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Emily Newburger retires
This fall, Emily Newburger, executive editor of the Harvard Law Bulletin, will retire after 15 years and 33 issues of the Bulletin. Covering the school and its alumni, she says, has been a privilege and a pleasure.
October 6, 2025
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Lands of Opportunity
John Leshy has dedicated his career to building and protecting America’s public lands
October 6, 2025
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In memoriam: Jerome A. Cohen (1930-2025)
Jerome Cohen, a pioneering scholar of Chinese law who introduced the study of East Asian legal systems into American legal education, and shaped global debates on China’s legal system, trade, and human rights for more than six decades, died on Sept. 22. He was 95. A longtime professor first at Harvard Law School and then at
October 3, 2025
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Constitutional law experts preview several upcoming Supreme Court cases
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in cases focusing on these and many other questions during its new term, which begins on October 6, 2025.
October 2, 2025
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Purls of wisdom
For most Harvard Law School students, a request to “put on your thinking cap” is a figurative exercise. But for some of Professor Rebecca Tushnet’s pupils, the phrase evokes something rather more literal. That’s because Tushnet, the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Law School, is both an inveterate knitter and a
October 1, 2025