Showing 39 events for the week starting 04/08/2025
April 10
Thursday • 20 events
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Alumni in Residence with Tony Feuerstein J.D./M.P.A. ’01 of Sidley Austin LLP
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tony Feuerstein focuses his practice on representing both financial sponsors and healthcare, hospitality, chemicals, and manufacturing clients in a broad range of public and private merger and acquisition transactions. This includes negotiated and unsolicited transactions, tender and exchange offers, mergers, leveraged buyouts, stock and asset purchases, divestitures and cross-border transactions. Click to register. -
Equitable Access to AI-Driven Prosperity: A Panel on AI & International Benefit-Sharing (Berkman Klein x AISST AI Governance Speaker Series)
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Berkman Klein Center and the AI Safety Student Team for a speaker series on AI governance! Snacks will be provided, RSVP here 🙂 About the Event Artificial intelligence is poised to transform economies worldwide, from improving health outcomes to improving workplace productivity to accelerating scientific research. How… -
Frontiers of Extractivism & Frontiers of Justice
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
How, and to what extent should we understand the green transition as an agenda of extractivism? This panel probes into the distributive impacts of green transition projects, and seeks to broaden the legal conceptual outlook on the apparent expansion of extractivism to new resource frontiers. Join us for a discussion… -
Campaigns and the White House: A Conversation with Mike Donilon
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join the HLS Democrats for a lunch talk with political strategist Mike Donilon on White House decision-making and political messaging. Donilon served in the White House as Senior Advisor to President Biden, where he advised on speechwriting, polling, and policy matters. On the campaign side, Donilon was Chief Strategist… -
The Past Will Not Be Silenced: Haiti and the Global Calls for Reparatory Justice
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
2025 marks 200 years since France forced Haiti to pay an “Independence Debt” for its liberation. The debt – meant to “compensate” France for its loss of enslaved people — has kept Haiti impoverished and unstable for decades. Join us for a panel discussion to explore the consequences of the… -
HLS Law and Democracy Forum Presents: Should Independent Agencies Be Abolished? A Conversation with Professor Cass Sunstein
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Please join the HLS Law and Democracy Forum for a conversation with Professor Cass Sunstein on the current status of independent agencies, and a discussion on the challenges and opportunities going forward. Attendees are asked to RSVP here for food purposes. This program was made possible by the Community… -
Summer International Travel Information Session
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Students traveling abroad this summer with Harvard funding must attend a MANDATORY summer international travel information session. Representatives from International Legal Studies, Global Support Services, Student Health Services, and the HLS Library will discuss requirements, offer tips, and answer questions. Lunch will be served. This session will be offered twice… -
Lunch conversation: EDP x Harvard Law Review
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Join EDP for an informal discussion about the Harvard Law Review! At this event, 2L and 3L members of EDP will talk about what the Review does, the mechanics of the write-on competition, and why students who are interested in voting/election law (or public interest law more generally) might want to write on. We… -
HPLA Panel: 2L Summer Job Search
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
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HLS Beyond Presents: Why I Changed My Mind
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
The panel Why I Changed My Mind features HLS faculty members’ stories of professional moments of reckoning when ideas they had previously thought settled in their worldview changed. -
Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch with Haylee Levin, Lindsey Richards, and Sophie Lenihan
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Join Y-Lab for the first of four events in this spring's Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch Series with presentations by Haylee Levin, Lindsey Richards, and Sophie Lenihan. -
Film Scoring
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join RAP and FiLM Society for an exclusive film scoring event featuring acclaimed composer Alison Plante! With a wealth of experience spanning television, commercials, museum exhibits, and theater, Alison will share her insights into the business of film scoring and the creative process behind her impressive body of work. Lunch… -
Algorithmic Rule By Law: How Algorithmic Regulation in the Public Sector Erodes the Rule of Law
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Harvard European Law Association and the Harvard Law Artificial Intelligence Association for a conversation on algorithmic regulation with Professor Nathalie Smuha, co-rapporteur of the European Parliament on the EU AI Act. The adoption of algorithmic regulation tends to be motivated by the desire to improve public services and… -
HIP Pro Bono Panel
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The Harvard Law School Immigration Project will be hosting a panel of big law attorneys to discuss their pro bono immigration work and how students looking to enter private practice can similarly get involved. -
HALB 2025 Symposium: The Evolution of Industry (Day 4: Glamour & Governance: Inside the Business of Fashion & Beauty Law)
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
The Harvard Association for Law and Business (HALB) is thrilled to invite you to attend our 2025 Symposium from Monday, April 7, to Thursday, April 10. This year’s theme is “The Evolution of Industry,” featuring distinguished speakers across streaming, sports law, music, and fashion. More information about the symposium’s panels, speakers, and networking opportunities can… -
Drugs, food, and weight! Oh my!
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
A new class of medicines, like Ozempic, have shown tremendous benefit in helping people manage a number of diseases, including diabetes and obesity. Where efforts to improve public health through diet alone have fallen flat, there is hope that these new medicines, called GLP-1s, may usher in a new era… -
HIALSA Masterclass x King & Spalding: Oil and Gas Arbitration
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Get ready to dive into the world of high-stakes disputes in the oil & gas sector through a multi-jurisdictional lens. -
An HLS Community Conversation Among Some Professors, Staff, and Students
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join an Open Conversation with HLS professors, staff, and students. Professors and staff will share (in their individual capacities) thoughts and perspectives in response to student questions, concerns, and fears in these tumultuous times. When: Thursday, 4/10, 6:00–7:30pm
Where: Pound 101
Food provided To guide the conversation, students… -
Barristers’ Ball
April 10, 2025, 9:00 pm – April 11, 2025, 1:00 am
The 2025 Class Marshals and DOS cordially invite the Class of 2025 to Barristers’ Ball! Save the date for an unforgettable evening on Thursday, April 10th from 9pm-1am at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. Student and guest tickets will be available for purchase during the Spring semester.
April 11
Friday • 10 events
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The 2025 Africa Development Conference
April 11, 2025 – April 12, 2025
The 2025 Africa Development Conference, themed “Africa by 2040: The Future of Africa’s Youth,” will spotlight the pivotal role of Africa’s youth in shaping the continent’s future. Discussions will address key challenges and opportunities across sectors such as governance, education, sports, technology, business, law, health, and culture. With Africa’s young population poised… -
Self-Defense Workshop
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, please join the HLS Office of Equal Opportunity, the Dean of Students Office, and the Gender Violence Program for a workshop led by Impact Boston, aimed at fostering a mindset of a self worth defending and skills for self-defense. The workshop will include an… -
How To: Mediate Art Law Disputes with Judith Prowda
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Join HALO for our first installment of our “How-To” series with Judith Prowda, Faculty at Sotheby’s and founder of major art group, Stropheus Art. This talk will center on Judith Prowda’s work as an arbitrator and mediator in art law and commercial disputes. In each “How-To” session, we will be… -
HGSU x LEAP Bargaining Update
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Join us for an update on contract negotiations between the Harvard Graduate Student Union and the University. -
Research, Teaching & Activism: Reproductive Justice and Critical Race Theory in the Legal Academy
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Join us on Friday, April 11 at 12:20PM in WCC 2009 for a moderated lunch talk with Professor Aziza Ahmed in collaboration with the Alliance for Reproductive Justice and the Bell Collective. Professor Ahmed will be speaking about her research, teaching, and activism within the fields of Reproductive Justice and… -
AFA EIP/Career Chat
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join AFA for an internal discussion on EIP and career opportunities. Target audience 1Ls, AFA affiliation not required. Please RSVP for headcount for food (and any dietary needs). -
Harvard Climate Connect Symposium
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Join the Harvard Environmental Law Society and the Chan School’s Public Health Environmental Justice Student Organization for a symposium featuring experts on climate change, public health, and environmental justice. -
Faith & Work Panel Conversation
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
Join Christian Fellowship this Friday for one of our best Friday Gatherings of the year! We will hear from four faithful Christian lawyers about how they think about the intersection of work and faith in their daily lives. Whether you are about to enter the legal world for the first… -
Discussion on the Sudanese Civil War
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Please join the International Committee of the HLS Student Government in a discussion with Zeinab Bakhiet on the ongoing civil war in Sudan. Venue: Lewis 202. Dinner will be provided.
April 12
Saturday • 1 event
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1L Softball Tournament
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Harvard Law Softball is hosting a 1L Softball Tournament on April 12-13! Each 1L Section will compete in a single elimination tournament for the chance to be crowned champion. Games begin Saturday, April 12th, with the championship game scheduled for Sunday, April 13th. All skill levels welcome! Date: Saturday, April…
April 14
Monday • 8 events
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PON Live! The MIT AI Negotiation Competition: Negotiation Theory Meets AI
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker Jared Curhan, Gordon Kaufman Professor of Management at MIT and Executive Committee Member at PON will share key results, highlighting innovative prompts developed by the MIT AI Negotiation Competition’s winners and examining broader theoretical implications for negotiation and AI. The MIT AI Negotiation Competition enlisted negotiation experts, students, and… -
The Future of the Democratic Party in the Fight for the Dignity of Work: A Conversation with Former Senator Sherrod Brown and Connie Shultz
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
In partnership with the HKS Institute for Politics, join the Center for Labor and a Just Economy for a lunchtime conversation with former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, Connie Shultz, and Sharon Block on the stakes of this moment for working class people and their role in shaping our democracy. Lunch… -
Foreign Corrupt Practices, Foreign Agents, and Tariffs
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Professors David Sorkin, Matthew Stephenson, and Mark Wu will discuss “Foreign Corrupt Practices, Foreign Agents, and Tariffs” on Mon, 4/14 at 12:20pm in Milstein West. Professor John Coates will moderate this fourth panel in a series titled, The First 100 Days of the Second Trump Presidency. -
Lunch Talk w/ Miranda Means of Kirkland & Ellis
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Join IPLA and Miranda Means for a fascinating discussion on copyright, AI, and IP litigation. Miranda is a partner in the Boston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and has experience litigating in the fields of copyright, trade secret, trademark, right of publicity, and art internet and advertising. She also… -
Youth Advocacy Writing Group Working Paper Lunch with Sarah Berton and Brian Broderick
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Join us for the second event in Y-Lab’s spring 2025 Working Paper Lunch Series, a discussion with Sarah Berton and Brian Broderick. -
A Conversation with Judge Richard Sullivan
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Federalist Society for a conversation with Judge Richard Sullivan (2d Cir.)… -
Class of 2025 Last Lecture Series featuring Professor Michael Klarman
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Professor Michael Klarman, Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History Monday, April 14 | Austin North (100), 12:30pm It is HLS tradition for the graduating class at HLS to hear from select faculty members who provide their guidance and advice for the upcoming sendoff moment of our careers. This year, the Class… -
Law Teaching Colloquium – The Art of Law Teaching
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Christine Desan, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law
Sabrineh Ardalan, Clinical Professor of Law What does it mean to be a successful law teacher? How do great law teachers develop their skills? Is great law teaching an art, a science, or a bit of both? What teaching techniques…