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  • Attorneys at PAW: comfort animals & snacks

    November 25, 2024

    Take a PAWS during Reading Week for a free consultation (and snack) with HLSL’s visiting comfort animals. On the docket for today is Sasha, Harvard’s…

  • Attorneys at PAW: comfort animals & snacks

    November 25, 2024

    Take a PAWS during Reading Week for a free consultation (and snack) with HLSL’s visiting comfort animals. On the docket today is Legal Advocate Hermie,…

  • A discussion with Prof. Noah Feldman regarding his new book, “To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People”

    October 29, 2024

    On Nov. 13 at 4 p.m., Harvard Law School Library will co-sponsor an event with Harvard Radcliffe Institute: A discussion with Prof. Noah Feldman regarding…

  • Headshot of Professor Michael Stein of HLS

    HLS Beyond Presents: How to Anticipate & Mediate Disability in the Practice & Teaching of Law

    October 24, 2024

    Historically, law school, legal practice, and law teaching have not been well designed to include people with disabilities (visible or invisible) as either actors or as subjects. Although progress is slowly being made, most law school curriculums do not prepare students to anticipate or actively mediate disability inclusion in classrooms or court rooms. Come learn about how you, as a future lawyer interacting with persons with disabilities or as someone who has a disability yourself, might effectively anticipate and rectify the exclusions perpetuated in classrooms, offices, and the Academy.

  • Profile picture of Professor John Tien

    HLS Beyond Presents: “Security” in the 21st Century – An Insider’s  Guide

    October 8, 2024

    Come spend your lunch hour with the former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2021-2023), John Tien. Learn about the development of policy, risk management, and the broad swath of security issues he oversaw across multiple agencies including CISA, FEMA, CBP and ICE), TSA, USCG, USCIS, and HSI. Bring your questions and expect candid answers from someone who has served in various capacities across 4 administrations.

  • Head Shots of Harvard Law School professors Lawrence Lessig and Larry Schwartztol

    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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Empirical Research Services Team

    February 6, 2023

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Historical & Special Collections

    August 3, 2022

    Image Credits Top of page, clockwise: Left to right:…