Showing 20 events for the week starting 10/01/2026
October 1
Thursday • 20 events
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LGBTI Rights at a Crossroads: Legal Progress, Backlash, and Future Challenges
8:45 am - 4:45 pm
This event will be open to the public at Harvard Law School, as well as livestreamed. Click here to register for Zoom. Over the past decades, the recognition and protection of LGBTI rights has undergone a remarkable transformation. Issues that were once excluded from legal and political debates have gradually moved… -
DC Market 1:1 Office Hours
9:20 am - 6:00 pm
Sign up for a 20-minute meeting with DC legal market headhunter, Matt Schwartz of Garrison & Sisson, Inc. to get your questions answered about the DC legal market. RSVP Required. -
The Shiny Shop: Community Crafting Hub
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Recurring
September 9 to October 15 – Wednesdays 2-6pm | Thursdays 12-6pm Stop by to craft and mend at The Shiny Shop, a drop-in community crafting hub dedicated to micromobility safety. Alex Makes Art is onsite with workshops and drop-in opportunities to make and mend. The Shiny Shop… -
Counted: Reflections on the US Census
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
On October 1, the Public Data Project is hosting a panel of legal, technological, and policy experts to consider how the preservation of and access to US Census data can be both appreciated and reimagined. This conversation will highlight the recent publication of danah boyd’s Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census (2026), and will lay groundwork for boyd’s upcoming conversation with Jonathan Zittrain at the Harvard Book Store. -
HIO Office Hours with Peter O’Meara (WCC 5th Floor)
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Peter O’Meara, HIO Advisor for HLS, holds in-person office hours for HLS students and scholars on a first-come, first-served basis in WCC 5046 or 5048, every Thursday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. during the 2026 Fall Semester. No appointment necessary. -
A Conversation with Yaniv Benhamou, Author of “Creative Value Chains,” on Copyright and Creative Industries in the Digital Era.
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Digital platforms now dominate the creative industries, yet the value they generate is shared unevenly – from how streaming platforms compensate musicians to how AI companies use creative works as training data. This imbalance, Yaniv argues, threatens both human creativity and cultural diversity. In his new book, Creative Value Chains:… -
CISGA General Body Meeting
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
First General Body Meeting for CISGA (Coalition for International Students and Global Affairs) – Come meet fellow international students (JDs, LLMs, SJDs) and folks interested in international & global affairs, and learn about CISGA’s programming this year! All HLS class years and programs welcome. -
HHRJ General Body Meeting
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join the Harvard Human Rights Journal for its first general body meeting!… -
PILSA General Body Meeting
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join us for our first general body meeting for the Public Interest Law Student Association, where students will have a chance to mingle and chat about public interest at HLS. -
DC Market Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Room Change: Langdell 225 – North Heard the phrase “government-facing work”? Want to learn what that means? Come learn about DC legal market from an expert headhunter. Topics covered will include hot practice areas and the industries that drive the market. Lunch will be served, RSVP requested. Register here. Please… -
Sidley’s West Coast Club Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Sidley Austin attorneys for lunch. Attendees learn about the firm’s global practice groups, summer associate program, and overall workplace culture in a relaxed setting. -
Using Criminal Law to Combat Terrorism: A French Perspective
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Book discussion with Sharon Weill, co-author of Terror on Trial, An Ethnography of French Courts (CUP 2026), which examines how terrorism logics are reflected, represented, and negotiated within French criminal proceedings and offers a nuanced, bottom-up perspective on the role of courts, based upon hundreds of hearing days. Sharon Weill… -
The Supreme Court from America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Supreme Court is a cornerstone of the American governance infrastructure as well as a traditional guardian of rule of law. This webinar is inspired by Richard Re’s essay “A Court of Two Crises,” in which he describes a Court beleaguered by the aggressive legal claims… -
Alumni in Residence with James Katz J.D. ’08 of the New York State Executive Chamber
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
James Katz serves as New York State’s Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Workforce, overseeing ten agencies and authorities and leading initiatives supporting statewide growth, innovation, and inclusion. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff at NYCEDC, managing strategic investments, government relations, public affairs, marketing, and major development efforts. Click to register. -
Fall 2026 Byse Workshop: Democratizing Finance?
3:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Recurring
Democratizing Finance?: This workshop interrogates the competing visions of democracy that inform recent proposals to democratize the financial system and how finance and social governance interact more broadly. Each session explores how different financial institutions may be falling short of democratic ideals and what can be done about it. Led by… -
CLJE Welcome (Back) Event: “9 to 5” Movie Night
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join the Center for Labor and a Just Economy (CLJE) and the Labor and Employment Action Project (LEAP) for a screening of the labor classic “9 to 5” (featuring the beloved late Dolly Parton) Dinner and popcorn will be served — please RSVP at tinyurl.com/CLJEMovieNight. To learn more about CLJE,… -
Mock Trial Association Tryouts
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The HLSMTA invites students to try out for the team! No experience is required.