 2014 CLINICAL AND PRO BONO PROGRAMS LEARNING THE LAW | SERVING THE WORLD COMMENCEMENT NEWSLETTER Clinical and Pro Bono Programs LEARNING THE LAW | SERVING THE WORLD IN HOUSE CLINICS Criminal Justice Institute Cyberlaw Clinic Education Law Clinic Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Food Law and Policy Clinic Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinic Health Law and Policy Clinic International Human Rights Clinic “Through the Harvard Law School “One of the best aspects of Harvard Shareholder Rights Clinic Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, Law School is working with the Transactional Law Clinics students provide high-quality , free remarkable energy, creativity, and legal services to thousands of people dynamism of our students. They WilmerHale Legal Services Center each year and innovate law reform come to HLS with a wide range of Family and Domestic Violence Law Clinic efforts in the United States and backgrounds and a wealth of Predatory Lending/Consumer Protection Clinic around the globe. Working alongside experiences from which our Clinics Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense/Housing gifted and creative Clinical and our clients benefit and grow. Our Law Clinic Professors, Instructors, and lawyers Clinical Program is never static—we Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic in legal institutions around the are constantly reinventing ourselves world, students find the in response to client needs, student EXTERNSHIP CLINICS extraordinary rewards of serving interests, and national and Capital Punishment Clinic others while gaining invaluable international issues. As we advise Child Advocacy Clinic learning experiences and advancing and mentor individual students on justice and fairness. Part laboratory, their path to becoming ethical Criminal Prosecution Clinic part teaching hospital, our clinics lawyers, the students, in turn, teach Employment Law Clinic and pro bono programs reflect us to look at legal problems with a Government Lawyer: State Attorney General Clinic commitment to public service that fresh set of eyes each and every day. Government Lawyer: United States Attorney Clinic This constant sense of wonder animates this school” Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington D.C. permeates our Clinical Programs and - Dean Martha Minow Clinic invigorates the learning process” Judicial Process in Community Courts Clinic - Lisa Dealy Sports Law Clinic Assistant Dean Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Clinical and Pro Bono Programs Clinical and Pro Bono Programs LEARNING THE LAW | SERVING THE WORLD Dear Graduates, Faculty, Staff, Family and Friends, STUDENT PRACTICE ORGANIZATIONS The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs at Harvard Law School Harvard Defenders offers its heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2014. These students Harvard Immigration Project will be joining a distinguished group of alumni and will soon be making Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project their own mark on the legal profession. We wish them well as they embark on exciting new careers! Harvard Mediation Program Graduation brings a time of transition from the world of academia to Harvard Mississippi Delta Project the world of practice. Through their participation in clinical programs, Harvard Negotiators student practice organizations, and pro bono opportunities, these Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project students have already embarked on their careers as advocates and HLS Advocates for Human Rights representatives for their clients under the guidance and supervision of licensed attorneys. Students in the Class of 2014 worked hard - Project No One Leaves averaging 582 hours of legal pro bono work each. In this newsletter, Recording Artists Project you will find their stories, reflections, and lessons they have learned Tenant Advocacy Project through their clinical practice. We hope that their time spent engaged in pro bono service will better prepare them for the professional challenges that lie ahead. We also hope that through their engagement with Harvard Law School’s clinical and pro bono opportunities that they will go forward into practice with a lifelong commitment to pro bono service. Good luck Class of 2014! 76% of the Class of 2014 In 2014 participated in at least one clinic. More than 50 13 Clinical Faculty 950 Student Clinical Class of 2014 Clinical Courses More than 60 Placements 341,951 Pro Clinical Instructors, 16 In-House Clinics Bono Hours Clinical Fellows & 10 Externship Clinics Completed Staff 11 SPOs CLINICAL AND PRO BONO PROGRAMS PAGE 1 HARVARD LEGAL AID BUREAU Winning an Injunction Against Freddie Mac On December 10, 2013 HLAB student Nicole Summers, “To date, [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] have not J.D. ’14 argued a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District complied with this provision, which has unfortunately Court to prevent the eviction of Mr. and Mrs. Suero and impeded the ability of buyback programs to maximize the their three children and halt the sale of their home. Citing a number of borrowers they can assist, which in turn has hin- 2012 Massachusetts law - which made it illegal for any dered the broader goals of neighborhood stabilization and lender to place limitations on selling homes back to fore- revitalization,” AG Coakley said. “Our office is consider- closed homeowners - Nicole ing all available legal avenues, successfully prevented the including litigation, to ensure eviction of the Sueros and sale compliance with Massachusetts of their family home. The law law, should FHFA fail to was intended to help home- promptly amend its policies to owners repurchase their allow Fannie Mae and Freddie homes after foreclosure. Mac to participate in credible buyback programs.” Nicole's Nicole wrote about her case in case is the first case in Massa- an earlier blog post. “I am chusetts to obtain an injunction encouraged and hopeful that against Freddie Mac on the basis the judge’s decision will lead of their refusal to comply with to meaningful enforcement of the 2012 Massachusetts law. this important law. It was exciting and challenging to Mr. and Mrs. Suero are active argue in federal court, and it members of a local anti foreclo- was a wonderful experience to sure and anti-displacement do so on behalf of the Sueros, organization, City Life Vida Ur- who have fought so hard to bana, as well as Local 26 Unite remain in their home and HERE. Both groups have been rebound from the foreclosure instrumental in mobilizing resi- crisis,” she said. dents to protest Freddie Mac's refusal to sell homes back to The battle, however, contin- former owners after foreclo- ues as Freddie Mac has re- sure. Nicole and others at fused to sell the home to a non HLAB have worked closely with -profit, which would sell the the movement throughout the home back to the Suero fami- case and will continue to do so in ly. Earlier this month, the Nicole Summers, J.D. ’14 the coming months with the goal Boston Globe ran a story 'Can of effecting policy change at Freddie Mac skirt Mass. consumer law?' It explains this Freddie Mac. contradiction in the law and how it has affected the Suero Nicole contributed to writing this story. family. The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau is the oldest student-run legal In a press release issued a day later, State Attorney services organization in the country. This year, it celebrated its General, Martha Coakley – citing Nicole’s case – urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to use the 100th Anniversary of providing free legal aid to the poor. Bureau buyback programs to help homeowners. In a letter to alumni include Michelle Obama ’88; former Bureau President FHFA, she states that the prohibition on selling the homes Deval Patrick ’82, the Governor of Massachusetts; and the U.S. back to the homeowners is in direct conflict with the 2012 Supreme Court Justice William Brennan ’31. Massachusetts law. The Bureau is unique among HLS Clinics in that it is entirely student-run. Its students make a two year commitment to work 20 hours a week. They assist clients with family law, government benefits, wage and hour law, and housing matters. LEARNING THE LAW | SERVING THE WORLD PAGE 2 VIA THE HARVARD NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION CLINICAL PROGRAM Student Works with the Peruvian Ministry of the Economy By Daniel Holman, J.D. ’14 My interest in the Harvard Negotiation Workshop and Nego- Here at HLS, I have repeatedly seen negotiation themes tiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) began be- connected with my work with the Harvard Law and fore I even enrolled in law school, when Professor Bordone International Development Society, whether in the realm of led a negotiation exercise during Admitted Students Week- regional agricultural trade harmonization or the ways in end. Speaking with students from the Harvard Negotiation which prosecutors pursue cases of official and corporate Law Review afterward, I was struck by how the negotiation corruption. In the professional sphere, one of the key points curriculum had helped them develop a skill set that could be drawing me to work last summer at Allen & Overy in Wash- carried beyond school in a very direct way. Having worked ington, DC, was the firm’s work with government and with non-profits in Latin America multilateral lenders that play an before law school, I envisioned increasingly crucial role in major becoming a lawyer whose work was development projects around the world. mostly outside the courtroom— Undertaken at the crossroads of the helping communities to resolve commercial and public spheres, these conflicts and helping clients to infrastructure investment projects must structure deals and turn ideas satisfy both public and private interests. into enduring institutions. The mix Even if the contract documents are in of hard skills and strategic thinking perfect order, the project can run into that is part of the negotiation trouble unless counsel and clients are at- curriculum has offered a window tuned to these risks. into unforeseen ways that a legal education can be applied in these Equipped with a dispute resolution areas.
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