Faculty
Harvard Law School is home to the world's most intellectually interesting and diverse law faculty. The eighty-one tenured and tenure-track professors of the Law School offer an almost breathtaking array of courses, seminars, and reading groups, which cover every major substantive area of legal study and approach the law from a wide variety of methodological perspectives. Each year, professors from other parts of Harvard University and other law schools around the world, as well as practicing lawyers from law firms, government, and public interest organizations, contribute their specialized skills and knowledge to this richest curriculum in the nation.
Beyond the classroom, Harvard Law professors are at the cutting edge of legal scholarship and practice. Their scholarship -- which runs the gamut from legal history to economic analysis of law, from consideration of the American Constitution to study of the international legal system -- offers exciting new perspectives on legal issues and contributes to solving legal problems. Faculty members enrich their scholarship, as well as their teaching, by engaging in varied "real-world" activities, often arguing cases before the world's highest courts, assisting in developing legal systems for new nations, or providing testimony or other commentary on emerging legal and policy issues.
If you require legal assistance, contact your local Bar Association for referrals to attorneys; or visit the American Bar Association's information site. In Massachusetts, referral sources include the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. For information about legal services for people with low incomes, call the Legal Advocacy Resource Center at Greater Boston Legal Services (617-371-1234 or 800-323-3205),the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School (617-522-3003), or the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (617-495-4408).