Upcoming Events

The U.S. needs a mental health moonshot. Inspired by the Apollo moon landing, moonshots are ambitious projects with monumental goals. The U.S. has a history of funding moonshots with federal tax dollars, and the Human Genome Project is one recent example. More recently, in 2016, President Obama and Vice President Biden announced the national Cancer Moonshot to dramatically improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. That year, Congress allocated $1.8 billion to fund the project. The U.S. needs an…

Via Zoom – Register at https://bit.ly/3wjdlrz Come speak with Acting Director Shaun Goho, Clinical Instructor Aladdine Joroff, and the Clinic’s Fellows and students about fantastic and diverse opportunities to work on ground-breaking environmental and energy projects. Expand your lawyering skills and substantive knowledge by defending the role of science in decision-making, enabling and supporting citizen enforcement of environmental laws, fighting for energy justice, and advising municipalities about options for resiliency in the face of climate change, among many other kinds…

Interested in learning about the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital space? Please join the Harvard Law and Entrepreneurship Program (HLEP) and attorneys from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) to learn more about this practice area, the firm, and their insights into the recruiting process. Attendees will hear from panelists before having the opportunity to network with WSGR attorneys from different office locations. 30 event attendees will receive a $20 Uber Eats voucher. Registration for this event is required. Please…

Prof. Portia Pedro (HLS '09) discusses her use of CRT frameworks to understand changes in civil and criminal procedure, and examine how facially neutral rules shape outcomes to maintain structural racism. Portia Pedro started her career as a public interest litigation fellow, fighting against anti-Mulsim police surveillance and for marriage equality at the state level. She joined the full-time faculty of Boston University School of Law as an associate professor in July 2018. She teaches civil procedure, remedies, and evidence.…

Come learn strategies and practices for building a solidarity economy in this interactive workshop from the Boston Ujima Project. Taking its name from the Swahili Kwanzaa principle for “collective work and responsibility,” the Boston Ujima Project is organizing workers, neighbors, business-owners, and investors in the Greater Boston Area to create a community-controlled economy. Their strategies include the creation of a “Good Business and Real Estate” certification, a community-controlled investment fund, a worker-empowerment network, and an alternative local currency. The virtual…

This is a process group for students coping with and grieving a wide range of losses. These might include pandemic-related interruptions in relationships, plans and routines. These losses might also relate to illnesses and deaths of significant people in your lives, whether recent or in the past and affecting you now. The Group will meet on Jan. 25, Feb. 1, 8 and 22. Also April 5, 12 and 19. You may attend one or more than one and join whenever…

Following previous workshops on racial capitalism and solidarity economy, Boston Ujima Project and Prof. Renee Hatcher will lead a debrief and discussion space about key themes & lawyers' role in advancing a solidarity economy. The virtual conference will run from April 6 to April 18. Register for conference links and updates here: tinyurl.com/HLSCRT2021

Join us for our last general body meeting of the semester! Come meet our new Board and celebrate the upcoming end of classes! Feel free to BYOB – this will be a casual get together for all Animal Law Society members. Register in advance for this meeting: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElcOCsqjMrHdz8xogOGG3J5MehHhEWXWCd

Wednesday 14 April 2021 8:00-9:30am EST / 14:00-15:30 CET Via Zoom Please register: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ybs3ZFu4RR-s5S1MtKEVCg This online event highlights the horrific human cost of incendiary weapons and the need for a more effective international response. It features a trauma nurse who treated a girl burned by white phosphorus in Afghanistan, a survivor of an incendiary weapons attack on a Syrian school, a burn doctor with expertise in the challenges of rehabilitation, and a lawyer who will explain the steps states should…

Have you wanted to read the Bible (the book most read in the world) but never seem to have the time? It takes 70 hours and 40 minutes to read the Bible through aloud! 52 hours and 20 minutes to read the Old Testament, and 18 hours and 20 minutes to read the New Testament. The longest book, Psalms, will take 4 hours and 28 minutes. Consider joining us every Wednesday at 12 pm ET. All are welcome to join…

SERIES ON CAREERS IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW WITH PROF. MICHAEL SCHMITT https://pilac.law.harvard.edu/events//pil-careers-with-michael-schmitt TIME AND DATE April 14, 2021 from noon to 1 PM Eastern on Zoom. This event is open only to current Harvard Law School students and staff. ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED Register in advance for this meeting: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqde-qrT4jG9emYcI2jIqYKwakrV6omenh. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Professor Mike Schmitt is Professor of International Law at the University of Reading, the…

The Harvard Law and Entrepreneurship Program (HLEP) will be hosting Goodwin Procter for a virtual panel and networking event. Goodwin associates will share an inside look at what it’s like to be a summer associate working on complex transactions and high-stakes litigation in the technology, life sciences, real estate, private equity, and financial industries. Additionally, you will get an overview of what it’s like to work at Goodwin and hear directly from our associates about what their day-to-day is like…

Please join HLEP for a panel featuring attorneys from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Joining us will be Matt Tikonoff (Boston Corporate Hiring Member), Alex Civetta (Associate, ‘15), and Josh Fox (Member, ‘01), who focus on M&A, Licensing, and Venture Capital, respectively. They will discuss Mintz, how to navigate a summer job search, and what to expect as a corporate associate. 30 event attendees will receive a $20 Uber Eats voucher upon attendance and completion of the…

Do you love elephants?! Do you need a study break?! Come join us for a virtual tour of The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee! The Sanctuary is currently home to 10 elephants retired from zoos and circuses. On our virtual tour we will get to meet the current residents and learn about elephants and the work the Sanctuary does! Register for the event using the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bVmRkKji0zjak3rDYgR0idsNouZR59jzmD59lo01ovk/viewform?gxids=7628&edit_requested=true

Join us virtually on April 15th for a conversation on environmental justice with experts on community lawyering, air pollution, urban agriculture, Indian law, climate change, and more. The event will celebrate our publication of our most recent issue of the Harvard Environmental Law Review, devoted completely to the topic of environmental justice.

HLS going remote this year presents a rare opportunity to showcase the amazing work of civil rights practitioners from around the country via a virtual platform. To that end, Alexander Chen, Founding Director of the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, has organized a series of Zoom brown bag lunches featuring attorneys from across the LGBTQ+ movement, with an emphasis on showcasing regional, educational, and identity-based diversity. The sessions will be relatively informal: an hour over lunch on Fridays, 12-1 pm EST, where…

Join Professor Guy-Uriel Charles and Professor Aziza Ahmed, a visiting professor from Northeastern University School of Law. As we close this year’s conference, their conversation will relate themes prevalent from the last two weeks to their own work, and orient us toward how to contextualize what we’ve learned in our work moving forward. Professor Ahmed is an internationally renowned expert in health law, criminal law and human rights. Her scholarship examines the legal, regulatory and political environments regarding health in…