About the Clinic

The Religious Freedom Clinic at Harvard Law School advises and represents a diverse group of clients in challenging legal matters raising First Amendment and religious liberty issues. As a pro bono program dedicated to building bridges in service to those in need, the Religious Freedom Clinic focuses on representing members of minority faiths, the vulnerable, and those who serve or support them in our pluralistic society. This includes helping the imprisoned, victims of workplace discrimination, and those facing obstacles in ministering to migrants, the poor, and their communities.

Under the supervision of the clinic’s director and staff, clinic students counsel and represent their clients in a wide variety of contexts and at all stages of litigation. Their work includes:

• Providing legal counsel to clients confronted with religious freedom challenges

• Representing religious clients in pre-trial and trial litigation

• Engaging in policy work

• Counseling religious clients in transactional matters

• Advocating for clients in appellate courts and courts of last resort

• Preparing and filing amicus briefs in cases of national importance