Audience: Staff

A screening of the documentary film This Ain’t Normal followed by a discussion with producer and director Rudy Hypolite. This film depicts the stories of gang involved youth, entangled in the intractable violence haunting Boston’s neighborhoods, and the StreetSafe Boston social and street workers tasked with helping to transform their lives. This Ain’t Normal examines […]

Professor Stefanos Mouzas will share findings from his research on the multi-party, multi-issue negotiations involved in UN conferences on climate change, held between 2005 and 2017. His work builds on behavioural science to examine the dynamic process of responses to climate change. He will discuss key obstacles that hinder negotiations at the UN, and offer […]

Professor Sinan Aral from MIT will be talking about the media, false news, and “the end of reality,” in the post-truth era.

Learn about DHS’s proposed public charge rule–which would have detrimental effects on immigrant families’s ability to access health, nutrition and housing programs. Then learn about how you can fight back using the notice and comment process.

Join the Federalist Society and Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas Lee for our final event of the semester — a talk on “Impartialism: Judging and the Rule of Law” with one of the premier judicial minds of the nation. Chick-Fil-A will be served.

Join the Harvard Immigration Project, Mexican Law Students Association and La Alianza for a discussion of the legal, political and social issues surrounding the ‘migrant caravan’, with Professor Ieva Jusionyte and Professor Sabrineh Ardalan. A number of migrant caravans comprising thousands of Central American migrants are walking through Mexico with the aim of reaching the […]

Asad Haider is a leading Millennial writer on identity politics, racial justice and economic power. His recent book, Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump, examines the recent divides along “identity” in American politics, and challenges us to see issues of identity and economics as fundamentally aligned, rather than as a point […]

Join Lambda to celebrate the founding of the Non-Binary and Trans Bar Association. Non-binary, trans, and allied lawyers and law students are invited to come mingle, connect, and learn more about the NTBA. Light refreshments will be served.

At this informal lunch event, Visiting Scholar Elad Uzan will discuss his ongoing research concerning whether — and, if so, how — the jus ad bellum (the law regulating the resort to force) informs the question of ending wars.

We’re hosting a coffee chat with Professor Irma Eréndira Sandoval! She’s been appointed to be the Mexican Minister of Public Administration in the Cabinet of incoming Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. We will be discussing the Mexican Election and its implications for anti-corruption. Mexican Pastries and Coffee will be served. You can find the […]

Join members of Harvard Mediation Program and the HLS ADR community for a self-reflective and interactive training with Matt Thompson! Matt works for The Mediation Group in Brookline and has an extensive career in conflict resolution, diversity, and cultural competency. We’ll discuss strategies for handling difficult racial issues and power dynamics in mediation. All are […]

an international conference on Progressive Halakhah featuring speakers from across the Jewish legal landscape

The West Coast Law Student Association and the Texas Club will co-host a viewing party for the Rockets v. Warriors game for our club members.

Is Israel’s Democracy in Danger? Defending Human Rights Traditions Without a Written Constitution. Visiting Professor Avi Bell will discuss the constitutional status in Israel, and what it means for the Israeli legal system.

Harvard Kennedy School Alumna Celeste Cantu began her career working to support migrant farmers and later transitioned to water management and water justice. Ms. Cantú served as the executive director for the California State Water Resources Control Board. During the Clinton Administration, she served as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development State Director for […]

Jose Daniel Amado, a leading international arbitrator in Peru, and Jackson Shaw Kern, a renowned practitioner of international arbitration, will introduce their new book “Arbitrating the Conduct of International Investors.” In this talk, they will explore some cutting-edge issues in investment arbitration, including access by host States and their nationals to investment dispute resolution mechanisms. […]

Get a final free lunch before thanksgiving, and hear from 2Ls and 3Ls about how to study for exams and find a perfect summer internship.

Please join us for a discussion on challenges to the rule of law and human rights protection in Israel-Palestine, and the impact of recent shifts in United States policy. Jamil Dakwar, Director of the ACLU’s Human Rights Program, will discuss recent state responses to national security challenges and their impact on civil society, media freedoms, […]

Please join ELS and NALSA for a lunch talk with Professor Robert Anderson on the historical treatment of Indian nations by colonizing nations, with a focus on the indigenous peoples of New England. Lunch provided!