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March 21

Tuesday

March 22

Wednesday

  • Kirkland & Ellis Sponsored Coffee at OCS

    11:30 am - 2:00 pm

    See CSM/Symplicity for full event details.
  • HELR/ELS 1L Course Registration Q&A

    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

    Join the Environmental Law Society and the Harvard Environmental Law Review to chat about course registration. Hear what courses 2Ls and 3Ls recommend + ask any questions that you have about designing an environmental law course of study at HLS. Note: this is a bring-your-own lunch event! RSVP today!…
  • The Smell of Money documentary – lunch talk

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Please join us for a lunchtime presentation by Jamie Berger, the Writer & Producer of The Smell of Money, an award-winning documentary about North Carolina hog farms and the impacts they have on local communities, the environment, and animals. Synopsis “The smell of money”—that’s what Big Pork calls the stench…
  • Litigating Human Rights in U.S. Courts: Discussion with Haitian Human Rights Defenders Seeking Justice in U.S. Court

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Please join Harvard Advocates and the International Human Rights Clinic for an event following the jury trial in Boniface v. Viliena that just concluded in federal court in Boston. The case was brought by Haitian human rights defenders and media activists who survived torture and extrajudicial killings in Les Irois,…
  • Anti-Monopoly Lessons from the FTC with NYU Antitrust Professor Daniel Francis

    12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

    Professor Francis, former Climenko Fellow and Senior Counsel, Associate Director for Digital Markets at the FTC, explains what’s going on in regulating tech and whether the old antitrust tools work anymore. Lunch will be provided…
  • Animal Law Week events

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    A full week of Animal Law Week panels and lectures! Mon, March 20
    Carceral Logics book talk
    Justin Marceau (University of Denver Sturm College of Law) & Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University)
    12:15–1:15pm – WCC 1019 Tues, March 21
    Utah Open Rescue Trial Acquittal
    Wayne Hsiung…
  • The Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law presents: The Jewish Vow Between Story and Law, Bible and Mishnah with Miryam Segal,2022-2023 Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law at Harvard Law Schoo

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    The vow, or neder, is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, found in poetry and wisdom literature, stories and laws. Even sometime-readers of the Bible will have encountered it in the stories of Jacob, Hannah, and Jepthah; in Psalms and Proverbs, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The third century Mishnah devotes an entire…
  • How to Reform Congress

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    A conversation on institutional reform in Congress with Philip Wallach of the American Enterprise Institute. Lunch will be served, and all are welcome.
  • Race, Policing, & the Constitution: A Talk by Devon W. Carbado

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    The ongoing police killings of Black people continue to generate debates about race and policing. Too many of those debates frame police violence as a problem that derives from rogue and illegal police conduct.  That some police officers engage in unconstitutional policing is undoubtedly true. But the focus on these…
  • Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) Affinity Group Open House

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Come join the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) for an opportunity to develop more collaboration between ourselves and our campus student groups—especially affinity groups that belong to communities disproportionately affected by our work. Our Health Law and Policy and Food Law and Policy clinics have a wide…
  • International arbitration careers in Big Law

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Please join HIALSA’s lunch talk with Latham & Watkins LLP lawyers on careers in international arbitration.
  • How to EIP as an International Student

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    International students may face unique challenges in their EIP job search, but they have unique skills as well. Learn how to showcase and make the most of your multicultural background and language abilities. We’ll discuss how to target firms and anticipate any challenges you may face. This event is for…
  • OPIA’s Fellowship Series: Equal Justice Works Info Session

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Explore the possibilities of gaining two years of support at the job of your dreams with an innovative project at a U.S.-based organization by meeting with Jessica Ryckman, Director of Fellowships at the Equal Justice Works Foundation. Jessica will give an insider’s view on the fellowship selection process. Attendance at the info session is required if you plan to apply for the fellowship. If students cannot attend the mandatory session because of time conflicts, they must make an appointment with Judy Murciano to discuss the EJW application. After the event, stop by the OPIA suite (WCC 4039) for drop-in office hours with Jessica to ask any questions you might have about the fellowship and application process. Lunch provided.
  • HLS Beyond Presents: How to Read an Empirical Paper w/ Arevik Avedian

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Do you lack a background in math and statistics and struggle to make your way through the mathematical concepts and data used to make arguments in empirical papers? Join Professor Arevik Avedian and practice breaking down an empirical paper into digestible parts. Get a peak at the kind of…
  • Transactional Law Clinics Information Session

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Interested in learning about the Transactional Law Clinics? Wondering what it’s like to be a student in TLC? Or maybe you are interested in understanding more about practicing as an attorney outside of a litigation field? Come to our information session and meet TLC’s clinical instructors, students, and staff. We…
  • Byse Workshop Spring 2023: Reinventing Money: Central Banks, Cryptocurrency, and the Power of Finance

    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

    Recurring

    We are at a time of intense monetary innovation. Citizens are making new demands on their governments regarding financial inclusion, new cryptocurrencies are launching (and failing) seemingly daily, and central banks are fundamentally rethinking their mandates, particularly with regard to climate change and green finance. This workshop will bring the…
  • Fifty Years After Furman: The Death Penalty in America

    4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Join moderator Carol Steiker for a fireside chat about the history and present state of capital punishment in America, with scholars Mugambi Jouet (USC Law), Corinna Lain (Richmond Law), and Michael Meltsner (Northeastern Law). This event is sponsored by the HLS Library, in connection with its exhibit Visualizing Capital Punishment: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy. Visit the exhibit weekdays 9 to 5 in Langdell Hall, and online. HLS buildings are open to HUID holders only.
  • The Smell of Money – Film Screening

    6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Please join us for a film screening and discussion with Jamie Berger, Director of the documentary, “The Smell of Money.” The smells of money–that’s what Big Pork calls the stench of pig waste in the air in eastern North Carolina, where much of the world’s bacon and barbecue is made.
  • HLR x Lambda Dinner and Info Session

    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Join students who are both HLR editors and Lambda members to discuss what it’s like to be on the Law Review. Let us answer any questions you might have! Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/twwmXFJdcoa1rAHK9. 
  • Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Art & Krimes by Krimes

    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Join us for a film screening and panel discussion focused on art as a tool for surviving prison and for critiquing mass incarceration. Featuring the film Art & Krimes by Krimes, directed by Alysa Nahmias, this event is presented by the Harvard Art Museums, the Institute to End Mass Incarceration,…
  • Open Inquiry General Meeting and Election

    7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Over dinner, members are encouraged to engage in discussions on topics of interest. We crowd-source topics (any topic is of equal opportunity for discussion), and then splinter into groups to discuss. Everyone is welcome to participate in the conversation and to change tables for a different topic whenever they wish.

March 23

Thursday

  • When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: 50 Years Later (March 23rd + 24th)

    March 23, 2023 – March 24, 2023

    In the fall of 1972, the men incarcerated at the state prison in Walpole, Massachusetts organized themselves into a labor union—the National Prisoners Reform Association (NPRA).  Seizing on the opportunities provided by the guards’ strike and by a radical new Commissioner of Correction, Walpole’s prisoners launched an extraordinary struggle for…
  • A Mother’s Reflection on Murder, Grief, and Trial Life: Remembering Dan Markel ’01

    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

    Ruth Markel is the mother of the late Dan Markel ’01, a noted law professor who was murdered in Tallahassee, Florida in 2014. The story is about a very high profile “murder for hire” case that has received extensive coverage in print and national TV media in the US and…
  • Michaela Morris

    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

    Join the Environmental Law Society and the Harvard Environmental Law Review for our 1L Course Registration Q&A. We’ll answer all your questions about 2L classes, clinics, and anything else.
  • Argentina, 1985 Lunch Talk

    12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

    Argentina, 1985 is an Oscars-nominated film that depicts the Trial of Las Juntas, a historical trial where members of the de facto military government that ruled Argentina were brought to justice. It is the only example in Latin America of a democratic government starting a process against a former dictatorship.
  • “Weaponizing Misogyny”: Gender-Based Harassment’s Impact on Journalists and Free Expression

    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Whether they are reporting on gun violence, covering protests in the post-Dobbs era, or sharing information about COVID with the public, journalists are on the frontlines, bringing important issues to light. But the risks of that reporting don’t lie equally with everyone. White women journalists face much more significant harassment…
  • Dispute Systems Design Clinic Info Session

    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    In anticipation of the upcoming registration period for 2023-2024 Clinics, the Dispute Systems Design Clinic is offering this information session — a chance to hear about our clients, projects, and the skills you will learn to take straight from clinic to career. Get all your questions answered in this lunchtime…
  • 25 Million Sparks Book Talk

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Join us in welcoming back Andrew Leon Hanna (HLS alum, Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur, Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar) for a special lunchtime book talk. A Financial Times Best Book of the Year, 25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs (Cambridge University Press) tells the story of three…
  • Achieving Regulatory Approval for Cultivated Meat

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Please join us for this Animal Law Week talk by Deepti Kulkarni of Covington and Burling LLP and Eric Schulze of Upside Foods. They will discuss the regulatory pathways for cultivated meat and poultry products and walk through how they recently obtained the first FDA pre-clearance for a cultivated meat…
  • Animal Law Week events

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    A full week of Animal Law Week panels and lectures! Mon, March 20
    Carceral Logics book talk
    Justin Marceau (University of Denver Sturm College of Law) & Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University)
    12:15–1:15pm – WCC 1019 Tues, March 21
    Utah Open Rescue Trial Acquittal
    Wayne Hsiung…
  • Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) Open House & Application Tip Session

    12:20 pm - 1:30 pm

    1Ls, please join students at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau for a lunch open house! Students will have an opportunity to speak with current members of the Bureau about their work, including practice areas, working with clinical instructors and community partners, and juggling HLAB with other commitments. Students will also…
  • Jones Day 1L Reception

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    See CSM/Symplicity for full event details.
  • Harvard Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law: Lunchchat with Covington & Burling

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Harvard Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law: Lunchchat with Covington & Burling!…
  • Study Abroad Information Session

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Come learn about the HLS Semester Abroad Program and the HLS-University of Cambridge J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree Program from International Legal Studies staff and HLS students who have recently studied abroad. Lunch will be served.
  • West Virginia, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Future of Climate Policy: Lunch Talk with David Doniger of Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Please join the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic, the Environmental & Energy Law Program, and the HLS Environmental Law Society as we welcome David Doniger, Senior Strategic Director of the Climate & Clean Energy Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Mr. Doniger has been at the forefront…
  • OPIA’s Life After Law School Series: After BigLaw – Pathways to Public Interest

    12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

    Please join our panel of HLS alumni who will speak about their own journey from practicing at a law firm to a public interest career. Of varied backgrounds, our alums will share what they did to successfully make the transition and what they experienced along the way. They will offer invaluable tips on how best to use your time in law school and early in your career to ensure that if you choose, you can achieve the same success! Lunch provided.
  • HLS Library Book Talk: The Bonobo Sisterhood

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Join the HLS Library for a Faculty Book Talk on The Bonobo Sisterhood with author Diane Rosenfeld.
  • Chai, Chill, & Chat with WLA

    2:45 pm - 3:50 pm

    Learn about WLA, meet members, and drink a little bit of caffeine! Open to all current and potential WLA members. RSVP here.
  • Alumni in Residence with Jennifer Weddle J.D.’00 of American Indian Law Practice at Greenberg Traurig

    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Jennifer Weddle J.D.’00 (Northern Cheyenne) is the Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig’s American Indian Law Practice and has wide-ranging experience in complex regulatory and jurisdictional issues, with a focus in Indian law, handling a variety of matters for tribal and non-tribal clients. Much of her practice focuses in the areas of tribal economic development and natural resources development. Jennifer also has plentiful U.S. Supreme Court experience. Click to register.
  • Managing World Economy in the 20th century: Two New Books

    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    IGLP invites you to join us for a discussion of two new books on regulating the world economy in the 20th century with the authors. Jamie Martin (History, Harvard), author of “The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance” and
    Vincent Gayon (IRISSO, Paris & Institute…
  • On Being a Nuisance: Lecture by Professor John C.P. Goldberg

    5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

    A talk by Professor John C.P. Goldberg, on the occasion of his appointment as Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence. A reception will immediately follow. …
  • Land Loss, Reparations & Housing Policy Conference

    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    Please save the date and register for the Land Loss, Reparations & Housing Policy Conference to be held March 23–24, 2023. The conference, organized by Prof. Thomas W. Mitchel of Boston College Law School’s Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights, will focus on Black land loss, housing inequality…

March 24

Friday

  • Harvard International Law Journal Symposium

    8:00 am - 8:00 pm

    This year’s HILJ Symposium will address the theme of Enforcement in International Law. Specifically, we have assembled a group of international law scholars and practitioners to critically assess the efficacy of the mechanisms which currently exist to adjudicate international law claims, including tribunals like the International Court of Justice, the…
  • Latham & Watkins Sponsored Coffee at OCS

    11:30 am - 2:00 pm

    See CSM/Symplicity for full event details.
  • Animal Law Week events

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    A full week of Animal Law Week panels and lectures! Mon, March 20
    Carceral Logics book talk
    Justin Marceau (University of Denver Sturm College of Law) & Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University)
    12:15–1:15pm – WCC 1019 Tues, March 21
    Utah Open Rescue Trial Acquittal
    Wayne Hsiung…
  • Animals in Armed Conflict – The War in Ukraine

    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

    Please join us for this Harvard Animal Law Week panel on how animals fare and suffer during armed conflicts.  The panel is being led by ALPP Visiting Fellow Polina Bochenkova who recently returned from the Polish-Ukraine border, with Molly Condit, photographer and
    Przemyslaw Malik of the Centaurus Foundation. If you…
  • Centering Race & Transformational Justice in LGBTQ+ Advocacy

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Queer Trans People of Color (QTPOC) and the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic invite you to join us to learn from practitioners about how they center race and transformational justice in their work on LGBTQ+ issues. In advance of clinic registration, we will also be discussing how the work…
  • 2023 Francis Biddle Memorial Lecture with Sherrilyn Ifill

    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Sherrilyn Ifill, Civil Rights Lawyer and the President and Director-Counsel Emeritus, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., will give the 2023 Francis Biddle Memorial Lecture, “Leave No Power on the Table.” Lunch will be served.
  • HLSCF: Difference and Diversity in the Body of Christ

    5:45 pm - 7:15 pm

    Is the modern church united? Jesus’ prayer for his believers was that they would be brought to complete unity, but is this our experience of the church? What are the differences in the church today? What are the differences of opinion in our own Christian organizations? And what do the Scriptures…

March 25

Saturday

  • Harvard Human Rights Journal Annual Subcite

    11:00 am - 3:00 pm

    The Harvard Human Rights Journal holds one subcite per year. The subcite for Volume 36 will be held on March 25, 2023 and food will be provided! If you would like to participate in the subcite, please complete the brief form below.
  • Local Sounds, Global Impact: Panel, Showcase & Workshop presented by HLS RAP

    2:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    The Recording Artists Project welcomes prominent managers and executives making waves in the music industry to share their experiences and expertise with creatives and students in the community. Local musical talent will be showcased. RAP students and Berklee Management Club students will provide pro bono ad-hoc legal and business consultation…
  • Local Sounds, Global Impact: Panel, Showcase & Workshop presented by HLS RAP

    2:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    The Recording Artists Project welcomes prominent managers and executives making waves in the music industry to share their experiences and expertise with creatives and students in the community. Local musical talent will be showcased. RAP students and Berklee Management Club students will provide pro bono ad-hoc legal and business consultation…
  • Local Sounds, Global Impact: Panel, Showcase & Workshop presented by HLS RAP

    2:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    The Recording Artists Project welcomes prominent managers and executives making waves in the music industry to share their experiences and expertise with creatives and students in the community. Local musical talent will be showcased. RAP students and Berklee Management Club students will provide pro bono ad-hoc legal and business consultation…
  • Local Sounds, Global Impact: Panel, Showcase & Workshop presented by HLS RAP

    2:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    The Recording Artists Project welcomes prominent managers and executives making waves in the music industry to share their experiences and expertise with creatives and students in the community. Local musical talent will be showcased. RAP students and Berklee Management Club students will provide pro bono ad-hoc legal and business consultation…
  • Local Sounds, Global Impact: Panel, Showcase & Workshop presented by HLS RAP

    2:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    The Recording Artists Project welcomes prominent managers and executives making waves in the music industry to share their experiences and expertise with creatives and students in the community. Local musical talent will be showcased. RAP students and Berklee Management Club students will provide pro bono ad-hoc legal and business consultation…
  • Local Sounds, Global Impact: Panel, Showcase & Workshop presented by HLS RAP

    2:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    The Recording Artists Project welcomes prominent managers and executives making waves in the music industry to share their experiences and expertise with creatives and students in the community. Local musical talent will be showcased. RAP students and Berklee Management Club students will provide pro bono ad-hoc legal and business consultation…
  • Local Sounds, Global Impact: Panel, Showcase & Workshop presented by HLS RAP

    2:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    The Recording Artists Project welcomes prominent managers and executives making waves in the music industry to share their experiences and expertise with creatives and students in the community. Local musical talent will be showcased. RAP students and Berklee Management Club students will provide pro bono ad-hoc legal and business consultation…
  • International Party

    6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

    The LL.M. Class of 2023 invites you to the International Party! Students will present food and other cultural items from around the world from 6:00 to 8:00. This will be followed by music, dance, and other performances from various regions. In previous years, the culinary part of the evening has…

March 27

Monday