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Bryan Stevenson ’85 on race, poverty and the things worth fighting for

John Coates argues that extending speech protections to corporations is bad—not just for democracy but for capitalism.

Loretta Lynch ’84 becomes the 83rd attorney general of the United States.

Proposals for reversing the corporate inversion trend bring home the need for tax reform.

Do recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on class actions mean less security in numbers?

A fellowship for lawyers who want to teach and study law helps to cultivate the next generation of law professors.

A nonprofit law firm whose clients have ranged from Hobby Lobby to a Santeria priest

From the statehouse to the schoolhouse, an HLS initiative changes the paradigm for educating young people who have experienced trauma.

Suddenly, the N.C.A.A. is forced to play defense in more than one court.

An immigration lawyer impresses the MacArthur Foundation (Even the General would have been impressed).

Banks can no longer make bets with their own money. Some say the reform makes us safer; others say it simply transfers the risk.

Students witness the journey of the undocumented

We follow 5 clinical students into the lab, the barbershop and the labyrinth of condominium governance.

Dean Martha Minow of the Law School follows E.O. Wilson in the Harvard Gazette's Experience series, interviews with Harvard faculty covering the reasons they became teachers and scholars, and the personal journeys, missteps included, behind their professional success.

Tama Matsuoka Wong ’83 was a securities lawyer in Hong Kong when her toddler began to suffer from such severe allergies that she was hospitalized. When it became clear that the problem was related to processed foods, Wong and her family returned to the U.S., where they could have better control over what they ate.

This fall, more than 600 alumnae from around the country and the world came back to Harvard Law School for “Celebration 60: Leaders for Change—Women Transforming our Communities and the World.” We interview four participants on their experiences effecting change.

First Lady Michelle Obama ’88 on cultivating a healthier future for children.

At Harvard Law School and its library, digital experts are busy inventing the future of textbooks, the classroom and information access.

With more and more people deeply concerned about what they’re eating and what it means for our health, the economy, the environment, social justice, and even national security, Harvard Law School has created a new focus on food law.

In June, a delegation from Harvard Law School led by Dean Martha Minow embarked on a 15-day, five-stop visit to East Asia and to the fore of fast-moving developments and challenges across the region.

In many areas of law, excuses can defeat liability. Criminal law recognizes duress or provocation as excuses to reduce a criminal defendant’s punishment. In Contracts,…