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HLS faculty maintain top position in SSRN citation rankings
Statistics released by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) indicate that, as of the end of 2018, Harvard Law School faculty members have continued to feature prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law professors.
Jackson named 2019 president of the Association of American Law Schools
Vicki C. Jackson, a leading expert on U.S. constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and federal courts, was named president of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) at its January 2019 annual meeting in New Orleans.
Whither that wall
President Trump may be able to build a wall along the Mexican border, Harvard analysts say, but then the ripples will widen.
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Recent Scholarship by HLS Faculty
- This Charge Is Different January 18, 2019 The Atlantic
- Eminent domain, the big-government tactic Trump needs to use to build the wall, explained January 18, 2019 Vox
- Harvard affirmative action case pits Asian Americans against each other — and everyone else January 18, 2019 Washington Post
- The Supreme Court should reject requests for a do-over on state clean energy programs January 18, 2019 Utility Drive
- Faced With Bad Optics, Trump Recalls Workers January 18, 2019 USA Today
- Why It Took 277 Pages to Cut One Question From the Census January 17, 2019 Bloomberg Opinion
- White House on Edge Over “Twin Threats” of Mueller and House Investigations January 17, 2019 The Beat with Ari Melber
- Another blow to Trump’s self-enrichment scheme January 17, 2019 Washington Post
Ames Moot Court Competition 2018
Play VideoAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor was joined on the bench by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod ’92 of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Susan Carney ’77 of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the fictitious case, Groves v. Gallant, a constitutional dispute over the right of a convicted criminal to "keep and bear arms" and the right to publish instructions for 3D-printing guns on the internet.