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Harvard Law School announces new Opportunity Fund — a tuition-free initiative for highest need students
February 1, 2024
Harvard Law School today announced the launch of the Opportunity Fund, a new financial aid initiative that will enable J.D. students with the highest financial need to attend tuition-free for all three years.
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In Memoriam: Charles Fried, former U.S. Solicitor General and longtime Harvard Law School Professor (1935-2024)
January 26, 2024
Charles Fried, a consummate professor, renowned legal philosopher, and beloved colleague, died on Jan. 23 at his home in Cambridge. He was 88.
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Charles Fried, a former U.S. solicitor general and conservative legal scholar who taught at Harvard Law School for decades, has died, the university said. He…
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Remembering Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-2023)
December 5, 2023
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Dec. 1. She was 93.
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Gerald E. Frug: 1939-2023
November 14, 2023
Gerald E. Frug ’63, a pathbreaking scholar who reinvented the field of local government law, and a superb teacher and mentor, died Nov. 7 after a long illness. The Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School was 84.
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Intellectual property experts discuss fair use in the age of AI
November 2, 2023
During Harvard Law's Rappaport Forum on Oct. 30, two intellectual property scholars went deep into the implications of generative AI.
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Ben Eidelson appointed professor of law
October 12, 2023
Benjamin Eidelson, a leading legal theorist with a body of work that spans the central areas of public law, has been named a professor of law at Harvard Law School.
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‘Future Leaders’ find community and connection at Harvard Law
September 13, 2023
This July the inaugural cohort of 35 fellows gathered at HLS for a weeklong residency of the Future Leaders in Law Program.
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Dean Manning welcomes new students to Harvard Law School
August 24, 2023
Dean John F. Manning ’85 welcomed more than 700 candidates for the degrees of Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Juridical Science to Harvard Law School.
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Roberto Tallarita S.J.D. ’23, a lecturer on law and the associate director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School, has been named an assistant professor of law at Harvard.
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Philip Torrey named assistant clinical professor of law
April 14, 2023
Philip Torrey, managing attorney of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, and director of the Crimmigation Clinic, was named an assistant clinical professor.
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‘Never give up’
April 12, 2023
Benjamin Ferencz ’43, who prosecuted Nazis for genocide at Nuremberg and spent his life trying to deter war and war crimes, died on April 7. He was 103.
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HLS launches new pre-law fellowship program to help interested college students with a range of lived experiences, primarily individuals from first-generation and less advantaged backgrounds, apply for admission to law schools around the nation.
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Making the invisible curriculum visible
March 22, 2023
At the “Teaching First-Generation Law Students” event, professors shared insights and recommendations for making law teaching more inclusive.
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Unions’ extension into politics was necessary — and contributed to their decline, says Harvard Law expert
March 16, 2023
As the inaugural Fred N. Fishman Professor of Constitutional Law, Laura Weinrib described the arc of union power in the 20th century and its relationship to political spending.
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A conference co-hosted by Harvard and Yale Law Schools featuring Education Secretary Miguel Cardona focused on best practices for sharing law school data.
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Cardona vs. ‘U.S. News’
March 2, 2023
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Wednesday colleges should not worship at “the false altar” of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings. He made the remarks…
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Daphna Renan says we should ‘give the Supreme Court a little less control’ over the Constitution
February 10, 2023
On the occasion of her appointment as the Peter B. Monroe and Mary J. Monroe Professor of Law, Daphna Renan puts forth an argument for 'a more political constitutionalism.'