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March 20
Monday
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Breaking Up the Elite College Cartel: Suing Colleges for Financial Aid Price Fixing
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Sixteen elite colleges, including Yale and UPenn, collaborated to create financial aid policies that “give a leg up to the children of past or potential donors,” while “reduc[ing] institutional dollars to students from working- and middle-class families.” Attorneys estimate that over 18 years, these colleges hurt more than 170,000… -
Lunch talk with Gay Times Magazine CEO, Tag Warner
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
HLS Lambda and HALB invite you to a conversation with Tag Warner, the CEO of Gay Times Magazine, the world’s biggest LGBTQ+ magazine. The conversation will focus on the economic, social, and legal considerations when leading a profitable and socially conscious brand. 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… -
Civic Charity and Our Constitutional Order
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Judge Thomas Griffith (D.C. Cir., ret.) will share his views on the importance of civic charity in our constitutional democracy. Lunch will be served, and all are welcome. -
Carceral Logics: Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join us for this Harvard Animal Law Week talk by Professors Lori Gruen and Justin Marceau discussing their recent edited volume Carceral Logics: Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity. Carceral logics permeate our thinking about humans and nonhumans. We imagine that greater punishment will reduce crime and make society safer. -
Meet the Judge: Hon. Albert Diaz – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Hear from Judge Diaz about his background and work and then have the opportunity to ask questions in a face-to-face, small group Zoom setting. Limited to fifteen attendees, who consent through their registration to the program being recorded. Alumni are welcome as well as current students. Judge Diaz began… -
Teaching the Roberts Court: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
In its most recent years the Supreme Court has decided cases that have reached new understandings of fundamental constitutional rights (Dobbs, Bruen), put pressure on the administrative state (the major questions doctrine) and otherwise deeply changed our understanding of the law. Does this court and its decisions require a starkly… -
ACS Supreme Court Moot: Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. v. VIP Products LLC
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Please join the American Constitution Society in our first Supreme Court moot of the spring semester. On Monday, March 20th, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm on Zoom, ACS will be mooting Bennett Cooper (Partner at Dickinson Wright) on behalf of the respondent in Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. v. VIP Products LLC. -
Prof Vermeule and Abigail Adams Institute
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Freedom of expression has been theorized as an individual right in the context of print, radio and TV. The digital ecosystem, however, is challenging the liberal rationale based on tolerance, ethical neutrality, and pluralism of views. Professor Pujol in his book The Collapse of Freedom of Expression: Reconstructing the Ancient… -
The Collapse of Free Expression?
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Freedom of expression has been theorized as an individual right in the context of print, radio and TV. The digital ecosystem, however, is challenging the liberal rationale based on tolerance, ethical neutrality, and pluralism of views. Professor Pujol in his book The Collapse of Freedom of Expression: Reconstructing the Ancient…
March 21
Tuesday
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EIP Mock Interview Program
March 21, 2023, 9:00 am – April 21, 2023, 5:00 pm
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Pick up your disability awareness wristband!
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
March is Disability Awareness Month. Show your support for your disabled peers, students and friends! The Disabled Law Students Association (DLSA) will be handing out student-designed disability ally wristbands from 12pm-1:30pm by Harkbox Cafe (at the base of the ramp to Hark) in Wasserstein Hall on the following dates: Tuesday,… -
Developing Professionalism in Students
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
*Part of the HLS Alums on Innovations in Law Teaching Series; click here to read more. What is professionalism for a lawyer? How can we as teachers help students develop professional identities in ways that honor their diversity and commitments? Norms of professionalism can be exclusionary, even when our students… -
Animal Open Rescue on Trial in Rural America
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join us for a Harvard Animal Law Week talk by Wayne Hsiung, founder of Direct Action Everywhere discussing his acquittal for “agricultural theft” by a Utah jury in October for rescuing two dying piglets from a Smithfield factory farm. Last week’s similar acquittal of two other activists for rescuing… -
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… -
Women in Antitrust Law Panel
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Elaine Ewing and Urjita Sudula, a partner and an associate, respectively, at Cleary Gottlieb, will be joining to speak about their experiences as women practicing antitrust law. -
Cyberlaw Clinic S23 Open House
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Meet the Clinic team!
Learn about our practice!
Get info on clinical enrollment!… -
OPIA’s Choosing and Balancing Your 2L Classes, Clinics, and Extracurriculars
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Hear from OPIA advisers and a student panel as they help you think about choosing classes, clinics, and extracurriculars during your 2L year. Learn more about how to gain substantive experience in public interest work, build relevant skills, and stay balanced along the way. -
Can a prosecutor be progressive? A talk with Rachael Rollins, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins in a discussion with Professor David Wilkins, “Can a prosecutor be progressive?” Students will have the opportunity to engage in a Q&A. Lunch will be provided. -
Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School Open House On Campus!
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
We invite you to attend the Legal Services Center’s (LSC) open house on campus! We hope this provides a meaningful opportunity for you to connect with current and former LSC students, meet the clinical instructors, and learn more about what it’s like to be a student in… -
Y-Lab Writing Program Lunch Talk, with Brian Dezurick (JD ’23) and Alyssa Milstead (JD ’23)
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The Youth Advocacy and Policy Lab (Y-Lab) invites you to a Y-Lab Writing Program Lunch Talk with Brian Dezurick (JD ’23) and Alyssa Milstead (JD ’23). Each participant will present their research and writing project, and attendees will have the opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions. This lunch talk is… -
A Conversation with Professor Noah Feldman and Judge Tom Griffith: Latter-day Saints Seen from Inside and Outside
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join Professor Noah Feldman and Judge Thomas Griffith (D.C. Circuit, retired), two longtime friends, as they share perspectives—Professor Feldman from the “outside” as a scholar and Judge Griffith from the “inside” as a believer—on the history, beliefs, and adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly… -
Conversation with Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Rosen
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Join the National Security & Law Association for a conversation with Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Paul Rosen. Assistant Secretary Rosen will be discussing Treasury’s work in monitoring foreign investment, CFIUS, and legal careers in the Department of the Treasury. -
MLSA Study Hall
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join the Muslim Law Students Association for a study hangout with snacks and the opportunity to discuss exams, class selection, and anything else on your mind. -
Pathways to Public Interest – Alumni Panel
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
What are some entry points to arrive at a public interest job? First Class alumni have landed their public interest jobs after transitioning from honors programs, Big Law, fellowships, clerkships, nonprofit positions, and many more. Come meet a few of these alumni, who have reached their jobs from different entry… -
Mindfulness with Monk Gen Khedrub
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Meditation & Stress Relief Join us for a special evening event with Buddhist Monk, Gen Khedrub, to: Learn a Buddhist approach to modern stress Practice a simple breathing meditation Ask questions in an open Q&A We have made incredible technological and material progress in recent years. But are we losing… -
First Class Public Interest Panel
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
A Join First Class for a Zoom panel with 5 alumni who have taken different pathways to arrive at their public interest job. Food provided…