Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau is a student-run civil legal aid organization committed to providing free representation to low-income and marginalized communities in the Greater Boston area. Students and staff aim to provide these services in a way that responds to the systemic racial, social, and economic inequalities that are the causes and consequences of poverty. To that end, the Bureau trains its student attorneys to advocate vigorously for their clients, create enduring community partnerships, and become socially conscious leaders.

The Bureau specializes in five practice areas:

• Housing;
• Family;
• Wage & Hour (wage theft);
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS); and
• Government benefits (SSI/SSDI and Unemployment).

The help we offer ranges from referrals to full case representation, depending on client need and available resources.