Latest from Scott Young
-
Is the law playing catch-up with AI?
January 16, 2025
Organizers of an AI conference at Harvard Law say the unprecedented rate of technological change “makes it even harder for the already trailing legal system to catch up.”
-
Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab launches initiative to use public domain data to train artificial intelligence
December 12, 2024
The new program aims to make public domain materials housed at Harvard Law School Library and other knowledge institutions available to train AI.
-
Judges and judging on international and supreme courts
November 13, 2024
At the first plenary panel of the Harvard LL.M. Program’s 100th Anniversary celebration, top international jurists returned to campus with stories from the bench.
-
Beyond ‘An apple a day’
October 8, 2024
Food law and policy expert Emily Broad Leib discusses why doctors need to know more about food and nutrition.
-
NFL general counsel talks game growth and league litigation, offers advice
September 25, 2024
At Harvard Law School, NFL General Counsel Jeff Pash ’80 discusses Sunday Ticket litigation and offers advice for aspiring sports lawyers.
-
Harvard Law expert addresses the ‘untenable amount of harm’ caused by the criminal system
September 19, 2024
Premal Dharia discusses where efforts to transform the carceral system in the United States are heading.
-
Truth in advertising, and now in politics
September 11, 2024
“TrueViews,” a new public opinion data tool designed by Harvard experts, could reduce political polarization by educating politicians about what their constituents actually believe.
-
Can Kamala Harris access Biden campaign funds?
July 24, 2024
Harvard Law elections expert Nicholas Stephanopoulos says that, if chosen by Democratic delegates, ‘Harris has the keys to the [Biden reelection] account.’
-
The power to change power
June 7, 2024
Harvard Law expert Ari Peskoe explains how new federal energy rules might impact how Americans tap into the electricity grid and predicts legal challenges from opponents.
-
Ten Harvard Law School staff members — seven individuals and one three-person team — received the 2024 Dean’s Award for Excellence on May 15 for their workplace contributions that embody the spirit of excellence within the Harvard Law School community.
-
The impact of the EPA’s first ever federal PFAS rule limiting toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
May 1, 2024
James Pollack ’20 discusses the impact of first-ever federal rules on “forever chemicals” in drinking water.
-
In Biddle Lecture, former DOJ attorney discusses immigration, politics, and the ‘life of the nation’
April 15, 2024
At Harvard Law School, former DOJ attorney Cristina M. Rodriguez spells out what she believes are fundamental tensions in U.S. immigration policy.
-
With March Madness in full swing, Harvard Law lecturer and sports law expert Peter Carfagna explains how the the latest lawsuits challenging NCAA rules are reshaping college sports in, and on, the court.
-
Professor Randall Kennedy sits in conversation with Martha Minow on his book of essays on a broad range of controversial topics.
-
Covering the ‘complexity’ of federal Indian affairs
March 20, 2024
Matthew L.M. Fletcher surveys the landscape of federal Indian law and explores the sometimes complicated relationship between Indigenous Americans and the federal government.
-
Minow, Abella discuss algorithmic fairness and the US justice system
February 29, 2024
Harvard Law experts Martha Minow and Rosalie Abella argue that predictive algorithms and AI could amp up and amplify existing inequities.