Showing 20 events for the week starting 11/12/2026
November 12
Thursday • 20 events
-
HIO Office Hours with Peter O’Meara (WCC 5th Floor)
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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 or 5048, every Thursday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. during the 2026 Fall Semester. No appointment necessary. -
Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law X Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Join JSEL on November 12th at 12:30 – 1:15 PM in WCC 3038 for a talk with Eric Geffner, Matt Carpenter-Dennis, Michael Kuh, and Logan Duffy from Simpson Thacher about the firm’s sports practice.
RSVP here… -
Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes Lunch & Learn: Practicing Law in Texas
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes for a discussion on oil and gas litigation, an overview of the Texas Business Courts, and different practice areas of the firm. Lunch will be provided. -
Journal of Law & Gender Conference: Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear author
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender as we celebrate our 50th anniversary with our annual conference. As part of our Fall Mini Conference, we are hosting a discussion with Caro Claire Burke, author of Yesteryear. We will discuss Yesteryear‘s reflections on modern feminism and the tradwife movement. The event… -
Lunch Talk with James Pollack, JD’20, Partner at Marten Law
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Please join us for a lunch conversation with James Pollack, JD’20, Partner at Marten Law. James will reflect on his career trajectory after graduating from HLS and will discuss his work at Marten Law, where he leads the firm’s regulatory practice where he helps trusted national brands bring more sustainable products… -
What Do Big Law Firms Really Do?
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Learn about what it’s like to work in Big Law, the types of cases Big Law firms work on, and your career options! Lunch will be served. -
Rural America: Shocks, Stressors, and Successes
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Inspired by the forthcoming book Rural America in the 2020s: Shocks, Stressors, and Successes, panelists will share lessons from their work across the Mississippi Delta in community development, public health, coalition-building, and rural policy advocacy. Together, panelists and attendees will explore what it means to serve rural communities in ways… -
Legal Careers in Fashion with LVMH
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
This will be a great opportunity for JD candidates interested in careers at the intersection of law and luxury to hear from LVMH teams about available opportunities, timelines, and application best practices for securing a legal role at LVMH. Discover a world of possibilities during Inside LVMH This virtual program… -
Who Governs Frontier AI? New Roles for Auditors, Insurers, and Industry
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
State and federal lawmakers are busy discussing whether—and how—to regulate frontier AI labs. But the tools available to them go far beyond traditional top-down regulation. This panel explores three potential components of a frontier regulatory regime: industry self-regulatory organizations, independent verification organizations, and insurance for AI-caused harms. Come hear experts… -
Book Talk: “Why Carbon Taxes Failed” with author Daniel Driscoll
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join the Center for Labor and a Just Economy for a book talk with Daniel Driscoll, author of “Why Carbon Taxes Failed,” moderated by Max Kiefel, Associate Director of Innovation at CLJE. This book interrogates the foundational flaw of carbon tax policymaking. Drawing on global archives and conversations with policymakers… -
Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Voices
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
A conversation with Jennifer Turner, principal human rights researcher at the ACLU, about systematic suppression of Pro-Palestine speech on American university campuses. This discussion will center the report that the ACLU published in September 2026 titled ““Student Speech Under Attack: Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech and Dissent on Campus.”… -
Being Heumann Advance Screening Watch Party
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Harvard Ability Plus, in collaboration with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Apple TV to host Being Heumann, a biographical comedy-drama film by Sian Heder starring Ruth Madeley as… -
Fall 2026 Byse Workshop: Democratizing Finance?
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Recurring
Democratizing Finance?: This workshop interrogates the competing visions of democracy that inform recent proposals to democratize the financial system and how finance and social governance interact more broadly. Each session explores how different financial institutions may be falling short of democratic ideals and what can be done about it. Led by… -
HLS Dems | Sam Levine
3:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Please join us for a small-group discussion with Sam Levine, a key economic advisor to Mayor Zohran Mamdani who serves as Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Commissioner Levine was previously Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. Light snacks will be… -
Harvard Law Run Club Thursday Run
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Join Harvard Law Run Club for a 5 mile run at 3:45pm! We will meet outside the WCC between Casperson, Langdell, and Hauser. All paces are welcome!… -
Mississippi Delta Celebration
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Please join the Mississippi Delta Project (MDP) for our annual Delta Celebration on Thursday, November 12, at 5:30 pm. The Celebration is an opportunity to meet and reconnect with members of the Harvard community, MDP student leaders, the Delta Directions Consortium, and guests who share a commitment to the Delta… -
Crime and Punishment in America
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Come and watch 45 minutes of clips from Crime and Punishment in America, Ken Burns’ new four-part documentary series about the criminal legal system. “A sweeping look at the American criminal justice system, from the origins of prisons and policing to our continued fascination with crime, the film traces the… -
Women on the Bench: A Judicial Panel on Clerkships and Careers in the Judiciary
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join the WLA Judicial Clerkships Committee for an evening with women judges from across the Massachusetts state and federal courts, from the trial court to the Supreme Judicial Court. Panelists include Judge Debra Squires-Lee (Massachusetts Superior Court), Judge Angel Kelly and Judge Margaret Guzman (U.S. District Court for the District…
