Harvard Law Must Rethink Its Summer Contribution Policy, Which Negatively Impacts Need-Based Students — Particularly Those of Color (Guest Column)

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Harvard Law's summer contribution policy must change, write music attorney Dina LaPolt and BMAC co-founder Willie 'Prophet' Stiggers in a new column.

As the founder of LaPolt Law, a Los Angeles-based entertainment firm, I actively seek out talented students from underrepresented backgrounds to promote diversity within my firm and provide these students with an opportunity that their privileged counterparts may take for granted. I have been working with the Black Music Action Coalition , co-founded by my esteemed colleague and co-writer of this piece,, since 2021, and I currently serve as their executive leadership council.

Harvard Law’s Summer Contribution Policy stretches beyond those students working in Big Law summer associateships by imposing this policy onstudent earning over $9,500. Those accepted to Harvard Law are typically aware the school doesn’t offer merit scholarships, but many students only grasp the significant impact of the policy when they embark on their 1L summer job search, often realizing its implications too late.

With its $9,500 allowance, the Summer Contribution Policy fails to adequately support students, especially those pursuing summer employment in major entertainment cities such as Los Angeles and New York, where the average monthly rent is over $2,000.

 

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