Showing 48 events for the week starting 09/23/2025
September 23
Tuesday • 9 events
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Library Tours for New JDs & Visitors
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Welcome to HLS Library! Join us for a 25-minute tour of library spaces and learn about library services available to you. The tour will begin at the circulation desk in the main lobby. Attendees can opt to stay for a 15-minute sit-down introduction to accessing Harvard research collections and databases. The… -
Drop-ins with Student Financial Services About LIPP/SPIF
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Recurring
A representative from the LIPP/SPIF office will hold drop-in office hours in the OPIA suite to offer quick consults and answer general questions about the Low Income Protection Plan (LIPP), the HLS PSLF Based Plan (the Plan) and Summer Public Interest Funding (SPIF). No need for an appointment; students will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. For in-depth advising, please email lipp@law.harvard.edu or spif@law.harvard.edu. -
Harvard Farmers’ Market
11:30 am - 5:30 pm
Recurring
Join Harvard Common Spaces at the market every Tuesday through October 28th, 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and help support the vital local farmers and food artisans who ensure we have fresh, healthy food -
Scripture in Community: Public Reading of Scripture
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Recurring
Whether you’re new to reading the Bible, have studied it for years, or are just curious about what it says, you are welcome to listen, learn, and reflect on the wisdom within its pages. Scripture in Community meets over lunch to read and listen to Bible passages together – from… -
2L Public Interest Internship Panel
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
Join Lambda, WLA, APALSA, La Alianza, SALSA, and KAHLS for a Public Interest Internship Panel on Tuesday, September 23! Hear from a diverse group of 3Ls who worked in a variety of PI practice settings for their 2L summer—from government, to plaintiffs’ firms, public defense, and more. Come with questions… -
HLEP New Member Training (Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project- SPO)
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Need pro bono hours? Hoping to get hands-on experience advising Harvard/MIT startups? Looking for student practice experience with a transactional spin? HLEP is finalizing its membership for Fall 2025! Please attend our training session to learn more. RSVP here to be included in our Fall 2025 project cycl -
HALB Shareholder Activism Spotlight
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join HALB for a special event featuring HALB founder and current head of K&E Shareholder Activism Defense Shaun Mathew as well as JPMorgan Managing Director Duncan Herrington. Lunch will be provided.
September 24
Wednesday • 9 events
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Lunch Talk with Wasserstein Fellow Jonah Lalas
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Join APALSA and First Class to speak with Wasserstein fellow Jonah Lalas about his journey as a first-generation, Asian American labor law attorney!… -
“Utopia or Dystopia?: AI and the Future of Judging”
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Should lawyers be bearish or bullish about the AI revolution? How far off is an AI judge? Is textualism really robo-centric? Join us to hear answers to these questions and more with Jack Kieffaber ’23. Chick-fil-a will be provided. -
HLS Dems: A Conversation with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Moderated convo with Sec. Cardona… -
From First-Gen College Student to Silicon Valley Litigation Partner: A Conversation with Jessica Lewis
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the WLA for a lunch talk with Jessica Lewis, Partner at WilmerHale and Harvard Law alum, as she shares her journey from a small-town high school in Vermont to litigating high-stakes securities cases in Silicon Valley. A first-generation college student, Jessica will reflect on the pivotal choices that shaped… -
OPIA’s 1L International Job Search Strategy Session
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
This event is designed to help 1L students navigate international summer employment options in the public sector. OPIA, the International Legal Studies Program, and the Human Rights Program will review essential topics to help you get started on your search. Lunch will be provided. -
What Is Intelligence?
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
“Life” and “intelligence” are terms with heavily contested meanings. This discussion will offer a novel, unified perspective on both, as described in Blaise Agüera y Arcas’ new book, What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds (MIT Press and Antikythera, September 2025). We begin with the striking… -
Conversation with Jonah Lalas
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
We will have a conversation with Jonah Lalas, Wasserstein Fellow and attorney at Altschuler Berzon. -
HLS QTPOC General Body Meeting
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Join HLS Queer & Trans People of Color (QTPOC) for our first General Body Meeting of the semester! Discover upcoming QTPOC events, discuss ways to get involved, and connect with other QTPOC students at HLS. Swing by for as little or as long as you’d like. Dinner from Himalaya Kitchen… -
Student Government Council Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Student Government will be hosting a council meeting to discuss important campus matters. This is your chance to hear updates, raise questions, and contribute to shaping our community.
September 25
Thursday • 12 events
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Harvard Law Run Club Thursday Run
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Join Harvard Law Run Club for a run on Thursday, September 25 at 7am! We will be running 5 miles, leaving from outside the WCC between Casperson, Langdell, and Hauser. All paces are welcome. -
Alumni in Residence with Reginald Brown J.D. ’96 of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Reginald “Reg” Brown provides investigations-related guidance, strategic counsel and crisis management assistance to a broad range of companies and senior executives confronting challenges and opportunities at the intersection of government, law, media and public policy. Reg is Chambers Band One rated in both Crisis Management and Congressional Investigations and has assisted leading institutions and high-profile individual clients with more than one hundred and fifty congressional inquiries, as well as numerous federal, state and global government investigations and crisis avoidance and mitigation matters. Click to register. -
POM’s HIO office hours at HLS Fall 2025 – WCC 5046
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Recurring
Peter O’Meara, HIO Advisor for HLS, holds in-person office hours for HLS students and scholars on a first-come, first-served basis in WCC 5046 every Thursday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. during the Fall 2025 term. No appointment necessary. -
JudgeTatel Book Talk: Vision
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Judge David S. Tatel, D.C. Circuit Judge (Ret.) and Civil Rights Lawyer, will be discussing his book, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, on Thursday, September 25, 12:30pm-1:15pm in 2036 Milstein East B. Lunch will be available. Hosted by Professor Martha Minow and Professor Jim Greiner. -
JudgeTatel Book Talk: Vision
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Judge David S. Tatel, D.C. Circuit Judge (Ret.) and Civil Rights Lawyer, will be discussing his book, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, on Thursday, September 25, 12:30pm-1:15pm in 2036 Milstein East B. Lunch will be available. Hosted by Professor Martha Minow and Professor Jim Greiner. -
Law School 101 for La Alianza Members
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm
Calling all 1Ls! La Alianza is hosting an event specifically for the 1Ls in La Alianza to eat lunch, learn more about HLS, get study tips, and meet your fellow Alianza members. -
CSEL Lunch Talk with Michael McCann, Jon Hanson, and Charlie McIntyre
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law and the Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law on Thursday, September 25 at 12:30pm in WCC 1015 for a discussion with Michael McCann, Founding Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of… -
HLEP New Member Training (Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project- SPO)
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Need pro bono hours? Hoping to get hands-on experience advising Harvard/MIT startups? Looking for student practice experience with a transactional spin? HLEP is finalizing its membership for Fall 2025! Please attend our training session to learn more. RSVP to be included in our Fall 2025 project cycle. -
A Panel of Current 2L and 3Ls: A Day in the Life of a Summer Associate
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join Texas Club for our “Day in the Life of a Summer Associate Panel,” where 2L and 3L students will recount their experiences as summer associates and answer questions regarding recruiting, the Texas legal market, and the day-to-day expectations of summer associates. Lunch will be provided. -
Do You Want to Fight Economic Inequality? Become a Labor Lawyer!
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Unions represent the strongest institutionalized force for the working class that can counteract the influence of Corporate America. As such, the role of labor lawyers has never been more important. Join OPIA to learn from Wasserstein Fellow Jonah J. Lalas, who went from union organizer to law student to now a partner at Altshuler Berzon LLP’s newly-opened Southern California office. A child of Filipino immigrants, Jonah will talk about his path to becoming a labor lawyer and discuss his work representing nurses, writers, hotel workers, linemen, and incarcerated workers. He will also offer practical tips on how to position yourself to land a place in this exciting, fulfilling, and constantly-evolving practice that continues to provide critical support to the ongoing struggle for economic justice. Lunch provided. Please RSVP below! Open to the HLS community.
September 26
Friday • 4 events
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Tax Happenings: Tax in the Year Ahead
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Join HLS Tax Law Association for our inaugural event of the year with Professor Thomas J. Brennan, Stanley S. Surrey Professor of Law at HLS. We will discuss major tax developments over the past year as well as what the year ahead has in store for tax law. Find out… -
Is Authoritarian Constitutionalism an Oxymoron?
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Mark Tushnet
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard Law School
Co-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Law and Authoritarianism (with Cora Chan, Madhav Khosla, and Benjamin Liebman) Professor Tushnet, who graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood… -
Library Tours for New JDs & Visitors
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Welcome to HLS Library! Join us for a 25-minute tour of library spaces and learn about library services available to you. The tour will begin at the circulation desk in the main lobby. Attendees can opt to stay for a 15-minute sit-down introduction to accessing Harvard research collections and databases. The… -
Christian Fellowship Friday Gathering
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
This is our weekly gathering for Christian Fellowship. Most weeks we will have alumni or professors come to speak on the subject of faith and work. Dinner is provided. All HLS students are welcome!…
September 28
Sunday • 4 events
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Journal on Legislation Fall Subcite
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
The Harvard Journal on Legislation is the nation’s premier legal journal focused on the analysis of legislation and the legislative process. First published in 1964, the Journal on Legislation is the third oldest journal at Harvard Law School. The Journal is published semi-annually, in winter and summer. Subciting an article… -
Harvard/MIT Startup Pitch Weekend
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join us for pitches for legal support and funding this pitch weekend, from startups across Harvard and MIT! On Saturday, startups will pitch for pro bono legal assistance. On Sunday, startups will pitch for VC funding consideration and a cash prize. -
Harvard Business Law Review Fall Subcite
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Harvard Business Law Review is hosting its Fall Subcite on Sunday, September 28th from 12 pm to 4 pm in Milstein East. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP.
September 29
Monday • 10 events
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Lunch Event: Conversation with Mayor Ras Baraka
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Join MENALSA, HLS Dems, BLSA, and the Equal Democracy Project on Monday, September 29 at 12:15 p.m. in WCC 1023 for a conversation with Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, NJ. Mayor Baraka has led Newark since 2014 and is known as one of the most progressive Democrats in the country,… -
Lunch Talk with International Human Rights Lawyer Angelita Baeyens
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Alianza and WLA for a lunch discussion with International Human Rights Lawyer Angelita Baeyens. Ms. Baeyens is Vice President for International Advocacy & Litigation at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, where she leads high-impact cases before regional human rights mechanisms and the UN. All are welcome!… -
A Conversation with fmr. Assistant Attorney General Steven A. Engel
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for a wide ranging discussion moderated by Prof. Jack Goldsmith with Fmr. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Steven A. Engel. Topics will include the work of the OLC, the scope of Article II, and Trump II’s use of executive power. Chick-fil-a will be provided. -
Winter Term Opportunities Information Session
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
HLS offers 2Ls, 3Ls and LL.M. students the opportunity to pursue independent clinicals or research and writing projects during J-term, domestically or abroad. 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 HLS… -
Meet the Judge: Hon. Susan Carney, Alaska Supreme Court
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
Hear from Chief Justice Susan Carney (HLS ’87), from the Alaska Supreme Court, about her work and clerking and ask questions in a live, face-to-face, small group setting. After law school, Chief Justice Carney clerked for Justice Jay Rabinowitz of the Alaska Supreme Court. She later worked as a defense… -
1L International Student Q&A
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
International JD Students have unique concerns when seeking summer, and ultimately post-graduate, employment. Bring your lunch and your questions to an informal meeting with OCS’s Yih-hsien Shen and OPIA’s Jillian Tuck. Let us dispel rumors, address fears, and provide you with suggestions to help you in your job search. -
EIC Office Hours
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join the EICs of the National Security Journal to have some treats and ask questions the journal’s work and life at HLS more broadly. -
Conversations on Law, Democracy, and Public Service
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
We invite the HLS community to a special evening event in which faculty will discuss the centrality of public service in the practice and study of law. In conversation with each other, faculty will explore how their particular legal field(s) structure the public sphere, and the nature of public service… -
CRT School: Homeroom
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Class is in session! Join Bell Collective for our very first meeting, in which we will introduce the organization and dive into critical race theory. Dinner provided.