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‘A profession of contribution and service’
August 30, 2022
Harvard Law Dean John F. Manning welcomes incoming law students, telling them the law offers “endless opportunities for lives of meaning and purpose.”
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‘You are a leader par excellence’
August 30, 2022
The Harvard Law School community welcomed the latest group of first-generation students to begin their studies.
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New classmates on the block
August 29, 2022
Harvard Law Today spoke to attendees of the Dean of Students welcome event in Southern California, who told us why they wanted to study at Harvard Law School — and what they are most looking forward to about the year ahead.
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This year, Jonathan Zittrain and Jordi Weinstock published Torts! Third Edition as the first in their Open Casebook series of high-quality, low-cost text books designed to make these primary texts affordable to law students across the United States.
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A warm welcome
August 16, 2022
As Orientation begins, Harvard Law School welcomes the LL.M. Class of 2023, along with new cohorts of S.J.D. and international exchange students.
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Across the country and throughout the world, Harvard Law School Dean of Students events welcome incoming students to the Harvard Law community.
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‘The Beyoncé of asylum law’
July 20, 2022
Clinical Professor Deborah Anker LL.M. ’84, ‘one of the architects of modern refugee law’ and founder of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, moves to emerita status.
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An Ounce of Prevention
July 15, 2022
“Lawyers are supposed to be problem solvers," says Justin Herdman ’01, "and that means identifying problems before they are at your doorstep.”
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HLS Authors: Selected Alumni Books Summer 2022
July 15, 2022
From “American Shtetl” to “South to America”
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A Focus on Democracy: HLS Clinics and Classes
July 15, 2022
The Election Law Clinic, led by Ruth Greenwood, visiting assistant clinical professor, focuses on voter suppression, gerrymandering, and the challenges money poses to democratic participation.
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Commencement x 3
July 15, 2022
During the last week of May this year, three Harvard Law School classes celebrated a long-awaited Commencement
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At the Top of His Game
July 15, 2022
National Football League referee Ron Torbert ’88 reaches the pinnacle of his profession: Officiating the Super Bowl.
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Vote of Confidence
July 15, 2022
An election law course examines doctrine and asks students to consider ‘the way things ought to be, and how to make them happen’
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Reckoning with a Painful Legacy
July 14, 2022
Harvard issues a report on the university’s connections to slavery and its long history of discrimination against Black people long after slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment.
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Cara Mund ’22 is the winner of the second annual Kristin P. Muniz Memorial Award. Mund is recognized for her commitment to justice, her advocacy, compassion for her clients, and stellar representation of each of those clients.
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Championing the underdog
May 10, 2022
If life itself is our greatest teacher, then a student who can apply lived experience to classroom learning has the benefit of a superior education.
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In this installment of “Cases in Brief,” Harvard Law Professor Richard Lazarus ’79 discusses the landmark citizen-suit case, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife (1992), which hindered the ability to bring environmental citizen suits for much of the 1990s.
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‘Change the world around you’
April 29, 2022
In a philosophical and wide-ranging Last Lecture, Harvard Law School Assistant Professor Nikolas Bowie ’14 reminded the Class of 2022 that they are on the verge of changing the world.
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A focus on empowerment
April 28, 2022
A social entrepreneur from Nepal, Jesselina Rana LL.M. ’22 focuses on human rights and women’s health.
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Understanding the legacy of slavery
April 28, 2022
Following the release of a report by the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, Harvard Law Dean John F. Manning has announced initiatives to honor the enslaved people whose labor generated wealth that contributed to Harvard Law School’s founding.
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Engaging in good faith discussion
April 27, 2022
Federalist Society President Jacob Richards ’22, who describes himself as a classical liberal, appreciates engaging in good faith discussion of hard issues at HLS.
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‘Recommit to your childhood dreams of justice’
April 27, 2022
In the first of this year’s Last Lectures, Professor Jon Hanson challenged students to think about what justice really means — and whether it’s truly provided by the American legal system or even taught in law school.
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Advice I did not take
April 25, 2022
In a Last Lecture, Harvard Law Professor Molly Brady stressed the importance of knowing when to take — and ignore — advice from others.
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International Night at HLS
April 25, 2022
The LL.M. Class of 2022 gathered in April for a fun-filled International Night in the WCC which featured dancing, singing, and spoken word talents — not to mention their team rowing skills.
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Figueres receives 2022 Great Negotiator award at HLS
April 21, 2022
As the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres was in charge of the 2015 climate talks in Paris. In a conscious departure from earlier conferences, she declared that any agreement should be unanimous, rather than merely a consensus.
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Supreme Court preview: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
April 20, 2022
The Supreme Court stands poised to decide whether a high school coach’s penchant for prayers with players poses First Amendment problems.
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‘We want to show students how to be entrepreneurs’
April 19, 2022
In a Harvard Law School reading group, entrepreneurs and legal operation specialists are sharing a road map for using technology to change the legal profession.
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‘I’d love it if poetry was required reading for law school’
April 19, 2022
In celebration of National Poetry Month, HLS lecturer and poet Jessica Fjeld reads a passage from a poem by Terrance Hayes, and discusses the importance of poetry in building empathy and connection.
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Focusing on well-being
April 19, 2022
Students on Harvard Law School’s Student Well-Being Working Group care about sharing mental health resources available with their peers.
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A haven for taxpayers
April 18, 2022
Harvard Law’s Federal Tax Clinic helps low-income taxpayers shed their debts — and stress.
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Three Harvard Law students — two current and one incoming — were among 30 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, the premier graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants.
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‘No one ever wants to feel that they don’t belong’
April 15, 2022
Monica Monroe, Harvard Law’s new assistant dean for community engagement, equity, and belonging, is focused on making sure everyone feels included.
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Senator Warren will participate in a conversation with Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85 about the important role lawyers play in society.
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‘Democracy and open society, human dignity, doesn’t necessarily win — we have to work for it’
April 13, 2022
The Harvard International Law Journal recently hosted a discussion with Stavros Lambrinidis, ambassador of the European Union to the United States.
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Steve Kerr holds court at Harvard Law
April 13, 2022
Steve Kerr, head coach for the Golden State Warriors, discusses leadership and basketball as part of the Dream Big speaker series at Harvard Law.
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Training future women presidents of Africa
April 13, 2022
With the Women Heads of State Initiative virtual summit, Teresa Clarke J.D. ’87/M.B.A. ’88 and Professor Ruth Okediji LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’96 brought together four female African heads of state to explore opportunities for the continent’s future advancement.
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Susan Hendrickson ’93, the new executive director of the Berkman Klein Center, recently spoke with Harvard Law Today about her career path, her advice for law students, what keeps her up at night and why, nevertheless, she continues to be optimistic about tech.
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The Institute for Rebooting Social Media announces its inaugural cohort of visiting scholars
April 8, 2022
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has announced its Institute for Rebooting Social Media’s inaugural cohort of Visiting Scholars.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson, a 1996 graduate of Harvard Law School, was confirmed today as the 116th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. With the Senate's confirmation, Jackson will become first Black female justice in the Court's 233-year history.
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Harvard Representation Initiative supports members of the Harvard community affected by the crisis in Ukraine
April 7, 2022
The Harvard Representation Initiative is supporting some Ukranian members of the Harvard community by providing immigration legal representation and social work support, offering options to keep them and their families safe.
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Current electric vehicles subsidies fail to reduce overall emissions, says Harvard Law study
April 7, 2022
Subsidies offered by the federal government for the purchase of new electric vehicles (EVs) may actually increase total greenhouse gas emissions without similar aid for secondhand buyers, concludes a new study led by Ashley Nunes, Ph.D., a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program.
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Cases in Brief: Powell v. Alabama with Dehlia Umunna
April 5, 2022
In the first of the series, “Cases in Brief,” Harvard Law Professor Dehlia Umunna discusses the infamous “Scottsboro Boys” case, Powell v. Alabama (1932), in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that defendants in capital cases have the right to adequate legal counsel.
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The Harvard Law School Democrats recently hosted a Q&A with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain ’87. who answered students' questions on the administration’s agenda on voting rights, student loan debt, global vaccine inequities, the war in Ukraine, and other hot topics.
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Since 2018, Harvard Law students have been tracking environmental laws and regulations across administrations.
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Talking across the aisle
April 5, 2022
Courses led by Harvard Law’s Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program teach students how to lead critical conversations about polarizing issues.
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Loretta Lynch is Harvard Law School’s 2022 Class Day speaker
March 31, 2022
The Hon. Loretta Lynch ’84, who was Attorney General of the United States from 2015 to 2017, will be this year’s speaker for the Class Day ceremonies at Harvard Law School.
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Limiting lessons
March 30, 2022
Alexander Chen of Harvard Law’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic says Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill likely will face First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause challenges.
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In recent paper, Howell Jackson and Timothy Massad propose that the U.S. Treasury Department implement a new mechanism to improve financial services for financially vulnerable households and expedite delivery of government benefits.
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Life imitating art
March 30, 2022
As an LL.M. student at Harvard Law School who is about to launch both a solo show and a collective exhibition with other Black artists across Harvard, Suleyman Wellings-Longmore LL.M. ’22 says he can finally see how his legal and artistic passions inspire and fuel one another.
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During Winter Term, Cravath International Fellows pursued independent clinical placements or research projects, exploring legal frameworks and practices in six countries.