Harvard Plaintiffs' Law Association

08/28/2021

Hello 2Ls!

Are you curious about plaintiff-side roles for next summer? Eager to try fast-paced, complex litigation outside of BigLaw? Frustrated with EIP? HPLA can help you navigate the exciting world of plaintiffs' law! Sign up to have coffee with one of our board members and chat about summer 2022 opportunities: bit.ly/hplacoffee

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08/25/2021

HPLA is making waves in the legal world! Message us to set up a coffee chat with an HPLA board member and start learning about exciting opportunities fighting for justice on the plaintiff side.

Fred Messner arrived at Harvard Law School in 2019 knowing he wanted to work at a plaintiffs’ firm after graduation. It seemed like the perfect way to fight for the rights of the “little guy” while still making decent money.

04/15/2021

New writing up on the HPLA blog! Check out David Walsh's latest on the plaintiff-side appellate bar.

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 by David WalshDeepak v. Goliath By David Walsh Deepak Gupta, a Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School and founding principal of Gupta Wessler PLLC, is a modern-day David. His Goliath? The corporate appellate bar. HPLA and the Harvard People’s Parity Project jo...

04/13/2021

HPLA is now live on Twitter! Follow us as we build a community of advocates for justice.

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04/06/2021

More great writing on the new HPLA Blog--this time from HPLA Comms Chair Steven Becker!

Posted on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021Why the Imbalance? By Steven Becker It wasn’t until I started at HLS that I realized plaintiffs’ law was kind of an unusual path. Granted, I came into law school with a pretty underdeveloped conception of the different legal careers that people pursued—partl...

03/29/2021

The HPLA Blog is live! Follow us to hear from students, scholars and practitioners on the most pressing issues affecting the plaintiffs' bar. Or, better yet, reach out to us to have your writing featured on the blog.

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Fred MessnerIntroducing the HPLA Blog We all know the numbers. For decades, survey after survey has shown that while large majorities of incoming law students express interest in public-interest careers, only tiny cohorts of graduating JDs actually follow through on those...