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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…
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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 today is Legal Advocate Hermie,…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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,…
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Historical & Special Collections
August 3, 2022
Image Credits Top of page, clockwise: Left to right:…