Scarcely two months after Registration, every entering student is thrust into the ordeal of his first Ames argument. Suddenly he must play the role of a lawyer with an appellate case to handle. Faced with a record from a trial court, he must write a brief and compose the oral argument he will soon present. For many a first year student, even with a member of the Board of Student Advisers to coach and advise him, the experience resembles seeing a lake for the first time and, after a few hints on technique, being thrown in and told to swim.
Disability rights activist Haben Girma ’13 joins Michael Stein ’88, Alonzo Emery ’10, and Fengming Cui at HLS in the Community in Enabling the World Through Disabilities, a workshop that will focus on advancing the rights of people with disabilities around the world. As the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma…
In preparation for HLS in the Community, an exploration of the school’s local and global contributions of service, we have added highlights of the HLS clinical programs to HLS200. Explore new stories, the development of the clinical program throughout HLS’s history, and see the global impact of the clinics.
The Harvard Law School Library’s new exhibit celebrates HLS’s Bicentennial through the stories of some of the Library’s 2 million items and the people behind them. On view are historic photographs, striking rare books and early manuscripts, books published all over the world, fun glimpses of HLS Library history, and even an Awesome Box! Collections…