News and Announcements for HLS Staff

Harvard is transitioning to a new phone service called Harvard Phone (your phone number stays the same). Sign up for a training, download user guides, and learn more about signing in to your new Harvard Phone account.

Harvard's Group Long-Term Disability (LTD) Plan carrier is changing. Beginning June 1, Liberty Mutual will administer Harvard's Group LTD Plan. If you are not enrolled in LTD, Liberty Mutual is offering a one-time special enrollment period from April 24 – May 5, during which you can enroll without evidence of insurability.

The Legal Services Center is seeking volunteers for the fifth annual People's Law School – an open-house event featuring a series of 1-hour "Know Your Rights" workshops on a variety of important and timely legal topics.

All staff are invited to join in a conversation about the HLS Dean Search. Members of the Faculty Advisory Group will host the discussion on Tuesday, April 11 from 1:00-2:00pm in Austin 100 North.

Beginning at 9am on Monday, April 24th the HLS community will be able to book select rooms for the period of August 12, 2017 through August 10, 2018.

Beginning April 3, Harvard faculty and staff will experience a new look and feel when they log into PeopleSoft, the University HR system to view paychecks, make benefits elections each fall, report time worked and absences, and participate in performance management.

Delicious and filling with authentic flavors. Visit the action station April 3-7 for Ramen!

We are designing the Public Interest Scavenger Hunt, and we could use your help! If you know of items on campus, specific locations, or people who have some connection to our theme of public interest at HLS, please send us your ideas.

If you have not done so already, please enter your FY17 goals in PeopleSoft before Friday, March 3, 2017. We've included instructions on how to enter goals for employees and managers.

Box’t: Slow Food Fast presents classic comfort food in a new and exciting fashion. Chopped fresh, seasonal vegetables are quickly sautéed with full-flavored protein (vegetarian options are available as well), then topped with a drizzle of finishing sauce and crunchy toppings.

On Wednesday, February 1, between 8:00am and 9:00am, ITS will be performing maintenance on the HLS Event Management System (EMS). The HLS EMS system and the “myrooms.law.harvard.edu” room reservation website will not be available during this time.

Human Resources and CWD are pleased to offer an upcoming career development workshop at HLS. All staff are invited to learn more about “What Drives You?”

Concur Office hours will be held from now until March to answer any questions you may have as you start your first reimbursement and Citi payment requests in the new system.

We are replacing the existing McAfee spam e-mail management system with a new product called ProofPoint. This will function in primarily the same fashion as McAfee does.

In order to import the Spring Term 2017 academic schedule, the HLS Space Scheduling System will be off-line from 9am Monday, January 9, 2017 through 9am on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. No full service room requests may be placed during this outage; please plan accordingly.

As a reminder, Concur is going live on January 17! There are a number of upcoming trainings scheduled on the HLS campus. Check out the training schedule and sign up today!

Before you leave for the break, here are a few ways you can conserve energy while you are away.

The HLS community is invited to submit nominees for the 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Photo Exhibit featuring portraits of 20 women lawyers, policy-makers and change-makers in the legal field. Nominate a woman who has inspired you! We will be accepting nominations through December 28.

We will continue the annual tradition of a potluck dessert table and be accepting donations for the Toys for Tots charity at the event today from 3-5pm.

Please join in on the holiday spirit by donating an unwrapped gift to TOYS FOR TOTS at this year’s HLS Holiday Party! There will be a donation table at the party on December 16 from 3-5pm.