Event Category: Speaker/Panel

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A fun and casual event for the HLS public interest community! Join OPIA for the third annual Justice Jam. Grab some appetizers while listening to passionate public interest attorneys and soon-to-be attorneys tell a story about why they fight for justice. Each storyteller will share—in just five minutes! —what inspires them to do public interest work. It will be part poetry slam about justice, part public interest pep talk, and, if YOU come, a whole lot of fun. Join us!

Food and beverage provided. RSVP below!

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Join the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society for a conversation with Professor Diego Zambrano (Stanford Law) and Professor Mariana Pargendler (Harvard Law) about the role of private law in vindicating rights, remedying wrongs, and holding powerful actors accountable. From tort liability and damages to injunctions and equitable relief, private law provides an array […]

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How do investigative journalists document human rights abuses from afar when states restrict their access to the people and places at the heart of the story? Award-winning investigative journalists Laila Al-Arian and Amel Guettatfi will discuss their work producing documentaries for Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines in collaboration with reporters and filmmakers on the ground in […]

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How does the communication medium shape negotiation outcomes? As negotiations increasingly take place by video, audio, or text, the choice of medium has become an essential negotiation skill. Drawing on her experimental study of 400 participants, Dorcas Quek Anderson examines how four communication modes influence both economic and relational outcomes. The effectiveness of a communication […]

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Despite its status as a foundational tenet of collective labor law, the right to strike currently faces a historic crisis of domestic compliance and backlash. Today, this fundamental protection is actively violated in 87% of countries worldwide. As international crackdowns on organized labor intensify, workers are facing escalating threats of arrest, detention, and even physical […]

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Our online lives increasingly outlast us, leaving our likeness with loved ones grappling with challenging but eternal questions of legacy, loss, and law. How does this digital afterlife change the ways we grieve, remember, and honor the wishes of those who have died? Join Stacey Wales, whose family created the world’s first courtroom AI-generated victim […]

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East Asian Legal Studies Talk: Curtis J. Milhaupt William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law Stanford Law School Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Professor Milhaupt will discuss “Networked State Capital in China’s AI Ecosystem,” his current joint project with Liwen Lin, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Allard […]

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What can the law teach us about where AI systems should exercise judgment when their instructions leave room for interpretation? AI developers now govern their most capable models through written “constitutions.” These documents set out a model’s values, priorities and character, and they’re used directly in training. Anthropic’s constitution for Claude is the most prominent […]

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East Asian Legal Studies Talk: Angela Huyue Zhang Professor of Law University of Southern California, Gould School of Law Professor Zhang will discuss “The Platform State: How China Governs Innovation to Achieve Tech Supremacy,” her current joint project with S. Alex Yang, Professor of Management Science and Operations at London Business School. China’s innovation economy […]

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As AI becomes increasingly embedded in our lives, it has taken on roles as a therapist, a friend, even a lover. When we allow AI systems into our communities and our closest circles, what happens to our agency, our inner lives, and our ability to form relationships with other people? Join MIT professor and author […]