Showing 73 events for the week starting 10/14/2025
October 14
Tuesday • 16 events
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Alumni in Residence with Rita Soares LL.M. ’14 and Tom Graham LL.M. ’11
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Rita Soares is a lawyer and policy advisor working at the intersection of tech and human rights. Tom Graham is the founder of Metaphysic, an industry leader in developing generative AI technologies and machine learning research to create immersive photorealistic content at internet scale and recently acquired by Brahma. Click to register. -
The HLS Writing Center Opens for Fall 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
The HLS Writing Center helps students and faculty with their writing for courses and publications. It opens for Fall 2025 appointments on Tuesday, October 14. Stop by Wasserstein Hall 3054 or email hlswritingcenter@law.harvard.edu to learn more. Or book an appointment now. -
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 -
PON Live! Katherine Coffman – Capitalizing on the Best Ideas and Talent
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Even the best ideas and talent can only deliver value when they are put forward. A student who is unsure of an answer on a test can only answer correctly if she is willing to submit her best guess rather than skip the question. A corporate executive can only improve… -
Property Rights and National Identities in Jerusalem – The Case of the Armenian Quarter : A Talk with Sami Ershied
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
How does a case of property ownership become a case of minority identity? What are the unique legal aspects of property cases in Jerusalem? What can we learn from the the current legal battles to protect property in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter? The Legal Status of property possession and ownership in… -
Book Event on “Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century “
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Latin America has been a pivotal site for influential and innovative developments in international law since the colonial era. While Latin American states have developed their own approaches to international law and exerted a notable influence on both law and doctrine, they have also, through much of the twentieth century,… -
Campaign Contributions as Crimes?: Convicted, Pardoned, and Seeking Cert in Sittenfeld v. United States
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Harvard Federalist Society as we host former Cincinnati City Councillor P.G. Sittenfeld and Caleb Burns, Partner at Wiley, on the story and law behind their cert petition in Sittenfeld v. United States. What is it like to be on the wrong side of an indictment and pardoned? Has… -
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… -
ACS Lunch Talk with Judge Boasberg
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join ACS for a lunch talk with Judge James Boasberg, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP: bit.ly/4mEB5zm… -
Westlaw & Lexis: Lunch & Learn
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Lexis and Westlaw for a joint session designed to help you sharpen your legal research skills and tackle your assignments with confidence. Learn tips, efficient strategies, and platform-specific tools to make your research faster and more effective. Pizza will be provided! Please register using this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=P-50kiWUCUGif5-xXBBnXYGCKOn7RVFGpJ4ExxroPlFUQjFBUDZGTEs1TVlYS0dDVUpKM1QzWUlJSS4u. Or, use… -
HALB x Paul Weiss
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join HALB for an exclusive conversation with Paul, Weiss attorneys as they discuss one of the year’s most high-profile transactions: 3G Capital’s agreement to acquire Skechers. This session will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the complexities of structuring and executing a multibillion-dollar cross-border acquisition, including the strategic considerations and challenges… -
First Class Community Dinner
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Come join us for our November Community Dinner! This is a casual space to share a meal with your first class community. -
Fried Frank Virtual Office Hours
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
See CSM/Symplicity for full event details and RSVP. -
Davis Polk (Washington DC only) Virtual Office Hours
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
See CSM/Symplicity for full event details and RSVP. …
October 15
Wednesday • 14 events
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Harvard Law Run Club Wednesday Run
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Join Harvard Law Run Club for a run at 8am! We will meet outside the WCC between Casperson, Langdell, and Hauser. All paces are welcome. -
Alumni in Residence with Amar Mehta J.D. ’06 of Waymo LLC
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Amar Mehta is the Chief Legal Officer at Waymo and is responsible for legal, insurance, global public policy, and government relations. His purview leading legal includes Waymo’s financing and corporate development transactions, worldwide commercial and strategic deals, litigation and law enforcement matters, and regulatory compliance and product safety, security and privacy counseling. Amar also leads development and enforcement of the company’s industry-leading IP portfolio and development of the company’s first-in-kind autonomous vehicle technology insurance underwriting, coverage and claims functions. Click to register -
The Injustices of Iqbal: A Talk with the Plaintiff’s Lawyer Alexander Reinert
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for a conversation with Professor Alexander Reinert, who represented the plaintiffs in Ashcroft v. lqbal before the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Reinert will give broader context to the Islamophobia that runs through this case, the challenges to executive action in response to 9 /11, and the detrimental impact… -
Harvard Health Law Society – GBM/Mentorship Kick-Off
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Harvard Health Law Society (HHLS) for our General Body Meeting (GBM) and mentorship program kickoff! Come learn more about HHLS, our upcoming events, and to meet your mentor/mentee if you signed up for the program. Lunch (likely DIG, with V/GF options always available) will be served. -
Resilience and Recovery: Careers in Disaster Legal Services
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
What is Disaster Lawyering? As climate change exacerbates environmental disasters across the country, lawyers play an increasingly important role to help survivors recover from these devastating events. Hear from legal aid attorneys working in Texas, Oklahoma, and North Carolina discuss their work, including direct client services, strategic litigation, and legislative… -
A Conversation with January 6 Prosecutor Mike Romano
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Mike Romano served as the Deputy Chief of the Capitol Siege Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led prosecutions related to the events of January 6th, 2021. -
Westlaw & Lexis: Lunch & Learn
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Lexis and Westlaw for a joint session designed to help you sharpen your legal research skills and tackle your assignments with confidence. Learn tips, efficient strategies, and platform-specific tools to make your research faster and more effective. Pizza will be provided! Please register at this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=P-50kiWUCUGif5-xXBBnXYGCKOn7RVFGpJ4ExxroPlFUN084NkhZUkJFVUFZUjhTVkszQ0s4NEhCRS4u. Or, you… -
Arbitration 101 and Kahoot!
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for an introduction to international arbitration, the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association (HIALSA) team, planned projects and a fun Kahoot session and stand a chance to win cool HLS merch! Sushi will be provided!… -
DC Market Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Pound Hall; 101 Ballantine Classroom Heard the phrase “government-facing work”? Want to learn what that means? Come learn about DC legal market from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the market. Lunch will be provided. -
Texas Bar Exam Presentation
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Information session on the Texas Bar Exam.
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Office Hours with DC Legal Market Expert
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sign up for a 20-minute meeting with DC legal market headhunter, Matt Schwartz of Garrison & Sisson, Inc. to get your questions answered about the DC legal market. Sign up for time slot in CSM. Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about… -
DLA Piper Virtual Office Hours
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
See CSM/Symplicity for full event details and RSVP. -
Paul, Weiss (Washington, DC Office Only) Virtual Office Hours
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
See CSM/Symplicity for full event details and RSVP.
October 16
Thursday • 15 events
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Alumni in Residence with Blaise Warren J.D. ’05 of Invesco, Ltd.
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Blaise Warren is the COO of the Systematic Equities team at Invesco, Ltd., an investment management firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was previously an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, in Washington, D.C., and Jones Day in Cleveland, OH, where he represented major corporations, boards of directors, and executives in litigation and government investigation matters. Previously, Blaise was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. 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. -
National Security and Oversight: A Fireside Chat with the Hon. Beth Williams
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
What is the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), and why has no one ever heard of it? How do we ensure that the rights of citizens are protected in the era of the surveillance state? What does a career in national security law even look like? Join the… -
Private Sins, Public Crimes: Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
A talk with Professor Farzin Vejdani to discuss his latest book on the legal and social history of crime and punishment in Iran. The discussion will be moderated by Salma Waheedi, Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at HLS.
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The AI Energy Crunch
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm
AI data centers have huge energy demands and are raising electricity rates. Join the Harvard Law AI Association and Abundance for a lunch talk with Ari Peskoe, Director of the Electricity Law Initiative, about the legal issues at the intersection of AI, data centers, and utility costs. Please RSVP here. -
Journal on Legislation – Lunch with Cooley DC
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join the Journal on Legislation for a lunch talk with Ray Tolentino. Ray is a partner in Cooley’s DC office, where he focuses on complex commercial litigation, appellate litigation and crisis management. He also maintains a robust public interest and pro bono practice focused on antidiscrimination law, immigrants’ rights, gun violence protection,… -
HALB: Entrepreneurship and Legal Technology
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for a conversation with Dan Wertman, Founder and CEO of Noetica AI, a company pioneering AI-powered software for benchmarking corporate debt transactions. Before founding Noetica, Dan gained extensive experience in finance and law through his work at Wachtell and BlackRock. In this session, Dan will share insights from… -
OCS Peer Adviser Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Recurring
Room varies by date. In a small group setting, 1Ls will work with OCS’s 3L Peer Advisers on how to draft a professional, impressive resume and a persuasive cover letter for the private sector. Students can either bring their application materials to the workshop or take notes for later. Feel free to bring your lunch. -
Westlaw & Lexis: Lunch & Learn
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Lexis and Westlaw for a joint session designed to help you sharpen your legal research skills and tackle your assignments with confidence. Learn tips, efficient strategies, and platform-specific tools to make your research faster and more effective. Pizza will be provided! Please register using this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=P-50kiWUCUGif5-xXBBnXYGCKOn7RVFGpJ4ExxroPlFUNktXVVJKOUJWUk5BMkpUSEJKTkFWV0UyMC4u. Or, find… -
Texas Legal Market Overview: Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Overview of Similarities and Differences between these markets including:
Practice Area Focus; Market Trends (legal market growth vs. decline); and City Size, Lifestyle, and Cultural Considerations. -
New York Market Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Pound Hall; 102 Classroom Want to practice in the largest legal market in the world, which is home to 40% of all summer associate positions? Come learn about the New York legal market from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the market. -
Beyond Litigation: Building Your Toolkit to Advance the Public Good
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Law school often projects a one-dimensional image of a successful lawyer as that of a rain-maker, federal courts litigator, or trial attorney. Understanding other ways excellence might look like in a day-to-day public interest career might be less talked about and harder to imagine. Join Wasserstein Fellow Maha Ibrahim as she shares some insights and anecdotes from her decade of experience as a civil rights lawyer and discusses some exciting ways an early-career attorney can develop an impactful skillset in conjunction with (or instead of!) just litigation. Lunch provided. Please RSVP below! Open to the HLS community. -
Journal on Legislation: 1L Coffee Chat with Cooley DC
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
1Ls interested in the DC market, please join the Journal on Legislation for a coffee chat with Ray Tolentino. Ray is a partner in Cooley’s DC office, where he focuses on complex commercial litigation, appellate litigation and crisis management. He also maintains a robust public interest and pro bono practice focused… -
Harvard Law Run Club Thursday Run
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join Harvard Law Run Club for a run at 6pm! We will meet outside the WCC between Casperson, Langdell, and Hauser. All paces are welcome.
October 17
Friday • 7 events
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CR-CL Labor Event
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Hear from Professor Sharon Block and representatives from Harvard’s unions as they discuss labor issues on campus, national labor policy, and how students can get involved in the fight! LUNCH PROVIDED!… -
Boston Market Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
WCC; 1010 Classroom Enjoying Boston? Interested in life sciences/tech? Come learn about the Boston legal market from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the market. Lunch will be provided. -
DEI & the Law: A Conversation with Professor Jasmin Gonzáles
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join us for a conversation with Professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose, the first Latina to be tenured at Boston University School of Law and a HLS alum. A leading critical evidence scholar, Professor Gonzales Rose’s research examines how race, racism, and antiracism are used and understood as sources of proof in… -
JOLT x Irell Manella
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Panel on career in IP with litigation powerhouse Irell & Manella, featuring attorneys Morgan Chu, Tony Rowles and Emily Ridson. Lunch will be served!… -
Office Hours with Boston Legal Market Expert
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sign up for a 20-minute meeting with Boston legal market headhunter, Jason McCann of Gridline Search & Consulting to get your questions answered about the Boston legal market. Sign up for a time slot in CSM. Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about… -
SJD Alumni Series with Prof. Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, Osgoode Hall Law School
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
The SJD Association is thrilled to launch our SJD Alumni Series, an initiative to reconnect with and learn from our alumni. For our first event, Saptarishi Bandopadhyay (S.J.D., HLS), Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, will join us on Friday, October 17, at 4:30 PM for a conversation about his time in… -
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!…
October 18
Saturday • 7 events
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HELR Subcite #2
8:15 am - 1:15 pm
Come join the Harvard Environmental Law Review for our [first]/[second] fall subcite!… -
Negotiation Law Review Fall Subcite
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
All are encouraged to join the Harvard Negotiation Law Review for our Fall 2025 Subcite! Subciting involves checking sources in an article, Bluebooking, and general editing for grammar and spelling. Everyone who subcites with us will have their name published in the volume and receive HNLR swag (plus breakfast and… -
A Conversation with Senator Rick Santorum
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Please join the Harvard Law School Republicans for a conversation with retired Senator, NYT bestselling author, and presidential candidate Rick Santorum. -
HLPR Fall Substantive Edit
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Substantive Edit for Harvard Law & Policy Review Volume 20.2 will take place on Saturday, October 18th, from 10am — 1pm in WCC 1023. During the Substantive Edit, teams of editors will review the structure and arguments of the articles we plan to publish in this volume, and will generate feedback that… -
HALB: Intro to Finance Workshop
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join HALB for an interactive Introduction to Finance Workshop, designed to equip law students with the core financial concepts that drive today’s business and legal decisions. Professional instructors will lead sessions covering the basics of finance, including: — The three basic financial statements and what they communicate — Capital structure… -
HLALR Subcite
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Join the Latin American Law Review for our fall subcite! This semester we will have articles about immigration, democracy, environmental law, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ recent decision in Beatriz v. El Salvador.
October 20
Monday • 14 events
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Issue Spotting in the West Wing: How to Protect the President, with Scott Toland
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
What does it look like to lawyer when your client is the most powerful man in the world? How do you protect him not just from legal risk but political risk? Few people know how to answer those questions better than Scott Toland, now a Senior Advisor for the Department… -
Copyright Litigation at Spotify
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Come join the Journal on Sports and Entertainment Law (JSEL) for a lunch talk with Emma Raviv, HLS alum and a current in-house litigator at Spotify. Emma specializes in copyright litigation, and before coming to Spotify has experience working at Kirkland & Ellis, PBS NewsHour, and the United States Copyright… -
“What Do Universities Owe Jews under Title VI, and Why?” with Robert Katz, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
What do universities owe Jews under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? The answer depends on why Title VI protects Jews – that is, its legal basis for doing so. Title VI prohibits universities from tolerating discrimination “on the ground of race, color, and national origin.” Notably,… -
Open Memo Writing
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Join a panel of experienced 2Ls and 3Ls to discuss tips and tricks to the Open Memo Writing process. Lunch provided. RSVP at the following link to help estimate attendance. This event was made possible through the collaborative efforts of La Alianza, Lambda, WLA, and First Class. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzf2qt_NiKWry82Ql9e4uqkYsOuhiElZdnVK2LHnDOhXOCFQ/viewform?usp=dialog… -
Current AI Tools for Lawyers – A Workshop
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Recurring
Bring your laptops and your appetite and join Debbie Ginsberg of HLSL's Research Services team for a demonstration of the AI tools currently available to law students. We’ll examine AI products from Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg, and the HU Sandbox. -
Francis Biddle Memorial Lecture: Has Independence Ended for the Justice Department?
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Emily Bazelon, Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law, Yale Law School Staff Writer at the New York Times Magazine -
Lunch Talk: Kiersten Haugen, Senior Counsel at Relativity Space
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join HSLS for a lunch talk with Kiersten Haugen, Senior Counsel of Launch Operations at Relativity Space. She will share insights from her time as Senior Attorney in the FAA’s Commercial Space Law Branch and her experience working across both the public and private sectors of space law. -
Environmental Q&A on Class Registration
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Environmental Law Review for a chat about environmental courses with 2Ls and 3Ls who have taken them. Lunch provided!… -
HLS Immigration Project GBM
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
HIP General Body Meetings are a space for members to stay grounded in immigration work. Whether through policy updates, direct services opportunities, or community-building over food, all members are highly encouraged to attend. Join us to stay connected and engaged!… -
JOLT x Wilson Sonsini: National Security Law in the Private Sector
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join JOLT for an engaging discussion with Joshua Gruenspecht of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on National Security Law in the Private Sector. This session will explore how national security law intersects with the private sector, including emerging challenges, regulatory considerations, and career opportunities in this dynamic field.
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Baker Botts Virtual Office Hours
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
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Paul Weiss x Harvard WLA Dinner (Barcelona Wine Bar)
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We invite you to join our attorneys for dinner to receive insight about Paul, Weiss’s recruitment process, practice areas, navigating life as a big law attorney, and much more! You must RSVP to confirm your seat. This event is for 1L students and space is limited. For information more information,…