Events Calendar

Drafting your academic paper, but the Bluebook doesn’t seem to address how to cite your source?  Librarians will help you work through formatting citations to tricky sources. This isn’t formal instruction, and we can’t review full papers, but we’ll be on hand to help you get started with the Bluebook…

In this lecture, Prof. Michael N. Schmitt (of the University of Reading and an HLS PILAC affiliate) will examine selected United States uses of force during the second Trump administration through the lens of international law. He will pay particular attention to the legal bases advanced for those operations and…

Come join Harvard Health Law Society to learn more about working across practice groups within law firms. This event will feature attorneys from Ropes & Gray! Lunch will be served.

Around the world, workers and their advocates are facing rapid change. While trade disruptions and strained supply chains unsettle jobs and bargaining power, automation is reshaping how work is organized and supervised. New environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rules are emerging and then being contested or rolled back. At the same time, lawyers advocating for workers’ rights face their own unstable…

Join the Harvard Art Law Organization for a moderated panel with Tanya Layne (HLS ’02), Chief Legal Officer at Gagosian, and Monica Kwok (HLS ’18), Senior Associate at Goodwin Procter and mixed-media artist.    Drawing on their distinct vantage points as in-house counsel at one of the world’s leading contemporary…

Abra Ganz and Jennifer Gibson discuss the emerging challenge of holding defense institutions accountable for their use of AI. Ganz, who leads a research and policy initiative on AI oversight in the Department of Defense, and Gibson, Executive Director of Psst—an organization supporting whistleblowers in the tech and AI space—explore…

Learn about this exciting 2-year post-graduate/post-clerkship fellowship to a non-profit organization from the Executive Director of the Skadden Foundation, Charlie Gillig. Charlie will discuss eligible projects and the application process. Previous HLS Skadden Fellowship recipients will also discuss their experiences with the process. Attendance at the info session is required if you plan to apply for the Skadden Fellowship. If students cannot attend the mandatory session because of time conflicts, they must make an appointment with Judy Murciano to discuss the application.

In our first panel of the Sports Law Symposium, panelists will discuss the legal structures that underpin professional soccer leagues, the business and regulatory considerations involved in club ownership and expansion, and the evolving role of legal departments within professional clubs and leagues. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP here:…

Marco Basile is an assistant professor at Boston College Law School, former Climenko Fellow at HLS, and clerked for Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Professor Basile will share his thoughts on how to disagree within institutions of all kinds and the role of faith in his life and…

Step into the shoes of state negotiators and counsel to understand how investment treaties are conceived, drafted, and negotiated. Participants will explore how specific language choices influence states’ exposure to claims and investors’ protections in future disputes.

Join Lexis and Westlaw for this lunchtime workshop where we will walk you though using both platforms in practice. Whether you are a 3L or LLM gearing up to start your post grad jobs or you are prepping for your summer work, this session is for you. We will cover…

Come join us to hear panelists discuss the day-to-day responsibilities of team and organizational counsel, the challenges of balancing legal risk with competitive and commercial objectives, and the evolving legal issues facing professional teams and leagues. The conversation will also highlight the career paths that lead lawyers into senior in-house…