Upcoming Events
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HLS Beyond and LIL present: Funders and Founders
February 11, 2026
12:20 pm – 1:20 pmWhat does it take to build a legal tech startup? How are lawyers using AI now, and how will they use it five and ten years from now? Join Pablo Arredondo, Co-Founder of CaseText and now Vice President at Thomson Reuters following the company’s 2023 acquisition, in conversation with Jon Choi, visiting faculty at HLS and James Carr Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and Co-Founder of Solomon AI, as they discuss entrepreneurship, AI, and the future of the legal profession. -
HLS Beyond & BKC present: Where do Things Stand With the White House AI Action Plan?
February 19, 2026
3:45 pm – 5:00 pmProfessor Alan Raul will be leading 3 sessions this spring on TechReg in AI under the Trump Administration (see March 12th & April 9th events). This first session will examine the current U.S. federal AI governance landscape under the Administration’s July 2025 AI Action Plan and December 2025 Executive Order 14365 (“Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”), including the Administration’s posture toward the emerging web of state AI laws. -
HLS Beyond & SFS present: Mastering the Maze of Student Loan Repayment
February 25, 2026
12:20 pm – 1:20 pmJoin us for an in-depth exploration of upcoming changes to the standard repayment plan, income-driven repayment plans, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and how private loan repayment will impact broader financial planning, lead by Derek Brainard of Accesslex. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for integrating these updates into their student loan repayment strategy after graduation. -
How to Use Word Like a Lawyer
March 2, 2026
12:20 pm – 1:20 pmCome learn from the expert how to use Word’s formatting functions to create the best Brief possible. We’ll cover using styles, creating a table of contents, adding Roman and Arabic numbers to the same document, and creating a table of authorities. Bring your laptop, your formatting questions, and your appetite. -
HLS Beyond Presents: Ethical AI for Lawyers
March 11, 2026
12:20 pm – 1:20 pmDharma Frederick (’06) and Barbara Taylor lead this session on Ethical AI based on a new CLE requirement for lawyers at DLA Piper, designed in collaboration with Casetext. At this workshop you will learn about real, trustworthy applications of generative AI, including legal research, document review, and contract analysis. -
HLS Beyond and BKC present: AI Governance and Human Alignment
March 12, 2026
3:45 pm – 5:00 pmIn this second session of the TechReg in AI series w/ Alan Raul (see April 9th) we address the issue of how Frontier AI companies assure human control and safety. AI is a potentially hugely transformative technology that is developing substantially outside the government’s direct control. Since under the Administration’s current AI framework major tech companies will be largely responsible for directing and controlling the progress and governance of frontier AI, we survey how these corporate entities have set up their governance structures, instituted compliance measures (legal conformity and safety assessments, risk management frameworks), built in technical measures (evaluations, red-teaming, monitoring), and established organizational measures (risk committees, responsible scaling policies, incident response). -
HLS Beyond & SFS present Smart Money: Using AI for Financial Decision Making
April 7, 2026
12:20 pm – 1:20 pmHarness the power of artificial intelligence to transform the way you approach making financial decisions and accessing information. From personalized budgeting tools to interactive debt management simulations and investing modeling, this session will reveal cutting-edge ways to demystify complex financial topics. Discover how AI can provide you with the insights you need to make informed financial decisions, all while saving you time. -
HLS Beyond and BKC present: Evidence-Based AI Policy
April 9, 2026
3:45 pm – 5:00 pmIn this third and final session of the TechReg in AI series with Professor Alan Raul, we consider what constitutes an “AI incident” for policy and governance purposes. Who is monitoring and reporting them? How does the concept account for foreseeable harms, near misses, and distinctions between systems performing as intended versus those that are malfunctioning, maliciously compromised, or acting in novel or unexpected manners? As we dig into today’s incident-monitoring ecosystem, we’ll discuss relevant challenges such as underreporting, selection bias, confidentiality, reproducibility and how to translate scattered, anecdotal events into meaningful evidence for risk management and harm prevention.
Amicus Libris: Briefs from the Harvard Law School Library
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Remembering when Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at HLS
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we share an image of Dr. King from our collection, and remember Oct. 24, 1962, when he participated in The Harvard Law Forum with a speech entitled “The Future of Integration.” Dr. King began his speech by recalling his time at Harvard as a “special student” [a
January 19, 2026
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Replication of Government Datasets and the Principles of Provenance
In cultural heritage collecting, objects’ histories matter; we care who owned what, where, and when. The chronology of possession of an object through place and time is commonly referred to as “provenance.” Efforts to decolonize the archive have given new life to this age-old collecting concept, as provenance is now often at the forefront of
January 5, 2026
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Working Together to Answer Tough Questions
The questions faculty ask us in Faculty Research and Scholarly Support (FRSS) run the gamut from requesting an obscure article to complex historical research. Recently, faculty questions have required us to search financial or other complex data sources. Fortunately, as a part of the greater Harvard community, we have access to a range of great
December 5, 2025
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