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A celebration of the re-opening of Langdell's Reading Room at HLS hosted by HLS student musicians Cosimo Fabrizio (JD 25) and Shaan Pandiri (JD 26) w/ cameo sit-ins by musically inclined faculty. Gain a deeper understanding of jazz through selected works and commentary

Join this session demonstrating AI tools currently available to law students for research, those currently used in law practice (not yet accessible to law schools) compared to the latest commercial LLMs, and a discussion of the limits, likely changes, and implications of AI tools for the future of legal research.

In this session Professor Arevik Avedian and HLS student Felicia Caten-Raines (JD ’25) from the HLS Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program will walk through various steps of empirical analysis, including data quality check and cleaning, best practices of creating and sharing replication data and code, and data analysis and visualization – all grounded in the incredibly impactful report they co-authored with researchers from HLS, HMS, and Physicians for Human Rights entitled “Endless Nightmare”: Torture and Inhuman Treatment in Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Detention.

Emerging novel quantum resources, such as quantum computers and simulators, have an enormous potential to provide benefits beyond the capabilities of today’s technology in terms of social impact and commercial applications. In the legal arena “quantum-boosted” artificial intelligence could substantially improve the quality and efficiency of discovery acceleration, research, and innovation processes, while lowering transaction costs. At the same time, the emergence of quantum technologies will fundamentally affect societal and legal development, underlying power dynamics, and international relations. The duty to anticipate the social and legal ramifications of a widespread adoption of such technologies will fall to governmental authorities, policy makers, and lawyers. 

It's time to think about the specific investing strategies that suit your future financial profile - whether that's BigLaw, work at a small or mid-sized firm, solo practice, or a public interest position. Investment analysis and risk assessment are important frameworks to familiarize yourself with as you  begin setting up your retirement plan, consider purchasing life insurance, select an appropriate health insurance plan, shop around for liability insurance, and even begin estate planning.

On the rare occasion of February 29th, we hope you'll leap at the opportunity to spend some downtime time with friends  in the sonorous surrounding of the Landgell Reading Room enjoying the stylin' sounds of your peers Cosimo Fabrizio (JD'25) and Shaan Pandiri (JD'26), and their musical friends (including some faculty cameos!) for Jazz Night in Langdell Spring Edition.

Though (ideally) academia is a place where revising one’s ideas is a constant, in reality getting something ‘wrong’ (for students and professors) can be scary. In the current cultural climate it often feels that there is less and less room for the idea that one’s ideas can (and should!) evolve over time as new arguments, information and data emerge.  Faculty speakers will demonstrate this process in action as they share their stories of professional moments of reckoning when ideas they had previously thought settled in their worldview changed.

Join the HLS Library on Tuesday March 19 at 12:30pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in Wasserstein Hall – Milstein East A and…

A Panel Featuring HLS students and alums Catherine Grace Katz (JD 23), Adam Sandel (JD 21), Stobo Sniderman (SJD candidate), Lowry Yankwich (JD 22), moderated…

HLS Beyond Presents: Professor Martha Minow joins co-authors Stobo Sniderman (SJD candidate) and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) in a discussion of their award-winning and bestselling…

Join HLS Library on Tuesday February 27 at 12:30pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in Wasserstein Hall – Milstein East A and on…

Join the HLS Library on Wednesday January 31 at 12:30pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in HLS Library – Langdell Hall 232/233 seminar…