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HLS Faculty in the News
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‘Brilliant and highly flawed’
Harvard Law Professor Alan Jenkins discusses the U.S. Constitution and its treatment of race, how to guarantee fundamental rights, and why lawyers should be better communicators.
Does Texas’ abortion law presage the end of Roe v. Wade?
Harvard Law School’s Shayna Medley explains Texas’s anti-abortion law, why she believes it violates Roe, and what she thinks it could signal for the future of reproductive rights.
Faculty on the move
With the start of the academic year, a look at nine faculty who have joined Harvard Law School, been promoted, or taken on new roles in 2021.
Rachel Viscomi named clinical professor of law
Rachel A. Viscomi ’01 has been appointed clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School. Viscomi, who was appointed director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) in 2018, was most recently an assistant clinical professor of law.
Property law scholar Maureen ‘Molly’ Brady named to the tenured faculty at Harvard Law School
Maureen E. “Molly” Brady, an expert in property law, was named a professor of law, effective July 1.