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October 4
Wednesday
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Alumni in Residence with Peter Marta J.D.’03 of Hogan Lovells
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Peter (Pete) Marta's helps companies prepare for and respond to cybersecurity incidents as Partner of Hogan Lovells. Pete joined Hogan Lovells Cybersecurity practice after serving as the global head of cybersecurity law at JPMorgan Chase, where he was head counsel to the firm's chief information security officer and its chief security officer. In that role, Pete counseled all levels of the organization, from its security operations centers to the boardroom. Prior to his corporate experience, Pete worked in the U.S. intelligence community and started his legal career as a corporate associate in another large international law firm. Click to register. -
Public Reading of Scripture (PRS)
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Recurring
Come join the Harvard Law Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies for the weekly Public Reading of Scripture. Listen to a 30-minute scripture reading and engage in reflection and conversation. Students, faculty, staff, and Harvard affiliates are welcome to join. Lunch will be provided. -
How Clerking Shapes Careers: A Lunch talk with Jessica Lewis, Litigation Partner at Wilmer Hale
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join us for a lunch talk with Jessica Lewis, a partner at WilmerHale, about her experience clerking for The Honorable Patti B. Saris, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2013 – 2014 and how that experience has shaped her career. -
Eye in the Sky: Protecting Content Moderators at Meta
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join HPLA and attorneys from Burns Charest to learn how the firm brought a claim against Meta on behalf of content moderators responsible for viewing disturbing, graphic content on Facebook. Learn how Burns Charest’s groundbreaking work will “improve the safety of its U.S.-based content moderators by improving review tools and… -
Introduction to Judicial Clerkships
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
A judicial clerkship is one of the most substantive jobs you can have at the beginning of a career in law. Learn about this exciting option and how to develop your candidacy starting in your first year of law school. This introduction will set you up for further information on… -
Book Talk: When Misfortune Becomes Injustice
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Join the HLS Library on Wednesday October 4 at 1pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in Harvard Law School Library – Langdell Hall 232/233 Seminar Rooms. This event features a discussion on When Misfortune Becomes Injustice: Evolving Human Rights Struggles for Health and Social Equality, 2nd ed. with… -
East Asian Legal Studies Open House
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Please join us to learn more about what’s happening at the East Asian Legal Studies program, and to meet EALS faculty, librarians, staff, the 2023-2024 Visiting Scholars, and other students interested in East Asia. Snacks will be provided. -
HLS Pub Trivia
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Come to HLS Pub Trivia! Bring friends, grab a drink, and test your knowledge. Trivia takes place every Wednesday from 7–9pm in the HLS Pub. -
Christian Union Midweek Study
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Christian Union’s midweek bible study. All are welcome!… -
JLSA Sushi in the Sukkah
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Join JLSA to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot with Sushi in the Sukkah. We’ll be in the Sukkah on the Belinda Sutton Quadrangle from 7:30 to 9:30 pm to gather, eat, and celebrate.
October 5
Thursday
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BJ’s Wholesale Club Information Session
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Members of the legal team of BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., will be on campus to discuss their Corporate Counsel Development Program (CCDP) and summer internships. Stop by at any time during the 12-1pm timeframe to chat with representatives. NO RSVP required. -
Jonathan Kuttab
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Jonathan Kuttab is a member of the Bar in Israel, Palestine and New York, cofounder of Al haq (the premier human rights organization), Nonviolence International, and Executive Director of Friends of Sabeel North America, of the international Sabeel Liberation Theology movement. His recent books are Beyond the Two State Solution… -
The Retrievals – The Civil Cases against Yale New Haven Fertility Clinic
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
The Harvard Law School Community is invited to join us on this Thursday to hear from Kelly Fitzpatrick and Josh Koskoff to talk about their civil law case against Yale New Haven Hospital on behalf of Yale Fertility Center patients who were harmed in the story told in The Retrievals, a five-part… -
Lessons from FDR’s Court with Cliff Sloan
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Come join ACS for a discussion with Cliff Sloan (HLS ’84) about his forthcoming book “The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made.” Sloan is a professor at Georgetown Law, former Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure at the U.S. State Department, and former publisher of Slate… -
Tom Regan Memorial Lecture – The Philosophy of Animal Rights: A Way of Life or Religion?
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Join us for The Philosophy of Animal Rights: A Way of Life or Religion?, this year’s Annual Tom Regan Memorial Lecture, given by Cheryl Abbate. The respondent will be Dale Jamieson. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and is open to the general public as well as Harvard… -
Justice Across Borders: Canada, India and minority activism
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Recently, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canadian intelligence has credible information that agents of the Government of India murdered a Sikh activist- a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, in violation of Canadian sovereignty. What are the consequences of these allegations from the perspective of international law? And how… -
Lunch Talk: Held v. Montana and Rights Based Climate Litigation with Sam Bookman, S.J.D.
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, the Environmental & Energy Law Program, and the HLS Environmental Law Society as we welcome S.J.D. Candidate Sam Bookman. Sam will discuss the recent decision in Held v. Montana, including how it fits with broader international rights-based climate litigation, and how… -
Winter Term Opportunities Abroad
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
HLS offers 2Ls, 3Ls and LL.M. students the opportunity to spend Winter Term abroad, pursuing internationally focused independent clinicals or research and writing projects. Representatives from International Legal Studies, the Graduate Program, the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects, and the… -
A Tale of Two Cities: The Inequalities of Our Education System and Barriers Facing Low-Income Students
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join OPIA for a community discussion with Wasserstein Fellow Jennifer Sang, partner at a boutique civil rights law firm that specializes in special education and employment. She will be discussing the unique challenges faced by low-income clients and their attorneys. Come learn about the organizations and law firms that take on this kind of work and how young lawyers can get into the field. Lunch provided. Please RSVP! -
Alumni in Residence with Melanca Clark J.D.’02 of the Hudson-Webber Foundation
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Melanca Clark is President and CEO of the Hudson-Webber Foundation in Detroit, MI. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2016, Melanca held several senior positions in the Obama Administration including Chief of Staff of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Senior Policy Advisor with the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Senior Counsel with DOJ’s Access to Justice Initiative. Click to register. -
Upcoming deadline to submit student writing to Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Q&A
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
The deadline for student writing submissions for Vol. 59.2 is this Friday, October 16th at 11:59 pm. We are hosting a Q&A on Thursday from 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm for any last-minute questions in the student org room. Questions may also be directed to studentwriting.crcl.vol59@gmail.com. -
Film Screening of Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Film Screening followed by a panel discussion with Justice Rosalie Abella, Director Barry Avrich Producer Mark Selby The event will be followed by a reception. Watching the trailer | Register for the event… -
The Fall 2023 Byse Workshop — Activists, Rebels and Beyond: Different Ways of Lawyering for Social Justice
3:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Recurring
Presented by Angel Cabrera Silva, S.J.D. candidate How can lawyers be agents of change? How can they avoid hijacking social struggles? Join us for a collective reflection on the influence legal professionals wield in contemporary social movements, sometimes supporting and, at times, inadvertently affecting them. Each session of this workshop… -
China’s New Era: Reversing the Dire Consequences of Forty Years of Reform
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Join us for a discussion on the Chinese economy with Professor YAO Yang, Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University, hosted by Professor Mark Wu and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Forty years of reform and opening up have resulted in rapid growth and rising living… -
HLS Beyond Presents: Jazz Night in Langdell – Fundamentals of the Music
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Hosted by HLS students Cosimo Fabrizio ’25 and Shaan Pandiri ’26 Come join your peers and professors for an evening of jazz and jazz education in Langdell’s Reading Room. Musicians Cosimo Fabrizio ’25 and Shaan Pandiri ’26 will perform and provide commentary throughout the hour to help you gain a…
October 6
Friday
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Symposium: Economic Sanctions and National Security
All day
The Harvard National Security Journal is hosting a symposium on Economic Sanctions and National Security on Friday, October 6th. The event will take place in-person at Harvard Law School from 9:30am to 4:30pm. The symposium will feature Professor Ashley Deeks, former Associate White House Counsel and former Deputy legal Adviser… -
Symposium: Economic Sanctions and National Security
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
The Harvard National Security Journal is hosting a symposium on Economic Sanctions and National Security on Friday, October 6th. The event will take place in-person at Harvard Law School from 9:30am to 4:30pm. The symposium will feature Professor Ashley Deeks, former Associate White House Counsel and former Deputy legal Adviser… -
FISA, Section 702, and Privacy in the Digital Age
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Beth Williams, a Board Member of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and Alan Raul, the Board’s former vice chair, gather to discuss the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and its impact on American privacy in the digital age. -
Book Talk: Data and Democracy at Work by Brishen Rogers
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Please join the Center for Labor and a Just Economy for a book talk with Brishen Rogers on his latest book, Data and Democracy at Work. This book explores how major companies like Amazon, Uber, and McDonald’s have used new information technologies to limit worker power, and how our labor… -
HLSCF Board Game Night
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
Join the Harvard Law School Christian Fellowship in the Harkness Glass Room for dinner and board games at 5:45pm! We’ll provide games but feel free to bring your favorites as well. All are welcome, regardless of faith tradition (or lack thereof).
October 10
Tuesday
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The Alliance of the New Right and Jewish Orthodoxy with Eliyahu Stern
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Alliance of the New Right and Jewish Orthodoxy with Eliyahu Stern
How did Jewish Orthodoxy become part of the base of the Republican Party? This talk focuses on the political transformation of American right-wing groups and the Jewish community during the 1980s. Based on new archival research it… -
Deprogramming 1L Contracts – Professor Atkinson
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Deprogramming 1L Contracts – LPE Association… -
Psychology of Financial Decision Making
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
The Psychology of Financial Decision Making The decisions we make with money are informed by many inputs, including our life experiences and current environment. During this event, an Accredited Financial Counselor® from AccessLex Institute® will discuss how psychology affects our interactions with money and share actionable tips to reduce or eliminate potentially… -
Environmental Federalism: States as Laboratories of Environmental Policy
12:25 pm - 1:15 pm
Professor Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve University Law will speak on his recent paper, Let Fifty Flowers Bloom, and his views of state environmental policy. Professor James Salzman will also provide his views. -
LL.M Series: Public Interest Job Search Strategy Session
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Are you an LL.M interested in public interest lawyering? Join OPIA for an information session on the LL.M post-graduate public interest job search. We will provide an overview of public interest employment opportunities (and challenges) for LL.M’s to help you better strategize your job search. Lunch provided. Please RSVP. -
Group Advising with Medha Gargeya: Counsel in the Civil Division at the Department of Justice
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join OPIA for a group advising session with Medha Gargeya, Counsel in the Civil Division at the Department of Justice. Medha will briefly share insights from her career path and then answer questions students have about working at the DOJ Civil Division, and public interest lawyering more generally. Note that attendance will be capped at 26 people. RSVP required. Please bring your own lunch. -
Picking Up the Pieces: Israel After the Judicial Overhaul
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
ael is in the throes of unprecedented political and social upheaval. Few areas of Israeli life remain untouched by the turmoil created by the current government’s attempt to remove checks on executive power. While the future of the judicial overhaul and the protests it sparked are still unfolding, Israelis and…