Rachel Cohen on “The Practice of Bravery”
Rachel Cohen will speak about “The Practice of Bravery” followed by a conversation and Q&A moderated by Elsa Westerlund. March 11, Langdell North; 12:20 – 1:20; lunch provided. Rachel A. Cohen is an HLS alum and former associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she specialized in finance law. In March 2025, […]
State Attorneys General and the State’s Role: The Front Lines of Tech Regulation
Join BKC for a lunch talk with Julie Brill and Professor James Tierney on the evolving role of state attorneys general in technology enforcement and protecting the public. Drawing on their extensive experience in government and enforcement, the speakers will discuss how AG offices investigate and litigate cases, coordinate across states, and navigate challenges posed […]
From Copycat to Technology Innovator: China’s Use of IP as Strategic Governance
East Asian Legal Studies Talk Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Haochen Sun LLM ’06 Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong Founding Director, HKU Program on AI and the Law What role have state-orchestrated intellectual property policies played in China’s emergence as a […]
A Conversation with Nate Soares on the Case for Treating AI as Existential Risk
A Conversation with Nate Soares, President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and Author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies If anyone builds superintelligent AI, everyone on Earth will die. That’s the thesis of the New York Times bestseller by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. Named to the New Yorker’s and Guardian’s best books […]
Let’s Agree on Poland: Negotiating a Constitutional Settlement in a Deeply Polarized Society Lunch Talk
This event examines the process and core ideas behind Let’s Agree on Poland: A Case Study in Strategic Constitutional Design (Oxford University Press, 2025), a real-world negotiation experiment conducted under conditions of extreme political polarization. Emerging from a multi-year, facilitated process involving more than 130 public intellectuals across deep ideological divides, the project used interest-based […]
Anatomy of an IPO
From confidential submission to opening bell, what really happens inside an IPO? In this conversation featuring Circle’s General Counsel and the capital markets lawyers and J.P. Morgan investment bankers who led the deal, we unpack the offering through the lens of the actual underwriters and legal team. The panel will explore disclosure strategy, diligence, liability […]
HIRCP Info Session/Open House
If you are interested in learning more about immigration law and policy and want to develop transferable skills, including direct client representation, immigration detention work, strategic litigation, and appellate advocacy related to humanitarian protections or the intersection of immigration and criminal law, join us for a panel discussion from current students and faculty from HIRC […]
Can Europe Pay for Its Future? EU Fiscal Capacity in an Age of Crises
The Harvard European Law Association is pleased to host Federico Fabbrini for a lunch talk on Tuesday, March 24, from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in Hauser Hall 102. Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of EU Law at Dublin City University, in Ireland, and currently a Fulbright Schuman Fellow in International Security at the Kennedy School at […]
Interfaith Engagement at HLS
The Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) is bringing staff and students together to hear from Rabbi Getzel Davis and Abby McElroy, who lead the Interfaith Engagement Initiative in the Office of the President. Attendees will hear from Getzel and Abby about how to best engage across faiths and create meaningful opportunities for constructive interfaith dialogue […]
The Jane Lakes Harman Writer-in-Residence Amy Davidson Sorkin (The New Yorker) in Conversation with David French (The New York Times)
The Jane Lakes Harman Writer-in-Residence convenes distinguished writers for workshops on presenting complex legal arguments as compelling narratives for public audiences. Join the Jane Lakes Harman Writer-in-Residence Amy Davidson Sorkin in Conversation with David French. Amy Davidson Sorkin serves as a staff writer for The New Yorker, where she regularly contributes Comments to the magazine, […]
Faith & Veritas 2026
Join a university-wide gathering of Harvard’s Christian alumni, students, faculty, and staff to forge new friendships and engage with thought leaders exploring the role and impact of the Christian faith in addressing contemporary challenges. Space is limited and registration is required. Register here. More information available on the event website.
HLSL & HLS Beyond present: Why I Changed My Mind
Back by popular demand, a fifth iteration of the faculty panel Why I Changed My Mind featuring HLS faculty members’ stories of professional moments of reckoning when ideas they had previously thought settled in their worldview changed.








