David Wilkins

David Wilkins, part of the core research team that launched a longitudinal study on lawyers’ lives, 
describes what’s changed and — despite best intentions — what hasn’t in the past 20 years

David Wilkins explains how a host of contentious new issues that are increasingly landing on lawyers’ desks are transforming the practice of law.

Harvard Law School’s David Wilkins says that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the practice of law.

Charles Fried, a consummate professor, renowned legal philosopher, and beloved colleague, died on Jan. 23 at his home in Cambridge. He was 88. 

Harvard Law’s Center on the Legal Profession co-hosts the International Legal Aid Group's 14th biennial conference.

As he prepares to graduate, Rehan Staton gives thanks for sacrifices by his dad, brother, and help from pals, professors — and Tyler Perry.

Now that the champagne is long gone, the confetti has been swept up, and we are settling into 2023, Harvard Law Today wondered what changes the new year might have in store for the practice of law.

D.Y. Chandrachud LL.M. ’83 S.J.D. ’86, who has served on the Supreme Court of India since 2016, has been appointed to serve as the next Chief Justice of India.

During the daylong conference “Reimagining the Role of Business in the Public Square,” panelists weighed the responsibilities corporations have to the country and exchanged ideas about how to move firms further on their environmental, social, and governance — or ESG — pledges.