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Meet the President’s new lawyers—and their new laywers

If leaders had listened to Elizabeth Warren years ago, she wouldn't have the job she has now.

At the Department of Justice, being the inspector general can be a very lonely job.

HLS continues to expand its international focus—and its graduates are taking notice.

In a wide-ranging interview, John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain survey the future of the Internet.

At Harvard Law School, some new answers to the question, What do future lawyers need to know?

On executive power, war and anti-terrorism, scholars have a lot to say--and lawmakers are listening.

Financial aid is helping those who will help others.

A great building begins as a gleam in the eye of an architect. Getting it built may require the vision of a lawyer.

The law school’s investment in public service is paying dividends.

With a cluster of research programs, HLS is a collection of think tanks rolled into one

In law school, Barack Obama ’91 already looked—and led—like a future president.

With the help of Harvard Law School’s new curriculum reforms, it’s getting easier for law students to take part in Harvard University’s intellectual feast.

Harvard Law School’s new program, and its faculty director, aim to change the way we think about environmental law

A new clinic lets students step up to environmental challenges—and onto the first rungs of their careers

For the sake of the planet, a lawyer wins the right to sue on behalf of future generations

To save a culture of cold, lawyers turn up the heat

There are now 16 clinics at HLS, enabling students to do fieldwork at home and abroad. Here are stories from three of them, taking students inside inner cities and inner sanctums.

Often, there’s a bond between the donor of a new chair and the scholar who occupies it.

For students in Harvard Law School's Supreme Court litigation clinic, helping Laurence Tribe get ready for a constitutional argument is like being in the eye of a storm.

The Kingdom of Bhutan is adopting its first constitution. Will it raise the GNH (gross national happiness)?