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At HLS, former Senator Jeff Flake calls for a return to fiscal conservatism
Former Arizona senator Jeff Flake made a case for a return to the Republican Party's fiscal roots in a talk titled "The Future of Conservatism" at Harvard Law School.
Toby Merrill ’11 named to the TIME 100 Next list
Toby Merrill '11, founder and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, has been named to the first-ever TIME 100 Next list, an expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
Harvard Law School to make applications to Junior Deferral Program free
Harvard Law School has announced plans to eliminate the application fee and reduce other application costs for college juniors applying through the School’s Junior Deferral Program, changes that will save each applicant more than $300.
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- Laurence Tribe on impeachment: It’s about time we pay attention to the Constitution November 15, 2019 MSNBC
- Elite Law Schools Shortchange Students by Veering Left November 15, 2019 National Review
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- Betsy DeVos And The High-Stakes Standoff Over Student Loan Forgiveness November 15, 2019 NPR
- Exxon’s climate trial is over in New York. But the legal war is just beginning November 15, 2019 Los Angeles Times
How the Transactional Law Clinics helped launch a worker-owned brewery in downtown Boston
Play VideoWith the help of Harvard Law School's Transactional Law Clinics (TLC), Democracy Brewing became the first brewery in Massachusetts to launch as a worker-owned business. TLC, an HLS clinical program which provides legal assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs, helped the downtown Boston brewery incorporate, including setting up a direct public offering to raise the initial capital needed to start the business. Democracy Brewing Co-founders James Razsa and Jason Taggart; Joe Hedal, Deputy Director of HLS' Transactional Law Clinics; and Hillary Baker-Jennings ’16, one of several TLC clinic students who advised the fledgling company, reflect on the process of getting Democracy Brewing from an ambitious idea to a thriving business.