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In Memoriam: Ralph D. Gants ’80, a tireless advocate for access to justice (1954-2020)
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants ’80, a tireless advocate for access to justice, died on Sept. 14. Gants had been hospitalized since Sept. 4 following a heart attack. He was 65.
‘Every drop in the ocean counts’
After COVID-19 erupted earlier this year, Sidharth Chauhan LL.M.’21, who grew up in the foothills of the Himalayas, helped lead a multi-layered effort to address the pandemic in rural India.
The law is ‘tested and illuminated during this pandemic’
In the first colloquium of a sweeping new series, “COVID-19 and the Law,” five Harvard Law faculty members grappled with the challenges, limitations, and opportunities of governmental powers during a public health crisis.
Harvard Law Bulletin Alumni Magazine
Harvard Law Bulletin Alumni Magazine
From grappling with the challenges of an unprecedented health crisis to addressing longstanding racial injustices, HLS affiliates respond
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HLS Fall Term 2020
In a message to the HLS community, Dean John F. Manning announced that the law school will continue remote teaching and learning for the fall 2020 semester.
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- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg remembered September 19, 2020 Boston Globe
- ‘We have lost a giant’: Ruth Bader Ginsberg ’56-’58 (1933-2020) September 19, 2020 Harvard Law Today
- Barr’s Election Warnings Are Death by 1,000 Legalisms September 18, 2020 Bloomberg
- Silence reigns on the US-backed coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia September 18, 2020 The Guardian
- Grappling with ‘driving while black,’ SJC offers help September 18, 2020 Commonwealth Magazine
- What is stakeholder capitalism? September 18, 2020 Economist
- Asthmatic Worker Gets Covid-Related Telework Order, For Now September 18, 2020 Bloomberg
- Do we need to stop eating meat and dairy to tackle climate change? September 18, 2020 Carbon Brief
Clinics in Action: Child Advocacy Clinic
Play VideoMikayla Harvey ’21, a student in Harvard Law School's Child Advocacy Clinic, discusses her work as an educational advocate with the Children’s Law Center in Lynn, Mass.