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In January 2023, staff in the Harvard Law School Library’s Historical and Special Collections and Digital Initiatives departments began processing and digitizing the professional papers of Charles J. Ogletree Jr. HLS’78 (1952-2023), former Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School. The Ogletree family donated the collection to the library in 2022. The

July 25, 2025

‘HLS Beyond’ was developed by the Harvard Law School Library and is an innovative program that seeks to equip HLS students with ideas and skills that expand their humanity as citizens and future leaders in the legal field and beyond. Through smaller-scale, interactive sessions led by faculty, alumni, staff, and students themselves, the HLS student

July 3, 2025

Harvard Law School Library Historical & Special Collections is pleased to announce a special exhibit opening this June. One Text, Sixteen Manuscripts: Magna Carta at the Harvard Law School Library first debuted in September 2015 to celebrate Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary. In honor of the exciting new scholarship surrounding HLS MS 172, we are pleased

May 21, 2025