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    Supreme Court preview: West Virginia v. EPA

    February 28, 2022

    Harvard Law expert Shaun Goho explains how a complicated Supreme Court case could have major implications for government agencies and the environment.

  • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks and a podium. President Biden and Vice President Harris standing behind her.

    President Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 for Supreme Court

    February 25, 2022

    Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Biden. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.

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    The other bar exam

    February 23, 2022

    Beeritas’s mission is to bring together Harvard Law students who love that familiar fermented drink of hops and grains for regular tastings and conversation, fostering connections and friendships along the way.

  • A woman in a black dress standing on a porch with a man in a white shirt holding a baby

    ‘Grateful for it all’

    February 14, 2022

    Harvard Law alum Esther Mulder ‘14 discusses her journey from foster care to a career in public defense.

  • A soldier sitting on top of a military tank that is flying the Ukranian flag

    Russian incursion into Ukraine ‘very likely,’ says John B. Bellinger III ’86

    February 10, 2022

    John B. Bellinger III ’86, a former State Department and national security legal adviser, sees ‘echoes of the Cold War,’ and says Biden should make ‘crystal clear' to Putin the consequences of an invasion.

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    Harvard Law School valentines

    February 9, 2022

    Whether you’ve already conveyed your heart (for proper consideration), or you’re out of practice, here are a few Valentines to help you court a special someone, cheer up your amicus, or find a new study buddy.

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    Brian Flores vs. the NFL

    February 9, 2022

    Two Harvard Law experts say the suit filed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores faces many challenges, but that if he can get it heard in court, Flores has ‘a good story.’

  • A woman in a grey coat stands in front of a building on the Harvard Law School campus.

    Q&A with Priscila Coronado ’23, Harvard Law Review’s first Latina president

    February 2, 2022

    In a Q&A with Harvard Law Today Priscila Coronado ’23, the first Latina elected president of the Harvard Law Review, discusses her background, what brought her to Harvard Law School, and her vision as the new president of the prestigious publication.

  • An illustration of an open bank vault with digital currency inside represented by small white squares

    The Crypto of the Realm

    January 31, 2022

    A Harvard Law class explores possibilities for a U.S. central bank digital currency, which would be sheltered from the wild fluctuations in value for which crypto is known.

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    Race and Place

    January 31, 2022

    Caste is alive and well in the United States — and it starts with the very neighborhoods we call home. That’s the uncomfortable truth Sheryll Cashin asks us to confront in her new book.

  • Man in orange jumpsuit wearing handcuffs is flanked by four police officers as they walk down a hallway.

    Justice for all

    January 25, 2022

    For the past two years, students in Harvard’s Prison Legal Assistance Project have helped prisoners they say were targeted for retaliatory violence.

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    ‘I’m trying to make sure I check off all the things I came to Harvard to do’

    January 25, 2022

    From curating an art show to hiking the trails around Boston, Harvard Law students share what they're looking forward this semester.

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    Weighing President Biden’s first year: Immigration

    January 18, 2022

    Sabrineh Ardalan, of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, praises Biden for jettisoning some Trump-era policies, but says he has also “doubled down on” on the former administration’s “draconian … border policies.”

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    Weighing President Biden’s first year: Criminal justice reform

    January 18, 2022

    “This administration needs to get out of its own way, … take action where it can, and create pathways for others to take action where it cannot or will not,” says Premal Dharia, executive director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration.

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    Weighing President Biden’s first year: The economy and monetary policy

    January 18, 2022

    Harvard Law Professor Christine Desan says the Biden administration is harnessing fiscal and monetary policy to bolster the economy, but should move faster to address climate change, crypto markets, public banking.

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    Weighing President Biden’s first year

    January 18, 2022

    In this series, Harvard Law experts turn a critical eye to the Biden administration’s efforts on health care, the economy, criminal justice reform, and other areas important to Americans — and share their thoughts on its agenda for the future.

  • Crimmigration Clinic helps score First Circuit victory for asylum-seeker, Boston-area immigrants

    January 18, 2022

    In a case that could have national implications, the Harvard Law School Crimmigration Clinic recently convinced judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to discredit the use of controversial municipal gang databases in immigration proceedings.

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    Weighing President Biden’s first year: The environment

    January 13, 2022

    Harvard Law Professor Richard Lazarus says Biden has ‘quickly and effectively’ reversed many of former President Trump’s executive orders on the environment, but Congress ‘presents a major obstacle’ to the new administration.

  • Line of people outside wearing face masks and winter coats. Sign with arrow reads: COVID TESTING.

    Weighing President Biden’s first year: Health care and the pandemic

    January 7, 2022

    Glenn Cohen and Carmel Shachar reflect on the administration’s successes, failures, and agenda for the future.

  • US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with detainee

    Supreme Court preview: Garland v. Gonzalez

    January 4, 2022

    Two Harvard Law School scholars explain why the Garland v. Gonzalez case could have broader implications for immigrants and advocates.

  • a photo of adult twin brothers sitting against a wall next to a second photo of adult twin brothers standing in front of a building.

    Family matters

    December 14, 2021

    Harvard Law Today caught up with two pairs of identical twins on campus to find out what life is like with a double.