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A two-day conference, hosted by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Social Justice, examined election law and electoral systems impact communities of color
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Rappaport Forum talks First Amendment limits of content moderation, ‘lawful but awful’ speech on social media
September 27, 2023
At HLS Rappaport Forum, legal experts debated the balance between the free speech rights of users, platforms, and the government
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Legal writing in focus
September 22, 2023
Before you open your laptop or pick up your pen, know your audience and what you are trying to achieve, says Susannah Barton Tobin ’04, director of Harvard Law's First-Year Legal Research and Writing Program.
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HLS Beyond provides students with opportunties for less formal learning
September 20, 2023
An initiative led by the Harvard Law School Library offers workshops on cutting-edge topics and skills for life and lawyering.
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Does filing for bankruptcy make employees flee?
September 20, 2023
A new study by Harvard Law Professor Jared Ellias shows that employees begin leaving an at-risk company months or years before bankruptcy — and that Chapter 11 may help retain workers long-term.
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‘Future Leaders’ find community and connection at Harvard Law
September 13, 2023
This July the inaugural cohort of 35 fellows gathered at HLS for a weeklong residency of the Future Leaders in Law Program.
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Harvard Law’s Transactional Law Clinics help community members build businesses and long-term financial security
September 6, 2023
Harvard Law’s Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, Entertainment Law Clinic, and Community Enterprise Project make a difference for community members in Boston and beyond.
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Jill Lepore, award-winning American historian and New Yorker writer, joins Harvard Law faculty
August 31, 2023
Jill Lepore, award-winning American historian and writer, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a professor of law.
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A renowned international arbitrator, New Zealand attorney Sir David Williams LL.M. ’66, looks back at his Harvard Law roots
August 30, 2023
Sir David A.R. Williams LL.M. ’66, One of the first practitioners of international arbitration in New Zealand, recently retired after more than five decades as a litigator, environmental advocate, author, law professor, judge, and international arbitrator.
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Meet the new class
August 29, 2023
Meet a few of the freshest faces on campus, from J.D. candidates to LL.M. students.
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Dean Manning welcomes new students to Harvard Law School
August 24, 2023
Dean John F. Manning ’85 welcomed more than 700 candidates for the degrees of Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Juridical Science to Harvard Law School.
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In "The Problem of Twelve," John Coates argues that a small number of large financial institutions increasingly pose a threat to American democracy and to themselves.
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Harvard Law’s Richard Lazarus says that while the pro-environment ruling in Held v. Montana is a reason to celebrate, the impact could be limited.
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If left unaddressed, Kansas newspaper raid could chill press freedom, says Harvard Law expert
August 17, 2023
A search of the Marion County Record offices may have violated the First Amendment and 1980’s Privacy Protection Act, says David McCraw, a lecturer on law and top New York Times lawyer.
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Welcoming our 100th LL.M. class
August 16, 2023
Harvard Law School’s Graduate Program has officially welcomed the LL.M. Class of 2024 to campus.
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More than 130 Harvard Law School staff donated their time and talent for HLS Week of Service, held during the week of July 31 to August 4.
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Okediji appointed director of Center for African Studies
August 10, 2023
Ruth L. Okediji, the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, has been named Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies (CAS).
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Providing cluster munitions has ‘changed the nature of U.S. involvement’ in Ukraine, says Harvard Law expert
August 7, 2023
Bonnie Docherty, scholar on humanitarian disarmament, says the weapons endanger civilians now and in the future.
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Fighting for the freedom to practice religion in prison
July 12, 2023
Inmates have long had the freedom to exercise their religion in prison, but Damon Landor, a practicing Rastafarian, had his dreadlocks shaved against his will.
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Corporate law and governance specialist Mariana Pargendler will join Harvard Law as professor of law
July 12, 2023
Mariana Pargendler, whose scholarship focuses on corporate law and corporate governance, will join the Harvard Law faculty in 2024.
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Harvard Law’s Center on the Legal Profession co-hosts the International Legal Aid Group's 14th biennial conference.