Audience: General Public

At this talk, Dr. Rebecca Sutton, a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School, will discuss her new book, The Humanitarian Civilian. In international humanitarian law (IHL), the principle of distinction delineates the difference between the civilian and the combatant, and it safeguards the former from being intentionally targeted in […]

More than 150 years ago, the first Geneva Convention obliged that wounded and sick combatants of all parties be collected and cared for and that belligerents protect and respect ambulances and military hospitals. Over time, the law extended protections to wounded and sick civilians and required parties to take numerous affirmative measures to protect health […]

To address the variety of problems related to social media like disinformation, harassment, and hate speech, governments and civil society need better information and evidence bases. Recent challenges in platform research (including testimony by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen) have made this clearer and led to renewed attention to the difficulty of accessing data held by […]

On October 12 at 7 PM EST, please join HIALSA’s first hybrid lecture, “International Arbitration: Challenges & Evolution,” co-sponsored with Singapore International Arbitration Centre! Grab & Go dinners and snacks will be served. In this lecture, Chan Leng Sun, SC (joining via zoom) will identifies key problem areas that practitioners, arbitrators and arbitral institutions have […]

This event is part of a three-part symposium on Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era.  The first, Responding to AI Enabled Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism is on September 17, 2021, the second, Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law in the AI Era: Confronting a Changing Threat Landscape is on September 24, 2021, and the third, Protecting […]

Please join the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society for our first Tuesday lunch of the academic year, featuring our Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain, and serving as a Virtual Open House. Prof. Zittrain will start by sharing an overview of the work and themes explored at the Center, followed by time for attendees to meet […]

This event is part of a three-part symposium on Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era.  The first, Responding to AI Enabled Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism is on September 17, 2021, the second, Constitutional Values and the Rule of Law in the AI Era: Confronting a Changing Threat Landscape is on September 24, 2021, and the third, Protecting […]

Join us for a conversation between Lilian Thuram, French World Cup-winning defender and Founder of Fondation Lilian Thuram; and Allison Feaster, retired WNBA player and current Director of Player Development and Personal Growth for the Boston Celtics. The discussion will be facilitated by Theresa Moore, President and Founder of T-Time Productions. Cosponsored by the Charles […]

Punishment and society legal literature identifies the impact of American criminal justice ideas, particularly the sway of the punitive state, on jurisdictions abroad. This talk adds complication and nuance to these observations by relying on the public policy concept of “policy transfer” to examine the impact of American legislation, litigation, and politics on the Israeli […]

Is it possible to subject algorithmic forms of warfare to the rule of law? This is the question I will pursue in my talk, and I will argue that problems with existing laws cannot be overcome by new legislation. Since the advent of monotheism, central to the law itself has been its study by humans. […]

Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review Celebrates 55 years of Achievements. Please join us for our two day conference comprised of six panels on environmental justice, impact and affirmative litigation, housing, movement lawyering, public defense, and immigration and national security.

Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review Celebrates 55 years of Achievements. Please join us for our two day conference comprised of six panels on environmental justice, impact and affirmative litigation, housing, movement lawyering, public defense, and immigration and national security.

Are you registered to vote in Massachusetts or interested in getting involved with campaigns here? This panel, hosted by Harvard Immigration Project and the Equal Democracy Project, will give you a chance to learn about upcoming local and state elections, and how you can get involved by voting, volunteering, and more! This event will discuss […]

The Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School “The Daf Yomi Phenomenon: Image and Reality” Professor Sid Z. Leiman (Touro College, Yeshiva University, and Brooklyn College) Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at 12pm Griswold 110 Harvard Law School 1525 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA Lunch from Milk Street Café In 1923, Rabbi Meir […]

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Milstein West A/B Recognizing Wrongs, John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin Zipursky, Harvard University Press, Feb. 4, 2020. “Tort law is badly misunderstood. In the popular imagination, it is “Robin Hood” law. Law professors, meanwhile, mostly dismiss it as an archaic, inefficient way to compensate victims and incentivize safety precautions. In Recognizing […]

Join us for a discussion with Prof. Emily Broad Leib of the Food Law and Policy Clinic, Food for Free Executive Director Sasha Purpura, and Gwen Koch of Harvard University Dining Services about this critical collaboration to get food to those in need.

General Avivi will give a brief overview of the recent history of Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations, and share his views on the newest peace plan proposed by the Trump administration. Hosted by the HLS Alliance for Israel with the support of the MirYam Institute.

HIALSA Lunch talk with Prof. Christopher Gibson (Suffolk University) Professor Gibson will speak about arbitration as a tool for exercise of control in technology, Internet and IP-based international disputes. Christopher Gibson is a Professor of Law and Director of the Business Law and Financial Services Concentration at Suffolk University Law School, where he teaches and […]

Join the Harvard Federalist Society for a panel discussion with Professor John S. Baker and Professor Michael Klarman, moderated by Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, on amending the Constitution. Lunch will be served.