Latest from Lewis Rice
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Among the missing
April 20, 2021
For five years, Rayhan Asat LL.M. ’16 has been fighting to free her brother, a Uighur businessman who was detained by the Chinese government and placed in a Xinjiang internment camp.
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‘A sense of duty and honor’
March 17, 2021
In a Q&A with Harvard Law Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin ’87, who served as lead House impeachment manager, reflects on a time of trauma and hope.
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‘Our job is to bring accountability, and oversight, and transparency to government’
February 10, 2021
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz ’87 recently spoke to Harvard Law Today about his work to ensure the integrity of the DOJ and beyond.
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A Movement that Mattered
October 20, 2020
In “The Arab Winter: A Tragedy,” Feldman writes: “People whose political lives had been determined and shaped from the outside tried politics for themselves, and for a time succeeded. That this did not lead to constitutional democracy or even to a more decent life for most of those affected is not a reason to believe that the effort was meaningless.”
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Hidden History
October 15, 2020
For Duckenfield, it was about learning about the past but also connecting it to the present. The people buried in these cemeteries deserve respect and attention, he says—no different from African Americans living now whose stories are often unknown and unseen by the larger population.
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
August 21, 2020
After a health scare, William D. Zabel ’61 reflects on a life and career of making a difference for society and his clients—with more to come.
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A Case for Compassion
August 4, 2020
Juliana (Ratner) Andonian ’17 went to law school for one reason and one reason only: to get people out of prison. She is now fulfilling that mission at a time when it could not be more urgent.
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HLS Authors: Selected Alumni Books Summer 2020
July 23, 2020
From new takes on famous figures from American history to the stories of lesser-known figures, including two who resisted fascism in war-torn Europe and went on to become the authors’ parents
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For the Sake of Argument
July 23, 2020
Singer seeks to help lawyers and the general public make reasoned arguments, promote civil discourse, and consider alternative perspectives.
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A Sense of Place
July 21, 2020
Deirde Mask ’07, author of “The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power” illuminates the richness and history behind the seemingly prosaic numbers and names that mark the places in our lives in her book and talks about how the books came to be.
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A Justice Reflects on Law and Life
July 21, 2020
In a book featuring speeches and writings over the course of his 30 years in the law, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch ’91 offers “personal reflections on our Constitution, its separation of powers, and some of the challenges we face in preserving and protecting our republic today.”
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Popular Opinion
May 20, 2020
Tushnet advocates for a new constitutional order that would move away from “judicial supremacy" and instead focus on empowering ordinary people to shape Americans’ understanding of the meaning of the Constitution.
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Collector’s Items
January 7, 2020
The Harvard Law School Library offers a treasure-trove for legal historians. If one wanted to peruse, for example, a copy of the first printed collection of English statutes from the 15th century, there it would be. Yet, as three recent acquisitions demonstrate, the library also presents the lighter side of the law, with items that reveal the humor and personalities behind the cases and legal decisions that make history.
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Afghanistan Reunion
January 7, 2020
Classmates seek to bring peace and progress to a war-torn country
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The Choosing People
August 13, 2019
Robert and Dale Mnookin never had any doubt that they areewish. But the question of who should be considered Jewish can be surprisingly tangled and fraught. That question is at the heart of Robert’s new book, “The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World.”
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A Home Victory
July 30, 2019
Recently elected mayor of his native Shreveport, Louisiana, Adrian Perkins ’18 seeks to rejuvenate the city he loves.
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The Price Is Right
July 15, 2019
Sunstein details how government can best spend money to benefit the public
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A half century ago, Archibald MacLeish LL.B. 1919 served as a literary interpreter of events beyond the imagination of most observers.
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Having developed a focus on social justice growing up in Philadelphia, Liz Soltan is now using law as a means to help people who need it most.
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A Precarious State
May 6, 2019
Think of an honest used car salesperson. The very idea might seem like an oxymoron. That’s not because no honest people ever sell cars. It’s because the profession as a whole is not considered trustworthy by the public. What if that sense of mistrust were not limited to the used car lot but had spread to institutions the public relies on every day? It has, according to Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig.
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Tackling a Big Job
January 31, 2019
Megha Parekh ’09 is in charge of all legal matters for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars.