Showing 4 events for the week starting 02/23/2026
February 23
Monday • 4 events
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When Courts Do—and Don’t—Defend Democracy: Evidence from Israel with Andrew O’Donohue moderated by Adan Ershied
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
When does judicial behavior defend democracy by upholding constraints on executive power? ;O’Donohue studies this question in Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu by analyzing quantitative data on over 16,000 panel decisions by Israel’s Supreme Court and qualitative interviews with high-ranking judges, lawyers, and politicians. He theorizes that when judicial selection institutions… -
Mindfulness Strategies with HLS Alum Sarah Stewart
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
This hands-on session is equally appropriate for beginners to mindfulness-based strategies and for experienced practitioners. Participants will come away with a clear understanding of mindfulness, reducing tension, improving sleep, increasing focus and attention, and hardwiring happiness. This event is open only to members of the HLS Community. Light Refreshments will… -
Legal History Workshop 3
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Legal History Workshop provides an academic forum for junior scholars with an interest in legal history to engage in the discussion and critique of works in progress, including articles, dissertation or book chapters, job talk papers, book reviews, conference papers, op-eds, and developing research ideas. The workshop is hosted… -
Postponed: Working Girls film screening
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
This event is being postponed, we’ll update with a new date as soon as possible. Please join us for a screening of Working Girls followed by a discussion with Prabha Kotiswaran, LLM ’96, SJD ‘06, Professor, King’s College London, and Principal Investigator, Laws of Social Reproduction Project and Martha Minow,…