Tag: Criminal Justice

Join OPIA for a conversation with Chloe Cockburn ’07, Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform at Open Philanthropy and Josie Duffy ’13, President of The Appeal, for a discussion of where we go now with criminal justice reform in the United States in the wake of Minneapolis. Students will have the opportunity to submit questions in advance and also during the event. RSVP required by 11 a.m. on the day of the event. Individuals who RSVP will receive a link to the event link. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions in advance of the program, and no later than 10 p.m. on June 24th. Individuals can submit questions anonymously.

The Radcliffe Institute is offering a two-part series of virtual programs to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incarcerated people. Part II of this discussion series considers how public officials responsible for the operation of jails and prisons are responding to the current pandemic. What challenges and opportunities present themselves, given the reality […]

When and why state attorneys general assume control of criminal cases, especially those arising from allegations of police misconduct, has starkly arisen in Minnesota where Professor Jim Tierney (Former Attorney General of Maine and Lecturer in Law & Director of the Attorney General Clinic at Harvard Law School), has been advising Minnesota AG Keith Ellison regarding the recent homicide of George Floyd.
Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link to shortly before the program.

The Radcliffe Institute is offering a two-part series of virtual programs to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incarcerated people. Part I of this discussion series, cosponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, focuses on people in jails and prisons as well as the communities from which they come […]

Prisons, jails, and detention centers have been called ‘a ticking time bomb’ when it comes to COVID-19. One Ohio prison recently found that more than 70% of its inmates are COVID-19 positive. Social distancing is difficult to enact in these facilities, with some prisons stopping visitation and severely limiting the amount of time inmates can […]

This coming spring will see the publication of the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review’s (CR-CL) 55th volume. To celebrate more than a half-century of pushing the bounds of legal scholarship, we are holding a 55th anniversary conference at Harvard Law School on March 6-7, 2020 in Langdell Hall North, Room 225. We […]

This coming spring will see the publication of the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review’s (CR-CL) 55th volume. To celebrate more than a half-century of pushing the bounds of legal scholarship, we are holding a 55th anniversary conference at Harvard Law School on March 6-7, 2020 in Langdell Hall North, Room 225. We […]

In a seminal empirical study, David Baldus et al. showed that capital defendants were 4.3 times more likely to be sentenced to death when accused of killing a white victim rather than a black victim. In a new study updating Baldus’s data by looking at whom states actually executed, Professors Scott Phillips and Justin Marceau […]

This coming spring will see the publication of the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review’s (CR-CL) 55th volume. To celebrate more than a half-century of pushing the bounds of legal scholarship, we are holding a 55th anniversary conference at Harvard Law School on March 6-7, 2020 in Langdell Hall North, Room 225. We […]

Recent developments of financial technology and blockchain manifest a need for intelligent, passionate and ethical students to drive proper regulation and supervision of fintech development. As we enter this new playing field, what are some of the most important legal and regulatory issues students should understand? How can we prepare to enter roles that help […]

The growth of fintech has enabled simplicity and accessibility to financial services; the range of financial applications and prevalence of their use has increased substantially. But this spark of financial innovation has now partly fuels nefarious and fraudulent acts by illicit entities. Is there an inevitable trade-off between security and access? What are some of […]

In the fifteen years since the United States Supreme Court referred to developmental science in ruling the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles in Roper v. Simmons, state and federal courts have seen a wave of neuroscience-informed juvenile justice litigation. But the full potential of neuroscience in juvenile justice has yet to be reached. This panel will discuss scientific and legal developments, and the new innovations they suggest at the intersection of neuroscience and juvenile justice.

FEATURING MARTIN GARBUS TO DISCUSS HIS BOOK DETAILING DIRTY POLITICS, SECRET DIPLOMACY, AND THE TRIAL OF THE CUBAN FIVE RSVP Here! During his distinguished career, Martin Garbus has established himself as a well-known trial lawyer representing the likes of Daniel Ellsberg and Leonard Peltier. But there is no story Garbus wants to tell more than […]

The annual Law and Social Change Program of Study’s retreat will take place on Sunday, September 29th from 11am – 3pm at Wasserstein Hall. The retreat is a community-building event for students, faculty, staff and former deans to welcome 1Ls and LLMs interested in the power of law as a tool for social change, and […]

Please join the Harvard Negotiation Law Review to kick off the journal’s 2019 Symposium. This year we will be exploring Restorative Justice in the U.S. criminal context as well as post-conflict contexts around the world. Dr. Carl Stauffer, an expert in Restorative Justice who has worked in the field for decades, will deliver this keynote presentation. […]

Please join ACS in welcoming Professor Anna Lvovsky for a discussion of the judicial presumption of police expertise. Prof. Lvovsky teaches the history of policing, criminal law, and evidence at HLS, and her scholarship includes the role of moral judgement in the Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Her talk will include the chance for Q&A, […]

Titled “Fighting the (Q)arceral State,” the conference aims to educate our community about the complex role of queer people in incarceration; open the space of the law school to voices actively critiquing the legal system from critical race, intersectional, queer, and/or feminist frameworks, and build political energy for anti-prison activism. We are inviting activists, academics, […]

Titled “Fighting the (Q)arceral State,” the conference aims to educate our community about the complex role of queer people in incarceration; open the space of the law school to voices actively critiquing the legal system from critical race, intersectional, queer, and/or feminist frameworks, and build political energy for anti-prison activism. We are inviting activists, academics, […]

Monday, October 15 12:00-1:00pm WCC B015 Lunch will be provided Books available for purchase Join the Center on the Legal Profession for a book talk with author and Yale Law School Professor Stephen Carter on the release of his new book, Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most […]

Homelessness Coalition Info Session Sept. 19 | 12:00pm | WCC 1023 Come learn more about the intersection of homelessness and criminal justice! The Homelessness Coalition (HoCo) facilitates legal externships with the defense attorney of the Cambridge Homeless Court – externs assist him in advocating for clients on criminal matters and linking clients with social services. […]