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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.'
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Harvard University and the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts announced a cooperation agreement to strengthen their collaboration on future research and educational programming.
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Andrew Mergen will lead the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law
January 3, 2023
Former Department of Justice chief and appellate lawyer Andrew Mergen will join Harvard Law School as director of the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic.
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‘Just a little more free’
November 22, 2022
At the inaugural Belinda Sutton Distinguished Lecture, Johns Hopkins Professor Martha Jones chronicles her journey into her family’s ties to slavery and to Harvard.
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3 top law schools quit US News rankings over equity concerns
November 18, 2022
The University of California, Berkeley’s law school on Thursday joined the law programs at Harvard and Yale in pulling out of U.S. News & World…
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Yale and Harvard Law Schools Withdraw From the U.S. News Rankings
November 17, 2022
In perhaps the biggest challenge yet to the school rankings industry, both Yale and Harvard announced Wednesday that they were withdrawing from the influential U.S.
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Berkeley Law Joins Yale and Harvard in Rejecting US News Rankings
November 17, 2022
A third T14 law school has joined ranks with Yale Law School and Harvard Law School: the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law announced…
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Yale and Harvard law schools abandon U.S. News college rankings
November 17, 2022
Yale Law School and Harvard Law School said Wednesday that they will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings, calling…
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Harvard and Yale law schools announced Wednesday that they would no longer participate in the rankings of US News & World Report, citing a methodology…
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Yale and Harvard Law Schools Abandon U.S. News Rankings
November 17, 2022
Yale Law School and Harvard Law School are pulling out of the U.S. News & World Report law-school ranking that they have dominated for decades,…
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Harvard Law School welcomes the LL.M. Class of 2021 to campus
November 2, 2022
Dean John F. Manning ’85 invited members of the LL.M. Class of 2021, whose LL.M. year was entirely virtual, to experience life on campus and connect with each other in person.
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Ogletree family donates the celebrated law professor and civil rights scholar’s papers to Harvard Law School
October 13, 2022
The Harvard Law School Library has been chosen as a steward of the papers of Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., the celebrated and influential Harvard Law professor and civil rights scholar.
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Breyer offers advice on being on losing side
September 12, 2022
In his first Harvard event since retiring from the Supreme Court in June, former Associate Justice Stephen Breyer spoke to incoming Harvard Law students about his time on the court, the job that most shaped his career as a jurist, and why his questions at oral argument were so famously idiosyncratic.
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Scenes from Orientation 2022
August 30, 2022
Move-in day, receptions, dogs, and picnics: incoming students jump right into campus life.
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‘A profession of contribution and service’
August 30, 2022
Harvard Law Dean John F. Manning welcomes incoming law students, telling them the law offers “endless opportunities for lives of meaning and purpose.”
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‘You are a leader par excellence’
August 30, 2022
The Harvard Law School community welcomed the latest group of first-generation students to begin their studies.
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Across the country and throughout the world, Harvard Law School Dean of Students events welcome incoming students to the Harvard Law community.