Where Current Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Find Their Resources on hls.harvard.edu

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Harvard Law School's official site, hls.harvard.edu, organizes audience-specific resources under a Full Menu with dedicated entry points: For Students, For Faculty, For Staff, and For Alumni. If you already know your affiliation, start there. If you are not sure which section holds a service, use the site search ("Looking for something?") or open the Full Menu and scan the audience lists.

Audience entry points in the main navigation

The homepage's Full Menu lists these four role-based links alongside general destinations such as J.D. Admissions, Graduate Program, Faculty Directory, Course Catalog, Academics, Clinics at HLS, Student Career Planning, Professional and Lifelong Learning, Harvard Law Today, Library, Events Calendar, and Department Directory.

Audience Entry point Typical use
Current students For Students Academic and student-life services, career planning, clinics, course catalog
Faculty For Faculty Teaching, scholarship, and faculty-facing services
Staff For Staff Internal administrative and departmental resources
Alumni For Alumni Alumni services and continuing engagement with the school

What you can reach without a role-specific login

Several resources are openly linked from the homepage and are useful regardless of affiliation:

  • Library — HLS Library services and collections, including event programming such as the "Creepy Collections & Haunted Halls Tour."
  • Events Calendar — talks, panels, and community events (for example, Fall Fest, Ask an Editor, and wellness events from The Well).
  • Faculty Directory and Department Directory — find people and offices.
  • Course Catalog — browse HLS course offerings.
  • Student Career Planning — career resources for students.
  • Professional and Lifelong Learning — continuing education offerings.
  • Harvard Law Today — news and features, including faculty commentary and school announcements.

Where to look for specific things

  • Admissions (J.D. or graduate) — use the J.D. Admissions and Graduate Program links in the main menu.
  • Academic programs, clinics, and courses — Academics, Clinics at HLS, and Course Catalog.
  • News and school announcements — Harvard Law Today, which carries items such as the Nobel Peace Prize award to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay LL.M. '82 S.J.D. '88 and coverage of the new Supreme Court term.
  • Subject-based interests — the "Featured Areas of Interest" list on the homepage spans dozens of fields (constitutional law, human rights, tax law and policy, technology law and policy, and many others) and is a fast way to find related faculty, courses, and programming.

Access and permissions

Some resources behind the For Students, For Faculty, For Staff, and For Alumni sections may require a Harvard login or specific permissions. The site does not state that these areas are open to the public, so treat role-based pages as potentially restricted and sign in with your Harvard credentials when prompted.

If you cannot find something

  1. Use the search field near the top of the homepage ("Looking for something?").
  2. Open the Full Menu and check the audience list that matches your role.
  3. Try the Department Directory if you are looking for a specific office rather than a service.
  4. Check the Events Calendar if the item is time-based rather than a standing resource.