Showing 17 events for the week starting 02/27/2025
February 27
Thursday • 17 events
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Harvard BLSA 2025 Spring Conference
February 27, 2025 – February 28, 2025
Harvard BLSA’s 2025 Spring Conference will feature 2 days of academic, cultural, and professional development programming. Keynote speeches from Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and CEO and Chairman Emeritus of BET, Debra Lee (HLS ’80). Day 1 Advocacy, Organizing, and Storytelling Workshop Law & Influence – Leveraging Law… -
Advocacy, Organizing, and Storytelling Workshop (HBLSA Spring Conference)
10:15 am - 11:15 am
Join entrepreneur George Fatheree, III for an immerse workshop that teaches students how to hone their voice across various mediums, including social media, news outlets, podcasts, blogs, etc. -
Law & Influence – Leveraging Law to Lead Change Panel
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Honorable Victor A. Bolden U.S. District Judge (Connecticut), Lisa LeCointe-Cephas Partner DLA Piper, and Legally Priscilla Current Civil Rights Attorney explore how a law degree can be leveraged to influence change. -
Health Law and Policy: From Clinic to Practice
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join a panel of alumni to hear about their experiences working on LGBTQ+ health and related issues. Milo Inglehart ‘19, Courtney Dougherty ‘22, and Cathy Zhang ‘23 will talk about how their time at HLS and in the Health Law & Policy Clinic helped them develop the skills they use… -
Unpacking Crimmigration: The Case for Separating Immigration from the Criminal System
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Talk by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández — the Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and an immigration lawyer. He has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Guardian, and many other venues. -
HLR/BSA/HLAB Panel
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Come listen to a panel of upperclassmen discuss their experiences applying to and being a member of the Harvard Law Review, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, and the Board of Student Advisors. Lunch will be provided!… -
Faith Behind Bars: The Role of Faith in Prison Reform
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Harvard Muslim Law Students Association for a powerful conversation with Shawn Barksdale and Larry Howerton, two formerly incarcerated advocates who have spent decades working to reform the prison system. They will share their experiences with incarceration, the role of faith in reclaiming agency, and their ongoing efforts to… -
Lunch Panel Goodwin Procter, Norton Rose Fulbright, Wilson Sonsini
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join WLA for a lunch talk with attorneys from Goodwin Procter, Norton Rose Fulbright, Wilson Sonsini. -
Alumni in Residence with Brandon Baer J.D. ’97 of Contingency Capital
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
After graduating from HLS in 1997, Brandon started as an associate at Willkie Farr and Gallagher. Wanting to shift his career to finance, in 2002, he started working at D.E. Shaw & Co., focusing on distressed investing in complex private illiquids. In 2010, he joined Fortress Investment Group as a partner in the corporate securities group, focusing on litigation finance, distressed debt, and special situations. Brandon left Fortress to launch Contingency Capital in 2020. Contingency employs a credit-oriented approach to investing in legal assets. Click to register. -
Forge Your Path Breakout Session
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Students will be divided based on their interests to facilitate intimate conversations related to navigating public interest, big law, or government pathways. Facilitators: Honorable Victor A. Bolden U.S. District Judge (Connecticut)
Lisa LeCointe-Cephas Partner DLA Piper
Legally Priscilla Civil Rights Attorney… -
Spring 2025 Byse Workshop – Alternative Dispute Resolution: Historical Roots, Political Agendas and Philosophical Ideas
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Join the HLS Spring 2025 Byse Workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution: Historical Roots, Political Agendas, and Philosophical Ideas. Together, we will examine some of the most paradigmatic methods of dispute resolution (e.g., negotiation, mediation, etc.), delving into their underlying philosophical, historical, economic, and political foundations and implications. This non-credit workshop… -
TechReg Reading Group: Emerging Policies of the New Administration
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
The TechReg Reading Group (TRRG) is a series of faculty guided discussions about TechReg policy developments as they are announced by the Trump Administration (White House, OMB, OSTP, Commerce, DHS, DOJ, FCC, FTC, etc.). Specific topics will likely include Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Electronic Surveillance, Emerging Technologies & National Security, Internet Speech & Social Media, and International Data Flows. Topics and discussion will be guided by HLS Lecturer on Law and Berkman Klein Center Affiliate, Alan Raul, with invited guests as topics warrant. -
Election Law for the New Electorate: The Culture and Politics of Elections in the US
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
The American electorate is transforming—undergoing its most sweeping changes in half a century. These changes include the disappearance of income as a voting cleavage, the rise of a new diploma divide, racial depolarization, and major shifts in voters’ spatial patterns. This talk will explore the implications of the new electorate… -
Jeh Johnson – Former Secretary of Homeland Security (HBLSA Spring Conference)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join Harvard BLSA as they conclude the first day of their Spring Conference with Secretary Jeh Johnson with an introduction from Professor David Wilkins. Jeh Johnson is a partner in the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP. In public life he was Secretary of Homeland Security… -
EDP Presents: Local Advocacy Dinner
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Join us for EDP’s Local Advocacy Dinner at 6:15 pm on Thursday, 2/27 in WCC 1015. This dinner is designed to help folks get engaged in local politics and make a difference in the places we live. The dinner will have a special guest and local policy expert, Justin Tseng…