Archive
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In Cambridge Homeless Court, Another Chance
March 15, 2019
Via The Harvard Crimson The homeless court, the venue where Cambridge judges hold trials for homeless individuals, is held at the First Parish Church…
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Sarah Rutherford ’21, David Shea ’20, and William “Billy” Wright ’21: Candidates for Director of Student Organizations and Journals
March 15, 2019
Via The Harvard Law Record By: Merve Ciplak and Kate Thoreson Sarah Rutherford ’21 Record: Why are you running for DoSO? Sarah Rutherford: I…
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Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: Recent Developments
March 15, 2019
Via Lawfare Source: Flickr By: Hayley Evans, J.D. ’19 and Natalie Salmanowitz, J.D. ’19 On March 25-29, the U.N.’s Group of Governmental Experts (GGE)…
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Redressing Harm through Restorative Justice
March 13, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today Harvard Negotiation Law Review 2019 Symposium, “Redressing Harm through Restorative Justice”. This panel focused on different uses of restorative justice…
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Coastal Resilience Partnership unites 10 municipalities in effort to combat effects of climate change
March 13, 2019
Via the South Florida Sun Sentinel Source: Pixabay By: Austen Erbalt A new partnership between Palm Beach County and 10 of its coastal municipalities is…
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Via NPR NPR’s Audie Cornish and Clinical Professor of Law Susan Crawford discuss why the Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, is leading in the race…
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Mississippi health care providers breaking the law with large medical bills that patients don’t have to pay, report finds
March 13, 2019
Via Mississippi Today By: Anna Wolfe Source: Pexels Health care providers in Mississippi continue to break the law by sending patients large, out-of-pocket medical…
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Making it big behind the scenes
March 12, 2019
Via The Harvard Gazette HLS Lecturer Linda Cole, (from left) and HLS Clinical Professor of Law, Brian Price and HLS Student Gaia Mattiace talk…
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To commemorate International Women’s Day, the Harvard Women’s Law Association hosts an annual Harvard Law School International Women’s Day Portrait Exhibit. In its 6th year,…
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Employees entitled to fees under Wage Act settlement
March 11, 2019
Via Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Employees who obtained a favorable settlement of their Wage Act claim were considered “prevailing parties” entitled to attorneys’ fees under…
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Split High Court Upholds Post-Plea Appeal Rights
March 8, 2019
Via Law360 By: Jody Gody Source: Canva A defendant whose lawyer’s poor performance scuttled his chances at an appeal should be presumed to have…
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‘They’re representing individuals who are in need’
March 8, 2019
Via The Harvard Gazette Kenneth Parreno, J.D. ’19, (l to r), Senior Clinical Instructor Patricio Rossi, center, Liz Soltan, J.D.’19, and Allena Martin, J.D.’19…
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Clinical Instructor Elieen Connor of the Project on Predatory Student Lending was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article written by Michael Hiltzik. The article, “SEC…
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Via Harvard Law Today The legal team litigating the proposed class action before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims included (from left):…
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Project No One Leaves and CityLife/Vida Urbana Fighting Against Mass Displacement in Boston Housing
March 1, 2019
City Life organizers speak passionately about their work at the “Gentrifying Boston” event, hosted by Project No One Leaves. January 10, 2019. “Without City Life,…
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Rapid Impact: Harvard Law Students Travel the Globe Over Winter Term for Clinical Work
March 1, 2019
Source: Canva During the 2019 Winter Term, over 200 Harvard Law School (HLS) students traveled off campus for three weeks, gaining hands-on experience addressing the…
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Via The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation A February 22, 2019 article from Bloomberg Law includes an interview with CHLPI’s Faculty Director…
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Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation By: Alex Harding J.D. ’19 On February 7, FLPC provided written testimony to the Maryland…
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Students’ Legal Skills Help Prevent Homelessness
February 28, 2019
Via the Legal Services Center Source: Flickr William* was feeling hopeless. Elderly, disabled, and receiving treatment for a recent kidney transplant, he was…
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Covering Pre-existing Conditions Isn’t Enough
February 26, 2019
Via The New York Times Source: Pexels By: Dr. Douglas Jacobs When patients enroll in health insurance, they are often met with a stark…
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Tech Giants, Profs Push Justices To Take Google-Oracle Case
February 26, 2019
Via Law360 Source: Pexels By: Bill Donahue Major technology companies, software developers, legal scholars and others have filed a flood of amicus briefs urging…