Showing 17 events for the week starting 10/24/2025
October 23
Thursday • 17 events
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HELR Makeup Subcite
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Come join the Harvard Environmental Law Review for our makeup fall subcite!… -
Critical Undersea Infrastructure: Its Significance and Legal Challenges
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
The world is dependent on critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) in the form of fibre-optic cables and oil and gas pipelines. Without it, communication would be impossible and many nations would not be able to satisfy their energy needs. Yet CUI is notably vulnerable to attack and has been targeted by… -
Wilson Sonsini x JSEL/CSEL Presents Harmonizing Innovation: Gen AI’s Role in the Future of Music and Law
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for an insightful discussion on the impact of generative AI on the music industry and the legal challenges that arise from AI-generated content. Presented by industry expert and Wilson Sonsini Partner, Gary Greenstein. Lunch will be Provided… -
Merging Legal Tech: legal AI through the lens of two major business deals
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Startup founders Ed Walters and Phil Rosenthal merged their legal research platform, Fastcase, with European legal provider vLex in 2023 — and then, two years later, led vLex in merging with legal management tool Clio. Their success story puts them at the center of the sweeping changes AI is bringing… -
Litigation vs. Corporate: How Are They Different?
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Join First Class for a conversation with attorneys from multiple law firms as they dive into what corporate and litigation work entails and how their day-to-day differs based on the area they work in. -
Antitrust 101: Lessons from the Field
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Join the HLS Antitrust Association for a conversation with Zak Goodwin, a partner in Ropes and Gray’s antitrust practice. Zak rejoined Ropes and Gray in 2024 after serving as antitrust counsel at Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Fortune 500 life sciences company. Prior to first joining Ropes & Gray, Zak was… -
LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic Lunch Talk
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Professor Lolai to learn about the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic!
Are you interested in gaining hands-on clinical experience during your time at HLS, specifically at the intersection of LGBTQ+ justice and anti-carceral work? During the 10/23 lunch block, Clinical Instructor Deborah Lolai is joining Lambda, QTPOC, and PLAP for… -
Pathways to Practice: Careers at Latham & Watkins
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join IPLA to learn about Latham’s culture, practice areas, and pathways to building a successful legal career over lunch! This is a great opportunity to connect with professionals shaping the future of law. Please RSVP: forms.gle/mg3ahkQT3jececYh8… -
Cambridge to California: Practical Tips and Advice for Landing a West Coast Big Law Career
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Please join the West Coast Club for great discussion with Sheppard Mullin associates on pathways from East Coast law schools to successful careers at leading West Coast firms. These associates will share insights on choosing practice areas, navigating the California legal market from afar, excelling in the recruitment process, and… -
AZA Lunch and Learn: Practicing in a Litigation Boutique
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Looking for more than outlines and doc review? Join AZA attorneys for a lunch-and-learn about litigation boutiques. Learn how boutiques provide trial opportunities and substantive work early in your career—a depth of experience that you won’t find in big law. Free lunch included! If you are interested in AZA, please… -
Legal Aid, Poverty Law, and Why Every Public Interest Attorney Needs to Know About Public Benefits
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Did you know low-income Americans did not receive any or enough legal help for 92% of their civil legal problems, driving them deeper into poverty? Join Wasserstein Fellow Lena Silver ('13) to learn about the opportunities for diverse forms of advocacy in poverty law including direct client services, community outreach and organizing, and systemic work through coalition building, legislative and administrative advocacy, and impact litigation. As an expert in public benefits law, with an emphasis in immigrant access to public benefits, Lena will also make the case for why every public interest attorney should be knowledgeable about the safety net, and how pursuing legal work in public benefits is both exciting and critical to fighting poverty. Lunch provided. Please RSVP! -
HALB x Sidley Austin
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join HALB & Sidley Austin for an engaging discussion on the vast opportunities and diverse practice areas within transactional law, including Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Technology & Life Sciences, Shareholder Activism & Corporate Defense, Investment Funds, Sports Law, and Tax. Moderated by partner John Schaff, this session will… -
Day in the Life at Vinson & Elkins LLP
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Harvard Women’s Law Association for an engaging discussion with attorneys from Vinson & Elkins LLP as they share insights into their practice and life at the firm. Open to all students — free lunch will be provided! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/Zx9maKMBk7kg4EF98… -
Friend, Flatterer, or Foe? The Psychology and Liability of Chatbots
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
As AI systems become more conversational, the lines between tool, companion, and manipulator are blurring. What happens when machines start telling us what we want to hear—and when users start depending on them for emotional connection? In this conversation, journalist and author Kashmir Hill joins the Berkman Klein Center’s Meg… -
Halloween at the Museum
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Free In-Person Event Join us for a free night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries Trick-or-Treat through the museum and check out…