Legal Lens
Series Producer
Produced in collaboration with Harvard Law School for The Boston Globe, this series explores how the law shapes—and is shaped by—human experience. It was created through a one-of-a-kind course at Harvard that gave law students the opportunity to learn how public opinion is shaped through documentary storytelling. Each team selected a legal issue they were passionate about and collaborated with professional filmmakers to bring their stories to life. The result was both a deeply enriching educational experience and a compelling public-facing project that blended legal insight with the art of storytelling.
SERIES TRAILER
PRISON REFORM.
When Veterans’ Treatment Courts first opened in Massachusetts, organizers thought they would be dealing only with men and women impacted by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead, they also saw veterans from the Gulf War, Vietnam, and even Korea.
IMMIGRATION.
Sudden policy changes regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in immigration law have created uncertainty and can have permanent costs.
GENTRIFICATION
For Pedro Morales, home is at once infinite and intimate. Home extends far beyond his four walls and white-picket fence on a quiet avenue in East .
CLIMATE CHANGE.
Community activists in Chelsea are fighting to protect their city and others from the environmental risks posed by an ExxonMobil facility situated on the banks of the Mystic River.
PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION.
The way our society perceives and treats mothers and motherhood plays a central role in preserving sex inequality.