Showing 23 events for the week starting 10/22/2025
October 22
Wednesday • 23 events
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Conversation with State Prosecutors Jessica Rock (Georgia) and Michelle Welch (Virginia) , along with former DOJ Trial Attorney Mary Hollingsworth
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join us for a conversation with state prosecutors Jessica Rock (Georgia) and Michelle Welch (Virginia), along with Mary Hollingsworth, Director of the HLS Animal Law and Policy Clinic and former Department of Justice trial attorney. Together, they will discuss their careers in government service and answer questions about pursuing… -
Advanced meditation and the third wave of meditation research
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Mindfulness has gained considerable momentum globally as a tool to improve health and wellbeing. Beyond mindfulness, advanced meditation includes states, stages, and endpoints that result from ongoing practice and mastery of meditation. Matthew D. Sacchet Ph.D. (Harvard/Mass General) will provide an overview of current directions in advanced meditation research that… -
A Conversation with former South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for Justice, Life, and Hope: A Conversation with former South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs. Sachs is an anti-apartheid activist, assassination attempt survivor, constitution drafter, global social justice advocate, and lover of art and humanity Interviewed by Professor Randall Kennedy Lunch will be served Sponsored by International… -
Cooley Lunch Panel
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join WLA for a conversation with attorneys from Cooley. We will be joined by associates and partners from their offices in NY, DC, SF, and Boston!
RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeV8K27H0OI8-bCE5ol4MwORPRyd-ciwVSUnrOyUKhWnQ-zQ/viewform?usp=header… -
JOLT x Kade Crockford (ACLU) | Technology for Liberty
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join JOLT for an exciting talk with Kade Crockford, the Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU Massachusetts. Kade writes, researches, organizes, lobbies, and advocates to ensure that privacy and civil liberties law keeps pace with new technologies, with a focus on systems of surveillance and… -
Harvard Health Law Society Big Law Careers in Health Law Panel
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Harvard Health Health Law Society (HHLS) for a lunch event about health law at Big Law Firms! We will have 3L student panelists who have interned at Big Law firms including Ropes & Gray, McDermott, and Sidley. Panelists have worked across the health law space, including litigation, M&A,… -
A Conversation with Ambassador Mari Aponte
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join us for an off-the-record lunch conversation with Ambassador Mari Aponte, former U.S. Ambassador to Panama (2022 – 2024) and El Salvador (2010 – 2016), and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2016 – 2017). Seats are limited, so please register here to attend: https://tinyurl.com/HLSAponte… -
Politics, Torts, and the First Amendment: The Limits of Protest and Public Pressure Torts, with Prof. Eugene Volokh and Dean John Goldberg
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
In the age of online cancellation and the “heckler’s veto,” what role can tort law play? What even are “public pressure torts” and “protest torts?” How can they be abused? Should the First Amendment limit liability? Should the states make such suits harder? Join us to hear from Prof. Eugene… -
“Why We Protest” with Cornell Brooks, former head of the NAACP
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join NLG, Bell Collective, and the Harvard Immigration Project for a conversation with Professor Cornell William Brooks, former head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) about the NAACPs 2015 journey for justice demonstration, what protest and other forms of public demonstration bring to a movement,… -
The Rise of Authoritarian Sustainability? China’s Transformative Engagement with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Ryan Martinez Mitchell, JD ’12 Associate Professor of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Author of Recentering the World: China and the Transformation of International Law Since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, this global development concept has been increasingly incorporated into the People’s Republic… -
SALSA x La Alianza x APALSA Clerkship Panel
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Hear from members of various affinity groups who have secured clerkships on how to: navigate the clerkship application process, strategically plan your 2L spring in light of writing sample and recommendation letter requirements, and set yourself for success! Please RSVP at the following link so we can get an accurate… -
Lambda Presents: Out in the Workplace
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Lambda Sponsorship Chairs and representatives from sponsoring firms for an inside look at what it’s like to be out while working in BigLaw. This panel will be especially helpful for any 1Ls interested in connecting with LGBTQ+ individuals at firms and for anyone with questions on navigating recruiting and applications as a… -
Automating Content Policy
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
AI is no longer just moderating individual posts — it is learning how to interpret and enforce policy itself. Dave Willner — who has led trust and safety teams at Facebook, Airbnb, and OpenAI — joins journalist Meg Marco for a conversation about the shifting terrain of moderation in the… -
Meet with Sidley’s West Coast Offices
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Attorneys from Sidley’s Century City, San Francisco, and Palo Alto offices will discuss their practices, share their perspectives of practicing on the West Coast and answer questions from attendees. Lunch will be provided! RSVP through FloRecruit with this link: https://florecruit.com/v2/app/sidley/registration/events/94218/register … -
California Market Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
WCC; 1015 Classroom Do you believe the West Coast is the best coast? Come learn about the Northern and Southern California legal markets from an expert legal headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas, and the industries that drive the markets. Lunch will be served. -
CSEL Lunch Talk with Mandy Petrillo (Boston Red Sox) and Kim Miner (Boston Legacy FC)
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law and the Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law on Wednesday, October 22 at 12:30pm in WCC 1019 for a discussion with Mandy Petrillo, Assistant General Counsel at Fenway Sports Group Boston, and Kim Miner, Chief Legal Officer at Boston Legacy FC. Lunch… -
Office Hours with CA Legal Market Expert
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sign up for a 20-minute meeting with CA legal market headhunter Eve Jaffe of Garb Jaffe & Associates Legal Placement, LLC. Get your questions answered about the CA legal market. Sign up for time slot in CSM. Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions… -
Pathways for Diverse Data in AI: A conversation with Professor Ruth Okediji, moderated by Amanda Watson
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Data determines how cultures are reflected in AI and the people who are empowered by its development. Coinciding with Open Access Week, Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library is hosting a conversation between Professor Ruth Okediji and Assistant Dean Amanda Watson to discuss opportunities and hurdles for greater… -
Firm Fair
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Milstein East and West Mark your calendar for the can’t miss event of the semester: OCS' Firm Fair. Firm Fair offers you the chance to meet with law firm representatives, ask questions, and start to learn which firms will be of interest to you. This event is for HLS 1Ls. Food will be provided. -
“Mystical Nihilism, Theopolitics, Ethics, and the Law Beyond Law” with Elliot Wolfson
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The lecture will explore the notion of venturing to the law beyond the law particularly as it is implied by mystical nihilism. My argument pivots around the assumption that the skepticism of faith, endemic to nihilistic encounter with the nothing on the part of mystics, resonates with the insubordinate proclivity… -
Boston Pro Bono Fair
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Local law students and attorneys are cordially invited to attend Suffolk’s and the Boston Bar Association’s 14th Annual Pro Bono Fair. This event provides attendees with the chance to connect with a large variety of legal services organizations that are eager for new volunteers. Suffolk University Law School 120 Tremont… -
Legal History Workshop 1
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The Legal History Workshop provides an academic forum for junior scholars with an interest in legal history to engage in the discussion and critique of works in progress, including articles, dissertation or book chapters, job talk papers, book reviews, conference papers, op-eds, and developing research ideas. The workshop is hosted… -
Student Government Council Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join HLS Student Government for their bi-weekly council meeting as they discuss issues pertinent to the campus.