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SUMMARY:Lunch Talk with Walkup Melodia
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, Feb. 26\, 2025 — 12:20pm-1:20pm — WCC 3019 \nJoin Walkup Melodia for a conversation focused on client acquisition and the process of working with individual\, non-corporate clients. The discussion will also cover the business development aspects of plaintiffs’ law. Flour will be provided! RSVP here.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/lunch-talk-with-walkup-melodia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T140000
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SUMMARY:Plaintiff-Side Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, Feb. 26\, 2025 — 2pm-5pm — WCC 3034 \nWant to dig deeper into plaintiff’s side practice? Have questions about partnership structures at plaintiff-side firms? About finding your niche? About the business side of plaintiffs’ practice? Or anything else better-suited for a short meeting? Join Spencer Pahlke for office hours to answer any more in-depth questions you have plaintiffs’ practice. In addition to his catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death practice at Walkup Melodia in San Francisco\, Spencer held the founding summit for the NPLA\, is the founder of For the Plaintiff\, and has mentored many dozens of aspiring plaintiff’s attorneys. \nNo need to make an appointment\, this is a drop-in event. Free Coffee provided!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/plaintiff-side-office-hours/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T133000
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SUMMARY:Law Firm Panel - Transitioning from Big Law to Plaintiffs' Law
DESCRIPTION:WCC 2009 @ Lunch \nJoin attorneys from Cohen Milstein\, Hausfeld\, and Morgan & Morgan for insights about what it’s like to transition from big law to plaintiff-side work. \nFelipe’s will be served for lunch. Please RSVP here so that we can order enough food!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/law-firm-panel-transitioning-from-big-law-to-plaintiffs-law/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T150000
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SUMMARY:Donut & Coffee "Office Hours" with Cohen Milstein and Morgan & Morgan Lawyers
DESCRIPTION:WCC 1057 @ 3pm-5pm \nDrop-in to chat with attorneys Aaron Zimmerman from Morgan & Morgan and Alexandra Gray from Cohen Milstein for office hours and ask questions about transitioning from Big Law to the Plaintiffs’ Law\, and about the Plaintiffs’ Bar in general. Coffee and donuts will be provided!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/donut-coffee-office-hours-with-cohen-milstein-and-morgan-morgan-lawyers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T133000
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SUMMARY:Student Panel - Fall Course Selection
DESCRIPTION:WCC 1019 @ Lunch \nJoin HPLA 2Ls and 3Ls for a conversation about fall course selection. \nLunch will be provided! Please RSVP here.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/student-panel-fall-course-selection/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T203000
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SUMMARY:Vigorous Public Interest Law Day
DESCRIPTION:12pm-4pm: Langdell North\n5:30pm-8:30pm: Milstein East \nHarvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association invites you to attend: Vigorous Public Interest Law Day with opening remarks by Ralph Nader (HLS’58). The program will feature highly relevant presentations and group discussions with some of the nation’s most courageous public interest lawyers including Sam Levine HLS’12\, Bruce Fein HLS’72\, Robert Weissman HLS’95\, Joan Claybrook\, and Pete Davis HLS’18\, to name a few. Lunch from Felipe’s will be provided for the afternoon session\, and light bites will be provided in the evening.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/vigorous-public-interest-law-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T133000
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SUMMARY:Law Firm Panel - Diversity in the Plaintiffs' Bar
DESCRIPTION:Join attorneys from Kanner & Whiteley\, Equity Litigation Group\, Anapol Weiss\, and Kessler Topaz for a panel on diversity in the plaintiffs’ bar. Lunch will be served. To ensure we order enough food\, please RSVP!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/law-firm-panel-diversity-in-the-plaintiffs-bar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T133000
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SUMMARY:HPLA Panel: 2L Summer Job Search
DESCRIPTION:12:20pm — WCC 1010 \nJoin HPLA 2Ls and 3Ls for a presentation and Q&A about finding a job in plaintiffs’ law for 2L summer. Submit your questions here! Lunch will be served. To ensure we order enough food\, please RSVP.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/hpla-panel-2l-summer-job-search/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T123000
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SUMMARY:Advice I wish I had: The Case for Pursuing a Career as a Plaintiffs' Lawyer
DESCRIPTION:12:30pm — WCC 2004 \nJoin us for a lunch talk and for a happy hour with Bill Reid of Reid Collins Tsai\, a leading plaintiff-side boutique specializing in business and financial litigation. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP here. \nHappy hour logistics forthcoming.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/advice-i-wish-i-had-the-case-for-pursuing-a-career-as-a-plaintiffs-lawyer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T122000
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SUMMARY:What is Plaintiffs' Law? 
DESCRIPTION:September 22 @ 12:20pm –– Room TBD \n1Ls! Before we started at HLS\, many of us in HPLA didn’t know what plaintiff-side law (aka plaintiffs’ law) was. If you’re in that bucket and interested in learning more\, please join us for our first event of the year: What is Plaintiffs’ Law? And if you were born knowing you want to practice plaintiff-side work\, we are excited to share how HPLA can support you! \nWe’ll talk about plaintiff-side work (spoiler alert: it’s great) and how HPLA supports HLS students on the road to plaintiff-side litigation. Plus\, we’ll be giving out some merch (first come first served). We hope to see you there! Bring your friends. RSVP here for lunch.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/what-is-plaintiffs-law/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T183000
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SUMMARY:Fighting Bullies: The Case for a Career in Plaintiffs’ Law
DESCRIPTION:Tues. Oct. 7\, 2025 @ 5:30pm-6:30pm –– WCC 1010 \nDrawing on three decades of experience holding powerful wrongdoers accountable\, Bill will share lessons from landmark victories and settlements worth billions. A leading voice for the plaintiffs’ bar\, he has successfully litigated cases involving business torts\, fraud\, and complex financial transactions. \nDinner will be provided! Free copies of Fighting Bullies will be available while supplies last. RSVP here!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/fighting-bullies-the-case-for-a-career-in-plaintiffs-law/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T190000
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SUMMARY:HPLA Member Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:September 25 @ 6pm –– HLS Pub \nAll HPLA members are invited to the first HPLA member happy hour of the year @ the HLS pub on Thursday\, Sept. 25 (right after LRW). There will be snacks and HPLA will provide drink tickets. See you there! RSVP here.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/hpla-member-happy-hour/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T133000
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SUMMARY:The Retrievals: A Conversation with Kelly Fitzpatrick and John Koskoff
DESCRIPTION:Thurs. Oct. 2 @ Lunch –– WCC 2012 \nJoin Kelly Fitzpatrick and Josh Koskoff to talk about their civil law case against Yale New Haven Hospital on behalf of Yale Fertility Center patients who were harmed in the story told in The Retrievals\, a five-part podcast hosted by author and “This American Life” editor Susan Burton. \n“The Retrievals” tells the story of a dozen women who underwent egg retrieval procedures at the Yale Fertility Center. For months they complained of severe pain. But nobody caught on to exactly what was wrong\, until one day when an anesthesiologist noticed a loose cap on a vial of fentanyl. Soon the truth was revealed: a nurse at the clinic had been stealing the pain medication and replacing it with saline. Eventually the nurse has her own story\, about her own pain\, that she tells to the court. And then there is the story of how this all could have happened at the Yale clinic in the first place. “The Retrievals” is about the patients who say their pain was dismissed\, a nurse who was hiding something\, and the institution that failed to protect its patients.” \nLunch will be provided!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/the-retrievals-a-conversation-with-kelly-fitzpatrick-and-john-koskoff/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T133000
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SUMMARY:Your Money or Your Life: Antitrust and Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Tues. Oct. 28\, 2025 @ Lunch — WCC 1023 \nCompetition in healthcare is not like competition in most other industries. Those who pay (typically the insurance companies) don’t choose the products or services being purchased. And those who choose (typically the doctors and patients) don’t pay most of the cost. This\, among other unique features of the healthcare industry\, creates a market that can be manipulated by institutions with market power. \nWhat\, if anything\, can the antitrust laws do to fix that? \nJoin attorneys from Berger Montague to find out. \nLunch provided. RSPV here.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/your-money-or-your-life-antitrust-and-healthcare/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T133000
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SUMMARY:Lunch Talk with Walkup Melodia
DESCRIPTION:Weds. Nov. 12\, 2025 @ Lunch — WCC 2019 \nTopic TBD\, but sure to delight! RSVP here.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/lunch-talk-with-walkup-melodia-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T200000
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SUMMARY:Happy Hour with Spencer Pahlke of Walkup Melodia
DESCRIPTION:Weds. Nov. 12\, 2025 @ 6pm–8pm — The Hourly Oyster House  \nSpencer Pahlke is a leading plaintiff-side litigator and mentor to many students interested in plaintiff-side work. He’s the brain behind the For the Plaintiff Program and one of the forces of the Law Student Amicus Brief in support of Perkins Coie last year when Perkins sued the Trump administration. We strongly encourage all students interested in plaintiff-side law to join us for some nibbles\, a drink\, and great connections. RSVP here to ensure we order enough bites.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/happy-hour-with-spencer-pahlke-of-walkup-melodia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T133000
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SUMMARY:The Role of Plaintiffs' Lawyers in Protecting Artists and Authors in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday\, February 25 during the lunch block\nWhere: WCC 2009\nWhat: Join Jacob Miller\, HLS ‘20\, an associate in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office\, for a discussion about his representation of a class of writers and copyright holders in Bartz v. Anthropic. This case resulted in a preliminarily-approved $1.5 billion settlement—the largest copyright settlement in history—pending final approval in April 2026. Jacob represents consumers\, authors\, and artists in cutting-edge litigation as a member of the plaintiffs’ bar. Any recording of the event is prohibited. Lunch will be served!\nRSVP: here!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/the-role-of-plaintiffs-lawyers-in-protecting-artists-and-authors-in-the-age-of-ai/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T133000
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SUMMARY:How's Life As A Plaintiffs' Attorney?
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, March 5 during the lunch block\nWhere: WCC 1015\nWhat: Join Warren Postman\, Managing Partner of leading plaintiffs’ firm Keller Postman and HLS alumnus\, for a practical\, real-world overview of plaintiff-side practice. Warren has helped build Keller Postman’s arbitration practice\, which resolves the claims of consumers and employees subject to forced arbitration clauses. The discussion will cover what it’s like to represent plaintiffs across different models\, including mass torts\, class actions\, mass arbitration\, and personal injury\, and how these practices differ in day-to-day work\, strategy\, and career paths. Lunch will be served!\nRSVP: here!
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/hpla/event/hows-life-as-a-plaintiffs-attorney/
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