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September 9, 2026

Wednesday

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    Writing at HLS

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Get a roadmap to writing requirements, resources, and opportunities at Harvard Law School. Join Jeffrey R. Wilson, Director of the HLS Writing Center, and three students awarded HLS writing prizes. Lunch to be provided. Space is limited.

September 28, 2026

Monday

  • 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…

October 1, 2026

Thursday

  • Sharon Weill Book Talk

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Book discussion with Sharon Weill, co-author of Terror on Trial, An Ethnography of French Courts (CUP 2026), which examines how terrorism logics are reflected, represented, and negotiated within French criminal proceedings and offers a nuanced, bottom-up perspective on the role of courts, based upon hundreds of hearing days. Sharon Weill…

August 31, 2026

Monday

  • LLM Series: Job Search Materials

    10:00 am - 11:30 am

    Professional job search documents are the foundation for every successful LL.M. job search. Attend this session to learn the basics about how to draft a U.S. style resume and cover letter, how to choose a writing sample, and how to create a list of references. This event will be recorded…

July 22, 2026

Wednesday

  • An Introduction to Clinical Legal Education at HLS

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Incoming LLMs and transfer students are invited to an hour-long Zoom panel on Wednesday, July 22 at 12:15 p.m. (EST) that is co-sponsored by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, the Dean of Students Office, and the Graduate Program – “An Introduction to Clinical Legal Education at HLS.” The session…

April 23, 2026

Thursday

April 22, 2026

Wednesday

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    Courting Authoritarianism—A Comparative Perspective

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Discussions about courts in democratically backsliding and fully autocratic contexts usually focus on two aspects: their co-optation and instrumentalization by authoritarian actors, and their role in defending human rights and the rule of law. The role of courts in providing the intellectual scaffolding of legality to authoritarianism, or in offering…

April 22, 2026

Wednesday

  • Image thumbnail for Move Fast, Break Things: The Policy Origins of Today’s AI Race

    Move Fast, Break Things: The Policy Origins of Today’s AI Race

    12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

    Today’s U.S.-China AI race is often framed as the defining technological competition of our era. It is marked by a surge of subsidies, tax credits, and public-private investment, as governments commit billions to AI, data centers, and semiconductor infrastructure in pursuit of technological advantage. This cutthroat competition may seem like…

April 16, 2026

Thursday

  • Harvard Law Review Writing Competition Tips Session

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    On Thursday, April 16, the Harvard Law Review will host its annual Writing Competition Tips Session. Join us to learn more about the mechanics of the Competition and tips for its Subcite and Case Comment components. Lunch will be provided!…

April 16, 2026

Thursday

April 16, 2026

Thursday

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    How To: The Legal Op Ed

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Learn how to share your legal expertise with a wide audience—from coming up with an idea and drafting a piece to submitting it and working with editors. Join the Harvard Law School Writing Center to hear behind-the-scenes stories, lessons learned the hard way, and writing advice from: Sharon…

April 16, 2026

Thursday

April 14, 2026

Tuesday

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    AI and the Concentration of Power

    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Zoë Hitzig, known for her research and writing on the political economy of AI, including a widely discussed op-ed reflecting on her decision to leave OpenAI, will examine how AI systems may reshape where knowledge resides and how decisions are made. As these systems begin to capture and operationalize forms…

April 14, 2026

Tuesday

April 14, 2026

Tuesday

April 14, 2026

Tuesday

  • Image thumbnail for Not Dead Yet: International Law and Human Rights in an Age of Uncertainty

    Not Dead Yet: International Law and Human Rights in an Age of Uncertainty

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    In an era when headlines declare international law “dead” and conflicts rage across Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan, a groundbreaking nine-country survey published in a report from Lex International reveals a surprising truth: the global public overwhelmingly rejects the idea that “might makes right.” From Indonesia to the United States, 80-95%…

April 8, 2026

Wednesday

March 31, 2026

Tuesday

  • Clinical Program Open House and Academic Advising Fair

    11:30 am - 1:30 pm

    Clinical faculty and students from all 38 clinics will host tables so that rising 2Ls and 3Ls can learn more about each of our clinical offerings! Additionally, advisors from the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, the Registrar’s Office, OPIA, OCS, Student Academic Advising, and more will be there…

March 30, 2026

Monday

March 30, 2026

Monday

  • Image thumbnail for Open House: Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic

    Open House: Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic

    12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

    Come speak with Faculty Director Andrew Mergen, Clinical Instructor Sommer Engels, Clinical Fellow Aspen Ono, and current Clinic students about the fantastic and diverse opportunities to expand your lawyering skills and substantive knowledge of environmental law through work on a variety of litigation, administrative, legislative, and policy projects. Clinic projects…

March 26, 2026

Thursday

March 26, 2026

Thursday

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    RAP Symposium 2026

    9:00 am - 8:00 pm

    Please join the Harvard Law School Recording Artists Project for our 2026 Symposium, an all-day event full of speakers at the intersection of music, entertainment, and law: musicians, entertainment/music lawyers, managers, and record label founders. Starting at 6:00 PM, we invite you to join us for a cocktail reception. Current…

March 23, 2026

Monday

March 13, 2026

Friday

  • Impact Litigation for Safe AI

    12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

    How can we use the courts to hold AI labs accountable? From chatbot suicides to autonomous AI agents, the legal questions surrounding artificial intelligence are being written in real time, and the courtroom may be where the most consequential answers emerge. Join Tyler Whitmer at the Berkman Klein Center for…

March 12, 2026

Thursday

March 10, 2026

Tuesday

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    Publishing While Practicing

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Want to publish a paper? Want to keep the door open for a career in academia? Join the Harvard Law School Writing Center on March 10th from 12:15 to 1:15 pm for Publishing While Practicing. Hear from law school faculty who have published legal scholarship while working at the DOJ…

March 5, 2026

Thursday

  • HLS Writes!

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Learn about the J.D. Written Work Requirement and writing opportunities at HLS including journals, the library, writing fellowships, special events, publishing your writing, and the Writing Center. A panel discussion featuring: Meredith Boak, Associate Dean for Academic Programs Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Professor of Law Andreas Psahos, HLS Writing Fellow Ema…

March 3, 2026

Tuesday

  • Targeting the Bench: U.S. Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court event poster

    Targeting the Bench: U.S. Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    The past year has witnessed a series of measures by the executive branch of the U.S. government that are antagonistic towards international human rights norms and institutions. Most notable among these are the sanctions imposed against judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC). These sanctions have turned policy tools typically applied to the…

March 2, 2026

Monday

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    How to Use Word Like a Lawyer

    12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

    Come learn from the expert how to use Word's formatting functions to create the best Brief possible. We'll cover using styles, creating a table of contents, adding Roman and Arabic numbers to the same document, and creating a table of authorities. Bring your laptop, your formatting questions, and your appetite.

March 2, 2026

Monday

February 27, 2026

Friday

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    Public Writing and the Law Workshop

    3:30 pm - 6:00 pm

    On February 27th, LPE@HLS will host Public Writing and the Law. A lunchtime panel discussion on journalism and public understanding of the law (12:15-1:15 PM) will be followed by workshops (3:30-6:00 PM, registration required) for all Boston-area law students, legal scholars, and practitioners interested in writing for a general audience.

February 27, 2026

Friday

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    Public Writing and the Law

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    On February 27th, LPE@HLS will host Public Writing and the Law. A lunchtime panel discussion on journalism and public understanding of the law (12:15-1:15 PM) will be followed by workshops (3:30-6:00 PM, registration required) for all Boston-area law students, legal scholars, and practitioners interested in writing for a general…

February 25, 2026

Wednesday

February 24, 2026

Tuesday

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    Writing Workshop with Incarcerated Writers

    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Please come join the Free Minds Book Club and the Pforzheimer House Pre-Law Advising team for an evening session to learn about building literary community in carceral spaces and to provide feedback to incarcerated poets. NOTE: There will be the option to join remotely as well. Where: Pforzheimer House, 56…

February 20, 2026

Friday

  • Image thumbnail for Alumni in Residence with Steven Glaser J.D. ’95 of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

    Alumni in Residence with Steven Glaser J.D. ’95 of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Steven Glaser is a Skadden partner with nearly 30 years of experience in government enforcement, white collar defense, and compliance. He represents companies and executives in investigations by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and state regulators, with a major focus on antitrust matters. He previously served as an assistant United States attorney in Manhattan. Click to register.

January 28, 2026

Wednesday

January 26, 2026

Monday

  • Image thumbnail for Beyond the Headlines: AI and Historical Newspapers

    Beyond the Headlines: AI and Historical Newspapers

    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Beyond the Headlines: AI and Historical Newspapers Online event: 1/26/26 2-3PM EST Registration Link Historical newspapers hold stories that shaped our communities, but the sheer volume of their pages has long limited what we could discover within them. What changes when we can digitize and then analyze millions of…

December 1, 2025

Monday

  • Interfaith Creators’ Salon

    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    All current Harvard students are invited to join us for art-making, including drawing, painting, and writing poetry, prose, music, and more! Come, Create, Compose in the name of the human spirit in a mind and heart-lifting Interfaith Creators’ Salon. The session will commence with a poem entitled “Creative Commands” to…

November 21, 2025

Friday

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    Understanding the AI Action Plan

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Join Alan Raul (Harvard College ’75, HKS MPA ’77) and Justin Curl (HLS ’26) for a discussion of the Trump Administration’s central AI policy document: AI Action Plan. We will begin with an overview of the AI Action Plan’s key parts before opening up to a broader conversation discussing the…

November 19, 2025

Wednesday

  • How to be the Superintelligence You’ve Been Waiting For event poster

    How to be the Superintelligence You’ve Been Waiting For

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    We alternately dread, worship and dismiss the arrival of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). Yet the real superintelligences already surround us: religions, corporations, markets and democracies. This talk will welcome us to imagine not how we can build ASI that defeats us in all things, but instead how we can, together with…

November 17, 2025

Monday

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    Ames Moot Court Competition Final Round 2025

    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    Harvard Law School’s Ames Moot Court Competition is one of the nation’s most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy. Join this year’s finalists to hear them argue their cases in front of our guest judges. Seating in the courtroom will be by lottery, Austin Hall first floor classrooms available for viewing if…

November 4, 2025

Tuesday

  • Mississippi Delta Project celebration event invite

    Mississippi Delta Celebration

    5:30 pm - 7:15 pm

    The Mississippi Delta Project (MDP) looks forward to seeing you at our annual Delta Celebration on Tuesday, November 4, at 5:30 pm. The celebration/reception will be held in Milstein West AB of the Wasserstein building (WCC 2019) on the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, MA. The Celebration is an opportunity to meet…

November 4, 2025

Tuesday

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    Mississippi Delta Celebration Lunch Fireside Chat

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    You are invited to the Mississippi Delta Celebration Lunch Fireside Chat.
    Date: November 4, 2025
    Time: 12:30 pm – 1:15 p.m.
    Venue: Milstein West (WCC 2019)     We will enjoy a fireside chat with Dr. Oscar Brookins, emeritus faculty in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at…

November 4, 2025

Tuesday

  • Movement Lawyering: from the U.S. South to the Global South

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Want to learn more about movement lawyering? Join Wasserstein Fellow Azadeh Shahshahani as she speaks about her work in the U.S. South and support for social movements in the Global South as a movement lawyer. Azadeh will delve into the theory of change behind movement lawyering, what movement lawyering looks like in practice, and how to prepare yourself for a career as a movement lawyer during your time in law school. Lunch provided. Please RSVP below! Open to the HLS community.

October 22, 2025

Wednesday

  • Image thumbnail for SALSA x La Alianza x APALSA Clerkship Panel

    SALSA x La Alianza x APALSA Clerkship Panel

    12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

    Hear from members of various affinity groups who have secured clerkships on how to: navigate the clerkship application process, strategically plan your 2L spring in light of writing sample and recommendation letter requirements, and set yourself for success! Please RSVP at the following link so we can get an accurate…

October 20, 2025

Monday

  • 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…

October 20, 2025

Monday

October 14, 2025

Tuesday

September 29, 2025

Monday

  • 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…

September 29, 2025

Monday

  • 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…