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14 Harvard Law grads receive Skadden, Equal Justice Works fellowships
Jett Watson ’26 hadn’t always envisioned himself working in a public interest career, although his background as a former officer in the United States Navy might suggest otherwise. After leaving the armed forces, Watson took a job in cybersecurity, where he became increasingly interested in the law and law school. He hadn’t considered applying to
June 16, 2026
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Daniel Halperin, pioneering tax scholar and beloved teacher, dies at 89
Daniel Halperin, the Stanley S. Surrey Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School and one of the country’s foremost authorities on federal income taxation, has died at the age of 89. A 1961 graduate of Harvard Law School, Halperin spent more than four decades shaping how lawyers, scholars, and policymakers think about the tax
June 10, 2026
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The international legal consequences of the Ukraine war
The European Union has responded in unprecedented ways to Russia’s war against Ukraine, but the organization’s impact has been constrained by its structure and founding documents, according to panelists at a recent forum at Harvard Law School. Those were some of the takeaways from the panel discussion featuring Federico Fabbrini, author of the recent book
June 10, 2026
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Copyright law ‘struggling’ to parse AI’s ascendancy
Deferring hard decisions about which kinds of machine-assisted creative works can be copyrighted over nearly 250 years has made it harder to ascertain whether works produced with the help of artificial intelligence can receive legal protection, according to Harvard Law School Professor Rebecca Tushnet. Using as examples the copyright protections available in some cases for
June 10, 2026
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SCOTUS Review: A legal victory for last-mile delivery drivers
Harvard Law Professor Benjamin Sachs unpacks the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Flowers Foods v. Brock.
June 8, 2026