Event Category: Speaker/Panel

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The importance of addressing corruption is increasingly recognized as a crucial part of efforts to keep peace and build sustainable development around the world. Conflict-affected settings are often characterized by high levels of corruption, which can drive conflict dynamics and fuel instability. Corruption also exacerbates inequitable wealth distribution and social and identity-related divisions, further destabilizing […]

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Join us for an in-depth conversation on one of the most complex corporate failures in recent history. This panel will bring together leading practitioners who played central roles in the FTX bankruptcy and litigation. Panelists include: Professor Allen Ferrell Andrew Dietderich (Lead Debtor Counsel) Sascha Rand (Special Counsel to the FTX Debtors) Dennis O’Donnell (Counsel […]

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Join us for a Lunch Q&A with Nirav Mehta (Lunch will be provided)! This event is a partnership between HALS and our sponsor, Sullivan and Cromwell. Nirav N. Mehta joined Sullivan and Cromwell’s Tokyo office in 2018 and has been Partner since 2024. He focuses on capital markets and other corporate transactions, and he has […]

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Join JLSA for a Zoom conversation and Q&A with well-known litigator and investor Alex Spiro ’08. He serves as Chairman of Glassbridge Enterprises and is a board member and strategic advisor to a number of groundbreaking companies. Mr. Spiro is a former prosecutor and the former coordinator of an autism children’s program at McLean Hospital, […]

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Join JOLT and BKC for a Q&A with Cindy Cohn, the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit that promotes freedom online. She’s spent over 25 years at EFF defending digital rights and is releasing her memoir, Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, in spring 2026. Lunch will be served.

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Join us to explore the legal and regulatory challenges posed by driverless cars, including the moral decisions inherent in crash avoidance algorithms, how the Fourth Amendment addresses data collection and traffic stops, and how cities will need to update regulations and architecture to enable emerging Mobility as a Service models. Both Boston City Council and […]

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Professor Roberto Tallarita will host a virtual conversation on How AI is Changing Big Law with David Wakeling, Global Head of the AI Group and responsible for the global AI strategy at A&O Shearman. Right now, A&O Shearman is at the frontier of AI experimentation in law firms. Understanding what they are doing will give us a […]

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Join the Harvard Law School Project on Disability and the Harvard University Asia Center’s Southeast Asia Initiative on November 13th for an in-person event to mark the formal release of a thematic report by UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar on “The Hidden Crisis: Disability Rights in Post-Coup Myanmar.”

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Human Rights Under Stress in the Age of AI event poster

The global human rights regime, built in and for a world of human actors and decisionmakers, is currently under tremendous stress, from the rise of authoritarianism, climate change, pandemics, and challenges to the multilateral, rules-based international order, including by the policies of the Trump administration. Into this situation, generative AI has now been introduced. How should […]

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Join the Harvard Human Rights Journal and Human Rights Entrepreneurs Clinic for a conversation between Emily Ray (HREC) and Lee Boyd, HLS Alumna and Lead Plaintiff Co-Counsel in Kashef v. BNP Paribas SA, on the future of corporate accountability for human rights abuses. In this landmark case, a Manhattan jury (SDNY) found BNP Paribas liable […]

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Though technology regulation has traditionally been treated separately from antitrust concerns, panelists in this session argue that the current antitrust regimes and regulatory practices in the US and the EU have worked together to stifle competition and innovation. While navigating the critical tension between fostering innovation and mitigating risks, they will explore the need and possibility of establishing an international legal standard and shared regulatory framework to guide competitive, responsible progress.

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Impacts of Climate Migration on Politics and Elections  November 14, 2025 @ 12:00pm ET (zoom)  Register here  For the fourth session of the Collateral Consequences Series, join us for a discussion of how climate-related migration can and may change demographics in communities around the country, impacting political alignments and elections. This discussion will feature Elizabeth […]

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Join the National Security & Law Association and the National Security Journal for a panel about internships in national security law during lunch on November 14th. Panelists will discuss their experiences working in government/on the Hill, in the military services, and in the private sector, as well as tips for applying. RSVP here! 

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The EU in an integrated administration event poster

The Harvard European Law Association is pleased to host Ieva Hūna for a lunch talk on Friday, November 14, from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in WCC 3038. Ieva is a PhD researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and a visiting researcher at Fordham University under the Fulbright-Schuman Program. She holds an LL.M. […]

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Join RAP for an exciting event with Nabil Ayers: the brain behind Grimes, Purity Ring, St. Vincent, Big Thief, Future Islands, The National (2018 Grammy Award Winners for best Alternative Music Album), and many more iconic artists’ album campaigns. Ayers is the U.S. President of Beggers Group Record Labels, one of the largest independent record label […]

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Yousur Al-Hlou and Masha Froliak Investigative Journalists Investigative journalism, by necessity, involves negotiation. Journalists must negotiate both internally with themselves and externally with sources, editors, and other stakeholders on many questions: How to access important and sensitive sources? How to persuade individuals to engage;? How to structure an interview to build trust in order to gather […]

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On November 18, join us for a conversation with Tanya Greene, Director of the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch. Drawing on her experience in legal advocacy and the work of her organization, Greene will explore how current policy shifts are impacting fundamental human rights. The event offers an opportunity to reflect on the evolving […]

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Since 2006, persons with disabilities’ human rights have been protected by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The many overlaps between the disability community and the aging populations, as well as their common human rights challenges, will invariably inform how government delegates and civil society representatives approach the multilateral […]

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Aaron Halegua JD ’09 Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs, Wang v. Gold Mantis Construction and Liu v. Wellmade Industries Aaron Halegua leads a boutique litigation firm in New York City focused on labor and employment litigation, with particular experience representing human trafficking and forced labor victims. In 2021, he won $6.9 million for seven Chinese construction workers trafficked to build […]

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Please join the Society for the Rule of Law for a conversation with Professor Richard Re on the occasion of his Harvard Law Review Foreword to Volume 139, “Foreword: To a Conservative Warren Court.” Professor Alan Raul will be facilitating the discussion. Please RSVP here to ensure an accurate headcount: https://forms.gle/yVVSnyrQrrGmr2SCA Catered lunch will be […]

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How to be the Superintelligence You’ve Been Waiting For event poster

We alternately dread, worship and dismiss the arrival of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). Yet the real superintelligences already surround us: religions, corporations, markets and democracies. This talk will welcome us to imagine not how we can build ASI that defeats us in all things, but instead how we can, together with our environment and machines, become […]