Archive
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Student Voices: Their Perspectives on How Schools Are and Should Be
September 23, 2019
Via MassAdvocates By Trauma Learning Policy Initiative As we welcome students back for the start of a new school year, many of us are…
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Intern Spotlight: Kayla
September 19, 2019
Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program What does the day-to-day look like for a social work intern at HIRC? Well, it could look…
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OCP Welcome Communications Coordinator Grace Yuh
September 13, 2019
Grace Yuh joined the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs as the Communications and Administrative Coordinator in September 2019. Yuh received her B.A.
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Student Practice Organizations Panel 2019
September 12, 2019
Student Practice Organizations often provide 1Ls with their first opportunity to gain practical legal experience at HLS. Each SPO is typically led by…
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Human Rights Program’s 2018-2019 Annual Report
September 12, 2019
Via HRP We are delighted to present HRP’s 2018-2019 Annual Report. The report showcases the global reach and impact of the Human Rights Program…
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Facebook, Google Face Multi-State Antitrust Regulations
September 12, 2019
Via WBUR With Meghna Chakrabarti Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images A coalition of state attorneys general launch antitrust probes into Facebook and Google. They tell us…
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Brighter Bites to participate in industry-first Nonprofit Food Recovery Accelerator
September 10, 2019
Via The Produce News By: Rich Dachman ReFED announced the cohort of 10 organizations that will participate in its Nonprofit Food Recovery Accelerator, which…
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Guatemalan Woman’s Asylum Bid Revived Over New Dangers
September 10, 2019
Via Law360 By: Kaitlyn Burton A Guatemalan woman has another shot at asylum after the First Circuit said Friday that the Board of Immigration…
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Disability Rights Advocate and LSC Alum Haben Girma on making her way in the world with help from her guide dog
September 10, 2019
Via the WilmerHale Legal Services Center My guide dog crossed the street, then jerked to a halt. “Mylo, forward.” My left hand held the…
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Human Rights Program Summer 2019 Highlights
September 5, 2019
Via HRP Human rights work doesn’t stop for the summer. HRP staff, however, do take a moment to pause and regroup, taking the necessary…
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DeVos tightens rules for forgiving student loans
September 3, 2019
Via Politico By: Michael Stratford Source: Zach Gibson/Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday finalized rules that make it more difficult for federal…
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Paras Shah ’19, fostering inclusion and creativity in human rights
September 3, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By: Elaine McArdle Paras Shah’s approach to human rights centers on inclusion. In his four terms with the …
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Elena Kagan offers new law students advice – and a shot of confidence
September 3, 2019
Via The Harvard Gazette By Liz Mineo Source: The Harvard Gazette Elena Kagan was “petrified” when a Law School professor called on her on…
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Beyond education and litigation: the social work program at HIRC
August 28, 2019
Via HIRC By: Mariana Ferreira Before interning at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) my understanding of social work was limited to the…
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FLPC Welcomes New Team Member Emma Scott
August 28, 2019
Via CHLPI Blog The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) welcomes Emma Scott to the team as a Clinical Instructor! Emma…
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Setting the Stage for Humanitarian Disarmament Season
August 28, 2019
Via Human Rights@Harvard Law By: Jillian Rafferty JD ‘20 The disarmament season in Geneva begins in earnest this month with diplomatic meetings on killer…
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Here’s how we solve the planet’s food waste problem
August 28, 2019
Via Grist By: Maddie Stone Earlier this month, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a dire report highlighting the enormous environmental impact of…
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As Satter Fellow, Anna Khalfaoui L.L.M. ’17 assisted in trial of Congolese militia leaders
August 28, 2019
Via Human Rights@Harvard Law By: Elaine McArdle Between 2010 and 2014 in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), rebels from the Nduma…
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HRP Welcomes New Clinicians for 2019-2020
August 28, 2019
Via Human Rights@Harvard Law The International Human Rights Clinic is thrilled to welcome two new faces, and one familiar one, to our team this…
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Via WGBH Radio DAVID GREENE, HOST: In many American cities, the cheapest rental housing is single room occupancy, or SRO units or rooming houses.
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Climate Change Case is Heard in Court of Appeals
August 27, 2019
By: Olivia Klein A group of young people are fighting to sue the U.S. government in an ongoing case about climate change, which has recently…