Combined Meeting

Harvard Law School will host the Combined Meeting of the Dean’s Advisory Board, Leadership Councils, and Annual Fund Council on October 23 and 24, 2025. 

Join Dean John C.P. Goldberg on campus for this special event and hear from senior administrators and faculty speakers on the school’s latest priorities and initiatives.

Program of Events

Thursday, October 23

1:00 pm – Registration opens

2:00 pm – Welcome and Dean’s Remarks

• Robert J. Katz ’72, Dean’s Advisory Board Chair
• John C.P. Goldberg, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Faculty Program, featuring sessions on:

• The future of environmental protection
  • Jody Freeman LL.M. ’91, S.J.D. ’95, Archibald Cox Professor of Law Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program, Harvard Law School
  • Richard Lazarus ’79, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• AI and national security
  • Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School
  • Kristen Eichensehr, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

• The First Amendment
  • Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Chair, Chairman of the Society of Fellows, and Founding Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law, Harvard University

5:45 pm – Reception and Viewing of Magna Carta

7:00 pm – Dinner and Keynote

• Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History and Professor of Law, Harvard University, will discuss her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution 

9:00 pm – Shuttle departs to Charles Hotel

Friday, October 24

8:00 am – Shuttle departs from Charles Hotel to Everett Street

8:15 am – Breakfast

8:45 am – 12:00 pm – Program

• Welcome
  • Robert J. Katz ’72, Dean’s Advisory Board Chair
• Law School Updates
• A Conversation with President Alan M. Garber
• A Conversation with the Dean
  • John C.P. Goldberg, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law

12:00 pm – Reunion Luncheon, HLSA Award, and Keynote Presentation

• Keynote by HLSA Award Recipient Provost John F. Manning ’85 

Please note: Fall Reunion Weekend starts immediately following our Friday session, and you are welcome to join alumni and classmates for a luncheon and the presentation of the Harvard Law School Association Award. 

Hotel Information

The Charles Hotel

One Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
1-617-864-1200 | 1-800-882-1818

• The deadline to reserve rooms in the Combined Meeting room block has passed. Please contact The Charles Hotel directly to inquire if rooms are still available.

Please note:  You may consider exploring your own hotel accommodations at alternative hotels around Cambridge and neighboring towns.

Transportation and Parking Information

Uber Vouchers will be available to all Combined Meeting members, details will be in the confirmation email. For those driving, complimentary parking is available on campus at the 10 Everett Street lot. Please tell the parking attendant that you are with the Combined Meeting.

Special Accommodations

If you have any dietary restriction or preferences, or if you require special accommodations, please contact alumnievents@law.harvard.edu or 617-495-3085.

Code of Conduct

Harvard Law School and Harvard University reserve the right to suspend alumni benefits and services to and to exclude from HLS community events or campus any person whose behavior adversely affects the safety, enjoyment, and well-being of any HLS alumni, employees, students, guests, or invitees.

Questions

Please contact alumnievents@law.harvard.edu  or 617-495-3850.