Corporate Capture of Legal Education

The [F]law and the Systemic Justice Project, in collaboration with, Harvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association, HLS Law and Philosophy Society, and The Harvard Law Record, are organizing a conference on the Corporate Capture of the Legal System to be held on January 27 and 28. The conference will include prominent speakers (see list below) all speaking about the corrupting influence and harmful effects of corporate interests on legal education, the legal profession, legal media, and the law more broadly:

• Sparky Abraham
• Maximillian Alvarez
• Noam Chomsky
• Jayne Conroy
• Lauren Barnes
• Molly Coleman
• Josie Duffy Rice
• David Enrich
• Briahna Joy Gray
• Rhiannon Hamam
• Jon Hanson
• Michael Liroff
• Ralph Nader
• Catherine Pattanayak
• Charity Ryerson
• Peter Shamshiri
• Tom Sobol
• Bianca Tylek
• Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
• Jay Willis
• Matthew Wessler

The conference will include a live taping of the 5-4 podcast in which they will interview best-selling author David Enrich about his recent book, “Servants of the Damned.” The event is free, but space is limited, and registration (by 1/23 at noon).

The conference will also spotlight types of practice and practitioners whose work challenges and counteracts corporate power and holds corporations accountable. The event is intended to join other ongoing efforts to expand the coalition of law students, lawyers, and legal journalists devoted to addressing the problems of excessive corporate power through education, organization, storytelling, and litigation.

Space is limited but registration is required. Please register here before 1/23/23: https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4VC823bxpho5TP8.