Archive
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Toby Merrill ’11 named to the TIME 100 Next list
November 14, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today Toby Merrill ’11, founder and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending at Harvard Law School, has been named to…
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DHS Bid To Collect Social Media Info Sparks Privacy Concerns
November 8, 2019
Via Law360 By Suzanne Monyak The U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s proposal to collect social media handles from foreign citizens has been met with backlash…
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Via Boston Herald By Maria Szaniszlo For years, Massachusetts has had a program that provides financial aid for food, housing, clothing and medical care…
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Via Boston Globe By David Abel Five years ago, animal rights advocates called on federal regulators to improve the conditions of non-human primates used…
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Pro Bono Week 2019 Recap
November 5, 2019
Every year, the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP) at Harvard Law School (HLS) participates in the American Bar Association’s National Celebration of…
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Food as medicine: Massachusetts bill would give Medicaid recipients fresh food and grocery money
October 31, 2019
via The New Food Economy by Jessica Foo Massachusetts lawmakers want to know: What happens when Medicaid recipients get healthy food as part of…
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Foster children, parents push for outside review of DCF cases
October 31, 2019
via Mass Live By Shira Schoenberg Morriah Bosco testifies on a bill related to foster care reviews at a Statehouse hearing on Oct. 29, 2019. (Shira…
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Serving Iowa Better
October 24, 2019
Via The Harvard Gazette By Madelyn Petersen Source: Corporate Accountability Lab and iStock Madelyn Petersen got a crash course last year in how research…
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Balancing Optimism and Realism in Attenuated Wins
October 22, 2019
By Alev Erhan During my first year of law school, I was eager to get away from the HLS bubble and our classroom hypotheticals by…
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Via CHLPI The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) today launched…
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Via Cyberlaw Clinic The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus curiae brief (.pdf) last week in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Dr. Seuss…
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New TLPI Video: A School’s Journey to Trauma Sensitivity
October 16, 2019
Via Trauma Learning Policy Initiative There is a growing understanding of the need for trauma-sensitive schools among educators but we are often asked “how do you…
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Questions the Democratic Presidential Candidates Haven’t Been Asked
October 15, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer Affordable housing has yet to be addressed in a presidential debate, even though a national public opinion poll revealed that 85%…
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A living witness to nuclear dystopia
October 15, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By Juan Siliezar First came a flash. Thirteen-year-old Setsuko Nakamura felt as if she were drifting skyward. And then darkness.
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Harvard Group Recommends Increased Nutrition Education For Doctors
October 11, 2019
Via Forbes
By Tommy Tobin In a recent report, Harvard researchers recommended increases to nutrition training for America’s doctors in an effort to… -
A Cuban Escape: A Daughter’s Admiration
October 11, 2019
Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program I wanted to intern at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) so much that it…
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In Q&A, Bonnie Docherty discusses humanitarian disarmament
October 10, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By Daniel Moubayed ’20 Reducing the civilian impact of arms and armed conflict has been the focus of Bonnie Docherty’s career…
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Harvard Law School’s ‘outstanding’ housing rights advocacy work honored by Boston Bar Association
October 4, 2019
Lisa Owens (City Life/Vida Urbana), Zoe Kronin (Greater Boston Legal Services), Maureen McDonagh (Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School), and Eloise Lawrence (Harvard Legal…
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Clinic Celebrates First Year of the ACCPI
September 30, 2019
Via Human Rights @ Harvard Law By Nicolette Waldman The Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative (ACCPI) recently completed its first full year,…
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FLPC Releases Report Calling for Greater Nutrition Education in the Medical Field
September 26, 2019
Via CHLPI Blog Source: Food Law and Policy Clinic The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) released a new report today…
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The Latest Reports on Betsy DeVos Scamming For-Profit College Students
September 26, 2019
Via The Project on Predatory Student Lending TT and Corinthian Borrowers Continue to Fight for Relief as the Department of Education Skirts the Law…