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How to Protect a Presidential Election
September 25, 2024
On the eve of the presidential election and faced with heightened threats of voter suppression, new laws governing election officials' powers, and the rampant spread of rhetoric around election integrity, Professors Lawrence Lessig and Larry Schwartztol discuss the various legal frameworks that the loser of an election in the U.S. could use to assume office despite election results and the possible courses of action a losing candidate/party could take in the aftermath of a contested election.
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HLS Library Book Talk: The Quiet Coup
September 20, 2024
Join the HLS Library on Wednesday October 16 at 12:30pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in HLS Library Langdell Hall 232/233. This event…
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Jazz Night in Langdell Reading Room – A Celebration of the Re-Opening
September 19, 2024
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
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HLS Beyond Presents: How Current AI Can Help You Do Legal Research
September 5, 2024
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.
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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.
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HLS Library Book Talk: Campus Free Speech
July 25, 2024
Join the HLS Library on Tuesday September 10th at 12:30pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in Wasserstein Hall – Milstein East B. This…
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HLS Library Book Talk: Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal
July 25, 2024
Join the HLS Library on Wednesday October 9 at 12:30pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall 232/233.
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Exhibits
March 27, 2024
Current Exhibit This exhibit celebrates the career, leadership, and impact of late Harvard Law School alumnus and beloved Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023), through…
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Lisa Lilliott Rydin
April 6, 2023
Lisa Lilliott Rydin (Faculty Research Librarian) primarily provides research support to HLS faculty members, but also provides research consultations and instruction for JD and graduate…
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Lori Schulsinger
April 6, 2023
Lori supports the Collection Development Unit which includes the direct support of the Associate Director for Collections, the Collection Development Librarian for U.S. and Materials…
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Maya Bergamasco
March 10, 2023
Maya Bergamasco provides scholarly publication and research support to the Harvard Law School community. Maya holds a B.A. in English literature with a concentration in…
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Emily Neill
March 10, 2023
Emily Neill is the Program Manager of HLS Beyond which provides non-curricular learning opportunities for HLS students that build skills and knowledge on issues relevant…
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Deanna Barmakian
March 10, 2023
Deanna Barmakian, Research Librarian for Student Services and Foreign, Comparative & International Law, enjoys supporting the research needs of the HLS community. She holds a…
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AJ Blechner
March 10, 2023
AJ Blechner is a Student Services Research Librarian and Instructional Designer at the Harvard Law School Library. They coordinate and participate in teaching legal research,…
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Jess Rios
March 10, 2023
Jess has been at the Harvard Law School Library for over 15 years in various roles. As the Assistant Director of Digital Content & UX…
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Debbie Ginsberg
March 2, 2023
I oversee faculty research and scholarship support for the Harvard Law School Library. I am active in AALL (incoming vice-chair for the Economic Status of Law…
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Arevik Avedian
February 6, 2023
Arevik is a Lecturer on Law at HLS, teaching quantitative methods. She holds a Ph.D. in world politics and methods and a M.A. in…
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Empirical Research Services Team
February 6, 2023
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Database Authorization
August 15, 2022
CALI CALI, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, provides access to an extensive collection of interactive, computer-based lessons covering a number of subject areas.
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History of the Library
August 15, 2022
In July 1817, the creation of the Law School was announced with the promise that students “will have access to the college library, and a…
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Visit Us
August 3, 2022
Materials in Historical & Special Collections are open to everyone. Request a Reading Room Appointment The Historical & Special Collections’ Reading Room, the Root Room,…