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Strategic lawyering by a team of Harvard Law students led Veterans Affairs to change its long-standing benefits policy.
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‘Being in the 75th Ranger Regiment has taught me that success and failure largely hinge on the team, not the individual’
November 9, 2022
During two tours in Afghanistan, Andrew Steen managed various Ranger forces that aimed to disrupt Taliban and ISIS offensives.
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Air Force veteran Sarah McClellan is ‘adding to the diversity of perspectives’ at Harvard Law
November 7, 2022
Sarah McClellan’s experience with underrepresentation, as an Indigenous female Air Force officer, is shaping her Harvard Law career.
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Blair Kuplic of the US Navy JAG Corps: ‘I get a huge sense of fulfillment out of this job’
November 7, 2022
Blair Kuplic most recently advised operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet; she’ll next advise operations for outer space.
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‘Each of us has a bit of activist in us … That’s why we’re here’
November 4, 2022
How attorneys advance civil rights work in their practices, both at private public interest law firms and through pro bono work at large law firms, was the focus of discussion at two panel events at Harvard Law School
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Harvard Law School welcomes the LL.M. Class of 2021 to campus
November 2, 2022
Dean John F. Manning ’85 invited members of the LL.M. Class of 2021, whose LL.M. year was entirely virtual, to experience life on campus and connect with each other in person.
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Top dog
November 2, 2022
Sasha, Harvard’s new community engagement dog, offers comfort, stress relief, and snuggles for the campus community.
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Supreme Court Preview: Brackeen v. Haaland
October 31, 2022
Harvard Law Professor Joseph Singer says the Supreme Court’s decision in Brackeen v. Haaland has the potential to upset tribal sovereignty.
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In Memoriam: John Jay Osborn Jr. ’70, author of "The Paper Chase, 1945-2022
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Was Antonin Scalia originally an originalist?
October 26, 2022
In remarks made as part of the biennial Vaughan Academic Program, Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermeule argued that the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia began his judicial career as a champion of the administrative state.
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HLS alum named the next Chief Justice of India
October 26, 2022
D.Y. Chandrachud LL.M. ’83 S.J.D. ’86, who has served on the Supreme Court of India since 2016, has been appointed to serve as the next Chief Justice of India.
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Harvard Law School faculty members Sabrineh Ardalan, Michael Gregory, and Scott Westfahl candidly discussed their experiences with mental health, during and after law school, and shared how those have informed their work and strategies for well-being.
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Jack-o’-lanterns, haunted houses, and zombie laws
October 25, 2022
Property law expert Molly Brady tells us about the possible origin of the jack-o’-lantern, what happens if you need to sell your haunted house, and why you should add “cursed land surveyor” to your costume rotation.
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Reflections on serving in the judiciary
October 25, 2022
In a talk moderated by HLS Professor Intisar Rabb, Ret. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer ‘64 and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Supreme Court of Pakistan, reflect on serving in the judiciary.
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Children’s rights are human rights
October 24, 2022
Benyam Dawit Mezmur, a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School, works with the United Nations and the Catholic Church, among others, on behalf of children worldwide.
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Celebrating 15 years and more
October 19, 2022
Harvard Law School honored staff who have worked at HLS 15 years or longer at a staff appreciation luncheon in October.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an existential crisis, says European Commission trade leader
October 19, 2022
Russia’s war in Ukraine is both a threat to democratic values and an opportunity for global leadership, said European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, speaking to an audience of students and faculty at Harvard Law School.
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Former Deputy Treasury Secretary Daleep Singh and Federal Reserve Board Member Chistopher Waller debate whether to create a U.S. central bank digital currency.
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Hurricane Ian exposes cracks in Florida’s flood insurance market
October 14, 2022
Harvard Law expert Hannah Perls explains why so many Florida homeowners lack flood insurance and what should be done about it.
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Ogletree family donates the celebrated law professor and civil rights scholar’s papers to Harvard Law School
October 13, 2022
The Harvard Law School Library has been chosen as a steward of the papers of Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., the celebrated and influential Harvard Law professor and civil rights scholar.
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Moving legal teaching into the future
October 11, 2022
A discussion series on the future of law school pedagogy envisions new ways to support students, faculty.