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  • Lena Silver portrait

    Lena Silver ’13 wins pro bono service award

    May 29, 2013

    Lena Silver ’13 is the winner of this year’s Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award, performing the highest number of pro bono service hours in the Class of 2013. During Silver’s time at Harvard Law School, she provided 2,270 hours of free legal services.

  • Students commissioned as JAG officers aboard USS Constitution

    May 28, 2013

    On May 14, several members of the Harvard Law School community came together aboard the U.S.S. Constitution as three Harvard Law School students swore oaths to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" as part of their commission as officers in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps.

  • Professor David Barron

    In Sandy’s aftermath, Barron urges urban planning at a national level

    December 4, 2012

    At a Dec. 3 talk sponsored by the HLS Environmental Law Society, Harvard Law School’s David Barron ’94, the Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law, addressed questions raised in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

  • Voting Rights Activist Joaquin Avila ’73 Receives HLSA Award

    October 11, 2012

    Joaquin G. Avila ’73 was honored with the Harvard Law School Association (HLSA) Award at a ceremony during the Harvard Law School

  • Robert Sitkoff and Jonathan Zittrain dressed in purple and green costumes

    More than $80,000 raised for Summer Public Interest Funding at annual auction

    May 21, 2012

    Where can you pick up a lunch with Larry Summers, a fashion-forward shopping spree with a Harvard Law School professor or a Justice David Souter bobblehead? The HLS annual Public Interest Auction, of course.

  • Singing National Anthem at Red Sox Game

    HLS alum and staff take part in Fenway Park’s Centennial Celebration

    April 25, 2012

    On April 14, 2012, lifelong Red Sox fan and Harvard Law School grad Bill Hogan, Jr. ’36 celebrated his 100th birthday by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for the Red Sox-Rays game at Fenway Park. Hogan, born just six days before the Red Sox played their first game in Fenway, was part of the centennial celebration leading up to Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary on April 20.

  • Donahue named fellow of Medieval Academy of America

    April 12, 2012

    Harvard Law School Professor Charles Donahue, Jr., Paul A. Freund Professor of Law, was recently recognized by the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) for his notable contributions to medieval scholarship. He was elected a fellow by MAA members and inducted on March 24 at the MAA’s annual meeting in St. Louis.

  • WTO Moot Court Team

    HLS WTO Moot Court Team Wins North American Regional

    March 30, 2012

    On March 3, the Harvard Law School WTO moot court team won the North America regional at the ELSA Moot Court Competition (EMC²) on WTO Law.  This year’s competition was held at American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. This was the first year a team from HLS has competed.

  • Buffet

    Food is the great connector

    November 23, 2011

    On Nov. 14, the Harvard Food Law Society, Environmental Law Society, and the Environmental Law Review hosted the Boston premiere of the PBS special “Heirloom Meals’ Thanksgiving.” The documentary, which aired on PBS stations around the country this week, celebrates how different cultures in America give the holidays their own special flavor.