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Harvard Law School offers a limited amount of on-campus housing for law students in a wide variety of housing types from traditional dormitories, suite-style housing, a converted hotel and a few apartments in our wood frame houses. Each of the on-campus options is located in proximity to the classrooms, Harkness Commons (the student center and dining hall), and Langdell Library. All are within walking distance of Harvard Square. All rooms and apartments are fully furnished and are available to all Law School students through a series of housing lotteries and rooms selection processes held during the spring term.
On-Campus Housing Information

Gropius Complex - Shaw Hall, Holmes Hall, Ames Hall, and Dane Hall
*Story Hall will not be available in 2008-2009 due to the Northwest Corner construction project.
Hastings Hall
North Hall
HLS Apartments - 1637 Massachusetts Avenue, 3 Mellen Street and Baker Hall

* 2008-2009 HLS On-Campus Housing - Preparations are still being made for housing for the 2008-2009 academic year and this website will be updated throughout the spring and summer of 2008. Please find below approximate timelines for applications and the lottery/housing selection.
o Returning HLS Students - The returning student deadline to apply for HLS dormitory housing for 2008-2009 has now passed (Tuesday, April 8, 2008) and the lottery / room selection will be held in mid-April. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please submit the 2008-2009 Returning Student On-Campus Housing Application. We will be making our way through the waitlist in early June at the conclusion of the incoming student housing lotteries.
o Incoming J.D. Students - The incoming J.D. deadline to apply for HLS dormitory housing for 2008-2009 has now passed (Sunday, April 20, 2008) and the lottery / room selection will be held in early May. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please submit the 2008-2009 Incoming J.D. On-Campus Housing Application. We will be making our way through the waitlist after the incoming J.D. room selection occurs in early May.
o Incoming LL.M./S.J.D. Students - The incoming LL.M./S.J.D. deadline to apply for HLS dormitory housing for 2008-2009 has now passed (Friday, May 2, 2008) and the lottery / room selection will be held in mid-May. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please submit the 2008-2009 Incoming LL.M./S.J.D. On-Campus Housing Application. We will be making our way through the waitlist in early June.

Contact Information

All housing inquiries should be directed to housing@law.

Dean of Students Office
Douglas J.D. Walo, Housing Administrator
Pound Hall 310
617-495-1880

Facilities Management
Becky Andreasson, Senior Manager of Building Services
Holmes Hall
617-495-5521

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View of Building Welcome to the Harvard Law School Housing web site. Contained within these web pages, you will find information regarding the housing options available for HLS students. Accommodations can be found in a variety of different types of HLS on-campus housing, Harvard University apartments, or in privately owned apartments in Cambridge and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Harvard Law School On-Campus Housing

The Harvard Law School on-campus housing contains 495 residents, nearly half of whom are first-year J.D. students. Harvard Law School offers a limited amount of on-campus housing for law students in a wide variety of housing types from traditional dormitories, suite-style housing, a converted hotel and a few apartments in our wood frame houses. Each of the on-campus options is located in proximity to the classrooms, Harkness Commons (the student center and dining hall), and Langdell Library. All are within walking distance of Harvard Square. All rooms and apartments are fully furnished and are available to all Law School students through a series of housing lotteries and rooms selection processes held during the spring term.

* 2008-2009 HLS On-Campus Housing - Preparations are still being made for housing for the 2008-2009 academic year and this website will be updated throughout the spring and summer of 2008. Please find below approximate timelines for applications and the lottery/housing selection.
o Returning HLS Students - The returning student deadline to apply for HLS dormitory housing for 2008-2009 has now passed (Tuesday, April 8, 2008) and the lottery / room selection will be held in mid-April. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please submit the 2008-2009 Returning Student On-Campus Housing Application. We will be making our way through the waitlist in early June at the conclusion of the incoming student housing lotteries.
o Incoming J.D. Students - The incoming J.D. deadline to apply for HLS dormitory housing for 2008-2009 has now passed (Sunday, April 20, 2008) and the lottery / room selection will be held in early May. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please submit the 2008-2009 Incoming J.D. On-Campus Housing Application. We will be making our way through the waitlist after the incoming J.D. room selection occurs in early May.
o Incoming LL.M./S.J.D. Students - The incoming LL.M./S.J.D. deadline to apply for HLS dormitory housing for 2008-2009 has now passed (Friday, May 2, 2008) and the lottery / room selection will be held in mid-May. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please submit the 2008-2009 Incoming LL.M./S.J.D. On-Campus Housing Application. We will be making our way through the waitlist in early June.

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All housing inquiries should be directed to housing@law.

Dean of Students Office
Douglas J.D. Walo, Housing Administrator
Pound Hall 310
617-495-1880

Facilities Management
Becky Andreasson, Senior Manager of Building Services
Holmes Hall
617-495-5521

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Programs of Study: Pathways Through the Harvard Law School Curriculum

Harvard Law School offers more courses and seminars than any other law school in the world. This is a tremendous resource, but the large numbers of courses, across a huge range of topics and approaches, also can be daunting to plan your own path through the curriculum. The faculty encourages J.D. students to build on the foundation of the first year with both sufficient focus to pursue deep knowledge and with sufficient curiosity to explore a broad array of ideas about and approaches to law. Pursue your own passions, and also think about how to take advantage of opportunities for advanced work, clinical work, fellowships, and courses elsewhere in the university.

To pursue deepening knowledge and progression as you move through the three years of law school and to create a tool for better coordination and collaboration between faculty members, the faculty has developed "programs of study." Students do not sign up for any program; nor should any student feel compelled to adhere to one. Instead, the programs of study reflect the best advice from faculty about how to approach particular subjects and potential careers. Five initial programs of study follow here with suggestions about how you can navigate our extensive course offerings with a sense of their relationship to different avenues of study and opportunities to move progressively through more advanced work before graduation. The programs of study also encourage groups of faculty members to think through in collective ways the best ways of offering and combining courses and to plan their own teaching programs. The programs of study can give J.D. and L.L.M. students a picture of how different courses and seminars can relate to the work of practicing lawyers and academics, and how clinical work, summer opportunities, and fellowships also enhance your learning and development.

The five programs of study are:

1. Law and Government;
2. Law and Business;
3. International and Comparative Law;
4. Law, Science and Technology; and
5. Law and Social Change.

In the future, groups of faculty members and students may devise programs of study in other fields. Programs of study can include:

1. foundational courses: courses offering context, perspective, skills, and introductory material intended for students with no presumed background in the field;
2. intermediate courses: courses, including clinical opportunities and courses in other schools and departments, that presume the foundational course background and that offer immersion in either a specific subfield or a particular policy or problem area in order to build knowledge, skill, and approaches;
3. capstone opportunities, including seminars, research settings, advanced clinics, and opportunities in other schools and departments, in which students can bring to bear in sophisticated ways the knowledge they have acquired in their prior courses; and
4. information about relevant fellowships and other programs devoted to encouraging scholarship, summer opportunities, pro bono work, and connections with the HLS graduate program.

Beyond any specific program of study, the faculty advises all students to take courses offering exposure to a variety of topics and methodologies. The faculty has long recommended that students consider taking at least one course that offers a particular perspective on the legal system or a distinct way of thinking about law. We continue to recommend such courses, whether in legal history, comparative law, law and economics, and jurisprudence and legal theory.

Note: Constitutional Law is offered in two courses:

Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and the Fourteenth Amendment (4 credits)

Constitutional Law: The First Amendment (3 or 4 credits)

Students are encouraged to take one or both, and neither has a prerequisite unless a particular instructor so specifies.

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The centerpiece of the learning experience is engagement with the faculty of Harvard Law School, who are among the world's foremost scholars in their fields. Students learn from them in the classroom, through a combination of new and old educational methods, and work with them as well on research projects and other activities. A Harvard Law School education also very frequently includes intensive clinical experiences, exposure to courses and programs of study in the other extraordinary schools of Harvard University, and many rewarding hours devoted to a wide variety of extracurricular activities.

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