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Clinic and Partners Call on Myanmar Officials to Drop Charges against Father Complaining of Rights Violations
December 19, 2014
Via the International Human Rights Clinic In a letter to Myanmar’s President Thein Sein on December 8, the International Human Rights Clinic and five…
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Fall Retreat 2014: A Dynasty Is Born?
December 19, 2014
Via the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau This fall, HLAB headed out to the woods around Camp Burgess for a day of bonding and reflection.
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New Policy Goes Only Partway in Helping Struggling Homeowners
December 16, 2014
Via the New York Times Well, that was fast. At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Nov. 19, Melvin Watt, the director of the…
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Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinic Helps the Town of Sudbury
December 16, 2014
Via the MetroWest Daily News SUDBURY – Perturbed by the incivility that has permeated political discourse in town the past couple years, a local…
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Food Recovery Leaders Send Sign-On Letter to U.S. Senators, Led by Food Law and Policy Clinic and Professor from University of Arkansas School of Law
December 12, 2014
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation As part of its on-going work to promote policies that reduce food waste, the…
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Protecting Anonymous Speech Under California’s Anti-SLAPP Law
December 10, 2014
Via Cyberlaw Clinic On Friday the Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus letter (PDF) on behalf of Global Voices…
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CHLPI and Food Law and Policy Clinic Highlighted in AALS Newsletter
December 10, 2014
Via the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation and the Food Law and Policy…
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Prosecutors Move to Reduce Incarceration at Aníbal Bruno Prison
December 5, 2014
Diário de Pernambuco reports on prosecutors’ Aníbal Bruno filing
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The Education Law Clinic: Advocating for the children who ‘fell through the cracks’
December 3, 2014
Credit: Jessica Scranton
As part of the Education Law Clinic, David Li ’15 (second from left) and Spencer Churchill ’15 (right) lobbied successfully on… -
Alonzo Emery, Clinic Instructor, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program
Via the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program The National Committee on… -
Giving Thanks to (Facilitation) Students
November 26, 2014
Via the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program by Robert C. Bordone
Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law
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Fresh start at the VA
November 26, 2014
Photo by Heratch Photography
“I think the VA is heading in a new direction, and I would argue the right direction, and making progress,”… -
Gallery: The 2014 Chayes International Public Service Fellows
November 25, 2014
Via HLS News Since 2001, a select group of HLS students have undertaken public service internships under the auspices of the Chayes…
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Harvard Defenders Celebrated the Jack T. Litman Fellowship
November 20, 2014
By Meghan Michael, J.D. ’15 On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, Harvard Defenders celebrated its 65th anniversary at its annual Litman Fellowship Symposium, with presentations…
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Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic Wins Asylum Case
November 20, 2014
Sophie Glickstein ’15 (right) and Sussan Lee ’15 (center) enjoy a celebratory breakfast with their client (left) after receiving the good news that he…
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Alonzo Emery, Clinic Instructor, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program
Via the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program The National… -
Free legal advice worth a fortune to small business
November 19, 2014
Jared Nicholson, HLS ’14
Via Itemlive.com LYNN — Summa cum laude, Princeton University. Business consultant with McKinsey and Company in New York… -
Via 90.9 wbur
By Robert Bordone, Clinical Professor of Law, and Sara del Nido, Clinical Fellow
Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program On Tuesday, Nov. -
The Project on Predatory Student Lending Submits Comments Regarding the Upcoming Negotiated Rulemaking to Expand “Pay As You Earn”
November 14, 2014
Via the Legal Services Center On November 4, 2014, the Project on Predatory Student Lending of the Legal Services Center, in partnership…
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Dean Minow challenges students to seek solutions to problems in the U.S. food system
November 14, 2014
Credit: Evgenia Eliseeva | The Deans’ Food System Challenge, one of a series of university-wide challenges organized by the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab), is…