Showing 11 events for the week starting 04/17/2024
April 17
Wednesday • 11 events
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The Rule of Law in India
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join the Harvard Human Rights Journal and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute in welcoming the former Chief Justice of India, Justice U.U. Lalit for a discussion on the Rule of Law in India. Lunch will be provided!… -
A Conversation on AI and Elections in 2024
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Join the Harvard Law AI Student Association, the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative, and the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology for a lunchtime panel on AI and elections! Lunch will be provided. More than 65 jurisdictions around the world—including the United States—will be holding elections in 2024. At the same… -
Public Reading of Scripture (HLS)
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
All are welcome to gather in person or online, each Wednesday from 12:20pm – 1:15pm ET (PRS @ HLS, Hauser 101 or via Zoom). What does the Bible say? Public Reading of Scripture (PRS) is a weekly practice where we read and listen to passages from the Bible together. Each… -
Book Talk with Chanel Contos — one of BBC’s 100 Women in 2022
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Join WLA for a book talk with Chanel Contos, author of Consent Laid Bare. Chanel Contos was the recipient of the 2021 Australian Young People’s Human Rights Medal. She was honored as one of BBC’s 100 Women in 2022. Her book, Consent Laid Bare challenges the lingering inequality that reinforces… -
Global South, Geopolitics, and U.S, Europe, and China’s Competition to Influence Global AI Regulation
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
About the Initiative: This event, co-hosted with the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy, is part of an initiative for policymakers, business leaders, and academics in the Global South and around the world to meaningfully discuss how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming governance. As the… -
Lunch Talk with Seth Waxman
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Please join ACS in hosting the 41st Solicitor General of the United States, Seth Waxman. https://forms.gle/H2mZurkQfTuWgZeK6… -
Recent Developments in Sovereign Debt Restructuring
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join La Alianza, the Harvard International Finance Forum, and LIDS for an insightful conversation with Ehud Barak (LLM ’09) and Jorge Gonzalez (LLM ’23) of Proskauer Rose.
The speakers will discuss recent developments in sovereign debt restructuring, including the Sovereign Debt Stability Bill proposed by the New York Legislature, its… -
“Killers of the Flower Moon” 100 years later: A Conversation with Osage Nation Leaders
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Wednesday, April 17. 12:30-1:30 PM in Pound 102 Join NALSA for a panel with leaders from the Osage Nation, a Tribe in Northeastern Oklahoma whose story was featured in the Oscar-nominated 2023 film “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Panelists, including Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear and Osage Nation Congressman Billy Keene,… -
Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal book talk
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Please join us for a conversation with Matthew Martens, author of Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal, published last year. Matt will give a concise presentation on the contents of the book, followed by a 45-minute Q&A period. Matt Martens is a trial lawyer and partner at… -
Mothers of the Movement: Family Activism After Police Violence
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
In our first afternoon discussion, we will open the floor to “Mothers of the Movement,” family members-turned-activists of individuals who have died during interactions with police. Among our speakers will be Darlene Cain (mother of Dale Graham), Melody Cooper (mother of Kwamena Ocran), Nora Massey (mother of Terrol Massey), Angelique… -
Global Advocacy Award Gala
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join HLS Advocates and HHRJ in presenting the second annual Global Advocacy Award, honoring an activist whose work inspires emerging human rights practitioners, and whose cause would benefit from greater attention within the Harvard community and beyond. The gala will celebrate this year’s GAA recipient and our incredible short-listed candidates, as…