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  • A new hunt for Jimmy Hoffa

    October 1, 2019

    Law professor digs into the case to possibly solve the mystery of the disappearance — and to clear his stepfather’s name

  • Nancy Pelosi speaking with reporters

    Experts explore the thorny legal and political implications of trying to unseat Trump

    September 25, 2019

    Harvard faculty explore the thorny legal and political implications of trying to unseat Trump, and whether it will matter in the end if it reaches the Republican-controlled Senate.

  • Portrait of John Palfrey at Philips Academy at Andover

    Former HLS professor John Palfrey ’01 takes over the MacArthur Foundation

    September 25, 2019

    The Harvard Gazette recently spoke with John Palfrey '01, former professor and vice dean for Library and Information Resources at HLS, and former executive director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society about how his Harvard time prepared him for his new role to lead one of the country’s largest philanthropic organizations.

  • On the road to impeachment?

    September 25, 2019

    Harvard legal and political experts explore the thorny legal and political implications of trying to unseat Trump

  • HLS Library Book Talk: “Butterfly Politics”

    September 24, 2019

    According to chaos theory, the minuscule motion of a butterfly’s wings can trigger a tornado half a world away. Under the right conditions, small simple…

  • $1,000 promissory note from the Bank of the United States

    McCulloch v. Maryland: Two centuries later

    September 23, 2019

    On the 200th anniversary of McCulloch v. Maryland, HLS Professor Mark Tushnet reflects on the 1819 case that paved the way for the modern administrative state and established the supremacy of federal over state law.

  • Report cover

    New report by Harvard Law scholars presents road map for court fee and fine reform

    September 23, 2019

    A new report released earlier this month by researchers at Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Policy Program argues for eliminating court fees and making fines proportionate to offense and ability to pay.

  • Michael Klarman speaking at Harvard Law School on Constitution Day

    On Constitution Day, Klarman delivers a talk on the framers and the making of the Constitution

    September 19, 2019

    In commemoration of Constitution Day, Harvard Law School Professor Michael Klarman, an expert on constitutional law and constitutional history, delivered a talk titled "The Framers and the Making of the Constitution."

  • Rex Tillerson speaking at Harvard

    Tillerson’s exit interview

    September 19, 2019

    During a daylong visit organized by the American Secretaries of State Project, former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered his take on global leaders and hotspots, from Iran and Saudi Arabia to North Korea and Syria.

  • Glass with

    Clinic Stories: Democracy Brewing

    September 17, 2019

    With the help of Harvard Law School's Transactional Law Clinics, Democracy Brewing has become the first brewery in Massachusetts to launch as a worker-owned business.

  • Group of students posing on the steps of a building

    Harvard Law School Orientation 2019

    September 13, 2019

    As new Harvard Law students settle into life on campus, we feature highlights from the beginning of the academic year.

  • Dean Manning waving from the stage Sanders Theatre

    Dean Manning welcomes new students to HLS

    September 12, 2019

    At Harvard University’s ornate Sanders Theatre, Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85 imparted several pieces of advice meant to help new students navigate law school, their careers in the law, and their lives beyond.

  • 2019 faculty hires

    New this year for HLS faculty

    September 12, 2019

    With the start of the academic year, four new scholars have joined the ranks of the Harvard Law School faculty and two have been promoted to professor of law.

  • Samantha Power with a journalist and a friend interviewing a group of Bosnian military officers.

    Like a fish out of a war zone

    September 10, 2019

    In an excerpt from her just-released memoir, Samantha Power recalls her experience going from Balkans war correspondent to Law School student — and her stumbles along the way.

  • The man who killed Jim Crow: The legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston

    September 5, 2019

    Charles Hamilton Houston was an inspiring figure in American legal history, and a sometimes controversial one as well. Both sides of his legacy were examined in a lively lecture and Q&A discussion at Harvard Law School this week, to coincide with the 124th anniversary of his birth on September 3, 1895.

  • Elena Kagan

    If at first you don’t succeed…

    August 30, 2019

    Elena Kagan was 'petrified' when a Law School professor called on her on her first day of class. She blew her first exams, which situated her in 'the bottom third of the class.' And then, in her second semester at Harvard Law School, things started to change.

  • Paras Shah headshot

    Paras Shah ’19, fostering inclusion and creativity in human rights

    August 29, 2019

    In his work with Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic and beyond, Paras Shah '19 has always centered his approach to human rights on inclusion.

  • Portrait of Roxanne Armbruster

    Roxanne Armbruster joins HLS as chief human resources officer

    August 29, 2019

    Last month, Roxanne Armbruster joined Harvard Law School as assistant dean and chief human resources officer. In a conversation with Harvard Law Today, she talks about her wide-ranging career experiences, from tending buoys in Maine to building an HR business partner model in Boston.

  • Three students

    Welcoming new students

    August 23, 2019

    On August 19, Harvard Law School’s Graduate Program officially welcomed the LL.M. Class of 2020 to campus, along with eight new S.J.D. candidates and 10 international students from six of the law school’s exchange partner schools.

  • Photo of a model of a Dorm Room by Philip Welton Stanford

    A look back at new beginnings

    August 23, 2019

    As new HLS students begin to move in this weekend for orientation next week, we take a look at how some past students began their lives at Harvard Law School.

  • Anna Khalfaoui head shot

    As Satter Fellow, Anna Khalfaoui LL.M. ’17 assisted in trial of Congolese militia leaders

    August 23, 2019

    The British-trained French attorney who chose Harvard Law School for its human rights training plans to continue working on international human rights and international humanitarian law litigation.