# @harvard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BjCqnIDh2IB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21654169-harvard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-05-21T13:45:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Harvard University (@harvard) — https://gondola.cc/harvard

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Blessing Jee ’18, a sociology concentrator, credits her parents with helping inspire her interest in social justice work. ⠀
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During her time at Harvard, Jee took a year off, first working for the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation as a policy intern, then as a law clerk for the L.A. District Attorney’s office. She also researched education and disability rights as part of a successful effort to help her mother’s friend who wanted her autistic son to remain in his public school.⠀
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Her year away from Harvard, said Jee, “helped me realize my passion for public service could be translated into a calling towards public interest law.” Then, a summer internship as an investigator with the Bronx Defenders working with underserved clients confirmed her decision that law was her next step. ⠀
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For the past several months, Jee has been working with former HarvardLaw School Dean Martha Minow, who is writing a book about forgiveness in the law. Jee said Minow, whose work includes research into amnesty and pardons, debt relief, and child soldiers, helped her see that “forgiveness has a real place in the law and it shouldn’t be discarded just because the law should just be principled and objective.”⠀
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What’s next for Jee is another break from school. She was accepted to Harvard Law School’s deferral program, which admits students early with the stipulation that they work for two years before enrolling. She is hoping to teach English in Chile or Spain.⠀
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This is part of a series showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates leading into our #Harvard18 Commencement.⠀
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Photo: Kris Snibbe

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