Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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No. of offices | 1 |
No. of lawyers | 9 |
Major practice areas | housing law, family law, government benefits, and employment law |
Date founded | 1913 |
Website | http://www.harvardlegalaid.org/ |
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) is the oldest student-run legal services office in the United States, founded in 1913.[1] The bureau is one of three honors societies at the law school, along with the Harvard Law Review and the Board of Student Advisers.
Notable members include Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, activist and First Lady Michelle Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch,[2] Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger and law professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Laurence Tribe.[3]