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  • Harvard Law School Commencement 2017

    May 25, 2017

    On Thursday, May 25, the Harvard Law School Class of 2017 braved the rain to pick up their diplomas and officially become HLS graduates. Here's a look at their day of celebration with family, friends and a steady supply of rain ponchos.

  • Three women seated on stage, smiling and laughing

    GALLERY: Harvard Law School celebrates Class Day 2017

    May 25, 2017

    Harvard Law School’s 2017 Class Day ceremony featured speeches by Sally Yates, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, and Harvard Law School Professor Mark Wu, winner of the 2017 Albert M. Sacks-Paul A. Freund Award for Teaching Excellence.

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    Students honored at 2017 Class Day

    May 25, 2017

    A number of Harvard Law students from the Class of 2017 received special awards during Class Day. They were recognized for their outstanding leadership, citizenship, compassion and dedication to their studies and the profession.

  • Two women sitting at a table reading a paper

    Connecting beyond the classroom

    April 21, 2017

    More than 60 Harvard Law students and 27 HLS faculty members took over the typically quiet tables of the library reading room for the first “Notes and Comment” event.

  • Justice Neil Gorsuch '91, left, stands with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy '61 in the Rose Garden of the White House, during Gorsuch's swearing-in ceremony.

    Neil M. Gorsuch ’91 sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court justice

    April 10, 2017

    Neil M. Gorsuch, a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School, was sworn in today as the 113th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • A group of women taking a selfie

    HLS celebrates at International Party

    March 2, 2017

    On Feb. 11., the Harvard Law School (HLS) LL.M. class of 2017 welcomed faculty, students and staff to the annual International Party in Wasserstein Hall.

  • Eileen Connor and Toby Merrill at desk

    Forging a path to debt cancellation for former ITT Tech students

    January 11, 2017

    On Jan. 3, Harvard Law School's Project on Predatory Student Lending filed a 7.3 billion dollar class action lawsuit in the bankruptcy proceedings of ITT Tech -- one of the country’s largest for-profit college chains -- on behalf of a proposed class of hundreds of thousands of former students.

  • Top view of a student walking across a snowy campus filled with footprints in the snow

    Harvard Law School: 2016 in review

    December 22, 2016

    A look back at 2016, highlights of the people who visited, events that took place and everyday life at Harvard Law School.

  • Henry Steiner: Eyeing the World

    Henry Steiner: Eyeing the World

    December 16, 2016

    Professor Emeritus Henry J. Steiner recently spoke to a standing room only crowd at Harvard Law School about his new book 'Eyeing the World,' which features photos taken by Steiner, a human rights scholar and the founder of the law school’s Human Rights Program, over the last 50 years during his travels around the world.

  • Oliver Hart speaking at a podium with microphones, with a Harvard backdrop behind him

    Nobel Laureate in Economics has been a key figure in HLS law and economics program

    October 14, 2016

    Harvard Professor Oliver Hart, a co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, has been a key participant in Harvard Law School’s program in law and economics for 25 years.

  • Professor Lanni speaking at the podium

    Adriaan Lanni on what modern lawyers and democratic citizens can learn from ancient Athens

    October 11, 2016

    In October, on the occasion of her appointment as the Touoff-Glueck Professor of Law, Professor Adriaan Lanni delivered a lecture titled, “Why Study Athenian Law? Adventures in Institutional Design.”

  • Bob Bordone

    Political dialogue in polarizing times

    October 4, 2016

    Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program Director and Clinical Professor Robert Bordone and Assistant Director and Lecturer Rachel Viscomi offer advice on how to talk about the election and other contentious topics without alienating family, friends and your social network.

  • James Shipton named chair of Australian Securities and Investments Commission

    James Shipton named executive director of Program on International Financial Systems

    September 30, 2016

    Harvard Law School’s Program on International Financial Systems (PIFS) has named James Shipton its new executive director. “We are thrilled that James has joined PIFS and…

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    CBA 2016: Turning Vision into Action

    September 30, 2016

    Over 800 alumni returned to Harvard Law School for the fourth Celebration of Black Alumni (CBA), Turning Vision into Action. The event brought together generations of black alumni to reconnect with old friends, network with new ones and take part in compelling discussions about the challenges and opportunities in local, national and global communities.

  • Library exhibit looks at the history of the former Harvard Law School shield

    September 16, 2016

    New exhibit documents the shield’s ties to the family of Isaac Royall, Jr., the 18th century slaveholder whose bequest established the first professorship of law at Harvard in 1815, through its removal in the spring of 2016.

  • Attendees taking a selfie together

    Welcome to HLS

    September 7, 2016

    Orientation for new students in the J.D., LL.M. and S.J.D. programs wrapped up last week. They were kept busy with ice cream socials, campus tours, lawn games, a visit from Judge Merrick Garland and section photos, capped off with a welcome by Dean Martha Minow in Sanders Theatre.

  • John Levi and Martha Minow posing together holding awards

    Minow honored with Sargent Shriver Equal Justice Award

    July 1, 2016

    Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow was honored by the Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law with the Equal Justice Award. She and John Levi ’72 LL.M. ’73 were recognized for their significant contributions to the movement for equal justice for low-income individuals.

  • Harvard Law team wins Deans’ Challenge grand prize with MAGIC

    June 16, 2016

    Harvard Law School team wins the Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge for MAGIC: career awareness and positive self-image kits, developed by women of color for girls of color.

  • Graduates tossing their grad caps into the air

    GALLERY: Harvard Law School Commencement 2016

    May 27, 2016

    On Thursday May 26, 2016, the Harvard Law School Class of 2016 officially became HLS graduates. Here is a look at their day of celebration, filled with families, friends, and some cute kids.

  • Sarah Jessica Parker posing with the 2016 HLS Class Marshals

    GALLERY: Harvard Law School Class Day 2016

    May 26, 2016

    Harvard Law School’s 2016 Class Day ceremony featured speeches by actor, producer, businesswoman and philanthropist Sarah Jessica Parker and Harvard Law School Professor Jeannie Suk, winner of the 2016 Albert M. Sacks-Paul A. Freund Award for Teaching Excellence.

  • Katie King standing in front of the crowd in a white dress.

    Students honored at class day ceremony

    May 26, 2016

    A number of Harvard Law students from the Class of ’16 received special awards this year during the 2016 Class Day ceremony on May 25. The students were recognized for their outstanding leadership, citizenship, compassion and dedication to their studies and the profession.