Event Category: Speaker/Panel

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Come meet Dwarkesh Patel, eminent thinker, writer, and host of the Dwarkesh Podcast, and discuss AI alignment and the future of technology with one of the preeminent public experts and educators in the field. Pop-up bagels and coffee will be served. If interested, please fill out this interest form and receive the location.

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East Asian Legal Studies Talk: Natalie Lichtenstein, JD ‘78  AIIB Inaugural General Counsel (retired) DISCUSSANT: Alastair Iain Johnston  The Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Research Professor of China in World Affairs, Harvard University When the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was launched in 2016, many wondered how this new multilateral development bank […]

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We invite the HLS student community to a special evening event in which faculty will discuss the centrality of public service in the practice and study of law. Moderator: Alexandra Natapoff Panelists: Guy-Uriel Charles Ryan Doerfler Kristen Eichensehr Jody Freeman Naz K. Modirzadeh Ben Sachs Register here for the panel and lottery for a copy […]

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Harvard Law School faculty and alumni from the private and public sectors will discuss their own career paths and describe the key interdisciplinary questions that define the practice of health law today and in the future. Expect an insider’s view of legal practice at the intersection of health, ethics, and technology, including biopharma and the […]

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This event will be open to the public at Harvard Law School, as well as livestreamed.  Click here to register for Zoom. Over the past decades, the recognition and protection of LGBTI rights has undergone a remarkable transformation. Issues that were once excluded from legal and political debates have gradually moved to the center of human rights […]

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On October 1, the Public Data Project is hosting a panel of legal, technological, and policy experts to consider how the preservation of and access to US Census data can be both appreciated and reimagined. This conversation will highlight the recent publication of danah boyd’s Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census (2026), and will lay groundwork for boyd’s upcoming conversation with Jonathan Zittrain at the Harvard Book Store.

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Over the summer, the Supreme Court — with its ruling in Cisco v. Doe — closed the door on recognizing modern international human rights law claims under the Alien Tort Statute, overturning the Court’s Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain decision and reversing a line of cases dating to 1980. This panel will examine the reasoning and implications of the Supreme Court’s decision, including how it is affecting pending cases in lower federal courts […]

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Human rights and the laws of war are under severe strain: violations are documented in real time, yet consequences rarely seem to follow, faith that the rules will be enforced is thinning, and many people are turning away from the news altogether. Investigative journalists and international humanitarian lawyers play different but connected roles in preventing […]

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Four and a half years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, evidence of Russia’s genocidal acts and intent continues to grow. The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School (IHRC), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), and additional subject matter experts have conducted extensive analysis of Russia’s conduct in Ukraine, identifying hundreds of potentially […]

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East Asian Legal Studies Talk: Prof. Y.S. Lee West Virginia University College of Law Director, Law and Development Institute The United States has returned to tariffs and subsidies with renewed force, seeking to rebuild domestic manufacturing, promote strategic industries, and counter geopolitical rivals such as China. This resurgence of industrial policy marks a sharp departure […]

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Excited about public interest work but concerned about how you will manage loan repayment or other financial considerations? Hear from a panel of public interest alumni as they candidly share their experiences participating in the Low -Income Protection Plan (LIPP) and discuss their lifestyles on public interest salaries (no, they don’t eat ramen noodles every day). Catherine Pattanayak, Assistant Dean for Public Service, and Kara Martin, Associate Director for the Low -Income Protection Plan and Public Interest Funding, will moderate and answer your questions. Lunch provided.

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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!