Archive
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A Victory for Software Preservation: DMCA Exemption Granted for SPN
November 2, 2018
Via the Cyberlaw Clinic Source: Pixabay By: Kendra Albert The Library of Congress handed a significant win to digital preservationists. On October 26, 2018,…
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Veterans Legal Clinic Welcomes DAV General Counsel for Conversation About His Role & Career Path
November 1, 2018
Via the Legal Services Center Christopher J. Clay, General Counsel of Disabled American Veterans (DAV), shared his perspectives on current challenges facing disabled veterans and…
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Lessons Learned: Facilitating a Conversation about Remembrance
November 1, 2018
Via the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program Source: Pexels By: Neha Singh ’19 When Zikaron BaSalon first asked me to facilitate a discussion about Holocaust…
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The Art of Listening: A Mediator’s Experience
November 1, 2018
HMP students Quent Fox, Laura Bloomer, Pratik Mehta, and Margaret Huang with Clinical Instructor Cathy Modell at Harvard Law School’s Bicentennial Celebration event showcasing clinical programs…
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A Winning Streak for Student Borrowers
November 1, 2018
Source: Pexels By: Casey McTiernan Students Won Several Major Victories This Month Against the Department of Education. After years of delay by the Department of Education,…
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Should We Just Ban “Best By” Labels on Food?
November 1, 2018
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation Source: Flickr.com Originally published by Modern Farmer on October 12, 2018. Written…
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Lawyers: Forget The Client, Welcome The Community. How Chicago Is Working For Justice For All.
October 31, 2018
Via Forbes By: Ashoka
Forbes interviewed social entrepreneur and HLS alum Lam Nguyen Ho ’08 on his work to get legal aid… -
Corruption-fighting AG? Easy to say, harder to do.
October 31, 2018
Via Crain’s Chicago Business Source: Flickr.com By: Tim Jones Come election time, it’s popular for Illinois Republicans and Democrats, when political circumstances suit…
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Humanizing Individuals in the Criminal Justice System
October 30, 2018
PLAP students representing a client in a parole hearing By: Regina Powers, J.D. ’19 I joined the Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP) the fall of…
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Hipper Than HIP: Harvard Law School’s Immigration SPO
October 30, 2018
HIP students participating in Citizenship Day in Boston on September 23, 2018 By: Austin Davis, J.D. ’19 The Harvard Law School Immigration Project (HIP) has…
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Why TAP Defined My Law School Experience
October 30, 2018
Elizabeth Gyori J.D. ’19 By: Elizabeth Gyori, J.D. ’19 The notice came in a white envelope, hand-delivered by a staffer at the project-based Section 8…
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Pictured from left to right: Sue Finegan, MintzLevin, William (Rob) Roberts ’10, Ropes & Gray, and Tory Hartmann ’17, WilmerHale Three influential law firm attorneys…
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Climate Defense Project Emphasizes Movement Lawyering to Empower and Protect Climate Activists
October 29, 2018
Pictured left to right: Climate Defense Project Co-Founders Alice Cherry ’16 and Ted Hamilton ‘16 “We like to think of ourselves as climate activists with…
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Protecting Civil Liberties and Rights with Oren Nimni of Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston
October 29, 2018
Pictured left to right: Harvard Law School Professor Nikolas Bowie ’14 and Oren Nimni, Lawyers for Civil Rights Harvard Law Professor Nikolas Bowie ’14 and…
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Regulatory Hackers Aren’t Fixing Society. They’re Getting Rich
October 29, 2018
Via Wired.com Source: Pixabay By: Susan Crawford Recently I was invited to join a panel to discuss Regulatory Hacking: A Playbook for…
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Student Reflections From the Border
October 26, 2018
Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Source: Pixabay In August, HLS students Alessandra De La Tejera ’20, Josephine Herman ’20, Evan Hindman…
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Copyright Law Just Got Better for Video Game History
October 26, 2018
Via Motherboard.com Source: Pexels By: Ian Birnbaum and Matthew Gault A new ruling from the Librarian of Congress is good news for video game…
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HLS Named One of the Top Music Law Schools in 2018
October 26, 2018
Via Billboard.com Recording Artists Project (RAP) Board Members, left to right: Graham Duff, Jenna El-Fakih, Rebecca Rechtszaid, Caley Petrucci, Danielle Walling, and Kike Aluko.
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Lee Gelernt: A Fierce Advocate Reuniting Separated Families
October 25, 2018
Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project In the spring of 2018, the Trump administration implemented a “zero tolerance” policy on…
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Harvard Trio Studies Post Office Needs
October 25, 2018
Via NwestIowa.com Source: Flickr.com By: Mark Mahoney N’West Iowa residents who are worried about the future of their respective post offices will have…
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RAP Presents HLS Alum Don S. Passman to Talk about the Inside of the Music Industry
October 25, 2018
Join the Recording Artists Project at Harvard Law in welcoming back Harvard Law School Alumnus Don S. Passman, author of music industry bible All You Need…