Showing 26 events for the week starting 03/20/2024
March 15
Friday • 1 event
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Seeking Justice in Complex Litigation: Insights on the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Mass Tort
March 15, 2024, 12:20 pm – March 21, 2024, 1:20 pm
Over one million Marines, military families, and civilians were exposed to life-threatening chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune. Join Keller Postman for a discussion about their work leading negotiations with the government on behalf of all Plaintiffs poisoned by the water. Lunch from Sweetgreen will be provided. RSVP …
March 20
Wednesday • 25 events
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The Alliance of the New Right and Jewish Orthodoxy with Eliyahu Stern moderated by Derek Penslar
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
How did Jewish Orthodoxy become part of the base of the Republican Party? This talk focuses on the political transformation of American right-wing groups and the Jewish community during the 1980s. Based on new archival research it explores the relationship between the “New Right,” the Reagan Administration, and Orthodox communal… -
Why Meditate in Law School?
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the newly formed Association for Insight and Meditation (AIM) as we ask: ‘why meditate in law school?’. We are fortunate to have Zeenat Potia, a mindfulness teacher who does corporate and university work here in Cambridge and beyond, leading our discussion. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-7hhsw65pmyZHsrOmgDDJDLhUo4QeUMv1LTsUpsqdJxZv2g/viewform?usp=send_form… -
The Anti-CRT Campaign: Education & Legislation (Bell Collective Conference)
12:15 pm - 1:20 pm
This event is part of The Bell Collective for Critical Race Theory’s fifth annual conference, Censorship & Consciousness, taking place March 20th through 22nd. For more information and to register, visit orgs.law.harvard.edu/thebellcollective/censorship-consciousness-2024/ Kick off the Bell Collective’s Censorship and Consciousness Conference with our opening session, “The Anti-CRT Campaign:… -
Supply Chain Capitalism Series: Desiree LeClercq
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch will be provided. The Program on Law and Political Economy and the Center for Labor and a Just Economy are excited to present the semester-long series, Supply Chain Capitalism: Legal Regimes and Worker Power. The series will investigate law’s role in structuring global supply chains. Across four installments, we… -
WLA Community Lunch
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Women’s Law Association (WLA) for a belated celebration of International Women’s Day! We will have lunch, self care items, and flowers. -
Shackled: Book talk with Rebecca Sharpless
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Please join the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program for an event with Rebecca Sharpless, author of the new book, “Shackled: 92 Refugees Imprisoned on ICE Air.” Shackled offers a rare look at the brute-force mechanics of deportation in the United States. In December 2017, U.S. immigration authorities shackled and… -
JSEL x CSEL Entertainment Symposium: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Modern Age
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join the Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law (JSEL) and the Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law (CSEL) for a panel reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which heightened the standard to prove defamation for public-figure plaintiffs. -
Researching Firms for EIP Workshop
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Recurring
Are you overwhelmed by the hundreds of firms, multiple geographic markets, and various practice areas in Big Law? Are you unsure how you should be researching firms in order to determine which firms you would like to target for Preview and EIP? Join OCS peer advisers in a small group… -
Transactional Law Clinics Info Session
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Are you interested in helping passionate entrepreneurs, nonprofit founders and creatives achieve their dreams? Are you considering (or even just curious) about a legal career outside of litigation? Please join the clinical instructors of the Transactional Law Clinics (“TLC”) for a lunchtime Information Session to learn more about TLC in… -
Moderating AI and Moderating with AI
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media welcomes Dave Willner for a talk on the promises and perils that foundation models present for the field of content moderation. The rise of increasingly powerful foundation models – particularly large language models (LLMs) and large multimodal models (LMMs) – will fundamentally transform the practice of content moderation. … -
Study Abroad Information Session
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Come learn about the HLS Semester Abroad Program and the HLS-University of Cambridge J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree Program from International Legal Studies staff and HLS students who have recently studied abroad. Lunch will be served. -
JLSA Lunch Talk: From Social Media to Artificial Intimacy— Challenges to Law, Professional Life, and Notions of Personhood
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us this Wednesday for lunch and a discussion with Professor Sherry Turkle on Social Media and Artificial Intimacy: Challenges to Law, Professional Life, and Notions of Personhood. Lunch will be provided. … -
DLSA General Body Meeting
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join DLSA for a general body meeting to discuss general happenings this semester, upcoming elections, and enjoy lunch!… -
Legal Bites and Culinary Insights: A Fireside Chat with Rob Bertram, Chief Legal Officer at CAVA
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join HALB for a Fireside Chat with CAVA’s current Chief Legal Officer on Wednesday, March 20, from 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm. We will discuss various topics, including the role of a Chief Legal Officer of a public company, CAVA’s recent IPO and the process for taking a company… -
LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic Information Session
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
Join the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic to learn about what it’s like to work on cutting-edge LGBTQ+ legal issues at an in-house clinical program at Harvard Law School. Clinical Instructors and clinical students will share information about the types of cases and matters they work on, the skills and lessons students… -
JSEL/CSEL Entertainment Symposium
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
March 20: Lunch Panel on the 60th Anniversary of New York Times v. Sullivan (WCC B015) March 21: Lunch Panel on Content Regulation (WCC 1010) March 22: Lunch Panel on 2023 Actors’ Strike (WCC 1015)… -
OPIA’s Life After Law School Series: After BigLaw – Pathways to Public Interest
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join our panel of HLS alumni who will speak about their own transition from practicing at a law firm to a public interest career. Of varied backgrounds, a panel of HLS alums will share what they did to successfully make the transition and what they experienced along the way. They will offer invaluable tips on how best to use your time in law school and early in your career to ensure that if you choose, you can achieve the same success! Lunch provided. RSVP below. Audience: This event is geared primarily to 2Ls and 3Ls thinking about a career transition early in their career, and to curious 1Ls who want to know what a private to public transition might look like. -
How to EIP as an International Student
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
International students may face unique challenges in their EIP job search, but they have unique skills as well. Learn how to showcase and make the most of your multicultural background and language abilities. We’ll discuss how to target firms and anticipate any challenges you may face. -
HELR/ELS 1L Course Registration Q&A
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Environmental Law Society and the Harvard Environmental Law Review about course registration! Hear what courses 2Ls and 3Ls recommend and ask any questions that you have about designing an environmental law course of study at HLS.
Note: this is a bring-your-own lunch event!… -
Law Teaching Colloquium – Getting Published
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
What does a publishable paper look like? How do you choose a publishable paper topic? How and when to submit your paper to a law journal? Come hear answers to these questions and more! -
HLEP Wilson Sonsini Firm Visit
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project (HLEP} is hosting a firm visit to Wilson Sonsini’s Boston office from 5:00pm-7:00pm on Wednesday, March 20. There will be a thirty minute Q&A followed by a traditional law firm reception. Transportation will be provided at 4:30 pm outside of WCC near Everett street. Please RSVP… -
LEAP Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
LEAP General Body Meeting! Elections for next year’s board are on 3/6. Dinner will be served. -
Christian Union Midweek Bible Study
6:45 pm - 9:00 pm
CU@HLS’ midweek bible study through the book of Genesis for Spring 2024. To understand fully the book of Genesis will give the reader a deeper understanding of the redemptive narrative throughout the Scriptures, and ultimately, the gospel of Jesus Christ. -
Open Inquiry Dinner & Conversation
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join one, join all; free food, free flowing conversation Topic of conversation will be chosen at the meeting. We welcome any and all students to join us. Finally, join our whatsapp group! For unofficial reminders of meetings and whenever you want to have OI discussions without an actual meeting 🙂… -
The Palestine Exception: A Panel on Repression and Resistance (Bell Collective Conference)
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
This event is part of The Bell Collective for Critical Race Theory’s fifth annual conference, Censorship & Consciousness, taking place March 20th through 22nd. For more information and to register, visit orgs.law.harvard.edu/thebellcollective/censorship-consciousness-2024/ This event will explore the modern landscape of Palestinian advocacy across American and Canadian institutions,…