Harvard Law School Creates New Incentive for Public-Service Careers

Harvard Law School officials announced this week that the school would offer $1-million in seed money each year to help graduating students pursue careers in public service. The announcement comes two months after the law school said it was discontinuing a free-tuition offer to third-year students who agreed to work in public-service jobs for five years after graduation. The new Public Service Venture Fund will support students who start their own ventures or work for existing nonprofit groups or government agencies in the United States and abroad. The law school will start by distributing $1-million a year and hopes to increase that amount in the future.