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As the U.S. Supreme Court embraces federalism, are state supreme courts becoming the new power centers?

Luis Gallegos, a senior advisor on disability rights, is leading the push for a UN convention on the rights of older people.

Professor Martha Minow, the new chair of GBH’s board of trustees, thinks a strong media ecosystem is crucial to democracy.

Legal scholars debate the unitary executive theory and the limits of presidential authority at Harvard Law School’s Rappaport Forum.

Four Harvard Law School experts examine the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape executive power.

Local student advocates in the Bluegrass state file an education rights lawsuit with legal representation from Harvard’s Education Law Clinic.

The U.S. is probably not in a constitutional crisis — at least, not yet, according to a group of experts discussing the matter at a recent Harvard Law School event.

A new online course by Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman explores the history of race and the United States Constitution.

Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack says that early unions often excluded Black workers, but that today’s labor and social justice movements often ‘dovetail’.

G. Terrell Seabrooks, who was selected as the 139th president of the Harvard Law Review, says he will 'maintain the legacy of excellence embodied in each volume of the Harvard Law Review while cultivating a collaborative environment that leverages each editor’s unique contributions'.

Harvard Law School Professor Gerald Neuman says a president has no authority at all to change United States citizenship rules.

A senior staff attorney at the Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program explains how L.A.’s devastating wildfires could shape insurance in California.

A veteran and lifelong learner visited Harvard Law’s campus for a taste of law school life, as part of AARP’s Wish of a Lifetime program.

A Harvard Law School visiting professor says that increasing competition could lower the cost of medications for millions of Americans.

Harvard Law students, faculty, and staff served as nonpartisan poll monitors in Nevada.

Harvard Law alum and M.D. Daniel G. Aaron says that there is danger the Court could “shore back the power of administrative agencies.”

At Harvard Law School, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson helped preside over the 2024 final round of one of the nation’s most prestigious appellate advocacy contests.

Debating the meaning of a 100-year-old Supreme Court decision on parents’ rights

From global election trends to failed voting reform initiatives, Harvard election law experts break down last week’s presidential election and what it might mean for the future of American democracy.

In an increasingly polarized world, a Harvard Law School course teaches students how to navigate ideas that may seem like binary choices — but aren’t.

Harvard Law Professor Molly Brady argues that efforts to protect single-family neighborhoods tended to ‘destroy, rather than build, community.’