In 2011, the HLS Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP) received 1,051 requests for assistance from inmates in Massachusetts, and collect calls from prisons all over the country. Under the supervision of John Fitzpatrick ’87, a Cambridge attorney, PLAP students put in 3,718 hours of pro bono work.
I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.
By Julia Collins. Harvard Law Bulletin, Summer 1997
A generation has passed since Watergate and the Saturday Night Massacre catapulted Archibald Cox '37 to the center of national attention. After Watergate Professor Cox resumed quieter legal pursuits: teaching at the Law School, chairing the national citizens' lobbying group Common Cause, handling pro bono cases, recommending court reforms in Massachusetts, and writing articles and books.