Tag: Diversity

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 […]

Community input has clearly signaled that students, staff, and faculty are eager to adopt practical tools to enable them to detect and respond to signs of harassment in their own learning and work environments. The Bystander Intervention & Beyond program, hosted by the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and the Harvard University Central […]

A series of highly interactive roundtables held at LSC as faculty, graduates, current students, and current and former staff of the WilmerHale Legal Services Center come together to commemorate 40 years training more than 4,000 attorneys and law students and providing high quality, pro bono civil legal services to thousands of Greater Boston’s most vulnerable […]

We’ve all heard the phrase, “diversity and inclusion”, but what does it actually mean to make an educational environment, a workplace or organization or even our personal lives more diverse and inclusive? How can we get beyond grouping and labeling of other humans according to the color of their skin, the religion they practice, or […]

Within the legal profession, trial lawyers are willing to argue, scrape, and sometimes attack for our clients. We relish the thrill of the hunt. We’re accustomed to long hours in preparation and in the courtroom. Chaos and flying by the seat of our pants are our norms. And too, we can be highly visible. Most […]

Are you interested in pursuing a career in technology, but don’t have a background in STEM? Do you want to connect with other individuals farther along in their careers in tech? Join us; we will hold space for women, femmes and non-binary folks, and all interested in advancing their career goals in technology to connect […]

Please join HLS Lambda for our first spring “Out in the Workplace: Intersectional Identities” panel. Our panelists will discuss the unique challenges and opportunities that diverse LGBTQ+ attorneys encounter. Come with your burning questions. Lunch from Nirvana will be served!

Roberto Gonzalez Q&A moderated by Visiting Professor John Kroger. Mr. Gonzalez is a partner at Paul Weiss and former Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department, where he supervised more than a hundred lawyers in the areas of sanctions, cybersecurity, and financial regulation. Previously, he was Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Consumer Financial […]

The Harvard Immigration Project proud to host “Total and Complete Shutdown: A Panel Discussion on Trump v. Hawaii, and the Travel Ban”. This will be a panel discussion on the current administration’s so called “travel ban” . This panel will facilitate a critical dialogue that touches upon the political climate which gave rise to this […]

Join the Middle Eastern Law Students Association for a diversity lunch talk with two associate attorneys from WilmerHale. Attorneys Paloma Naderi and Laila Ameri will discuss their experiences at a big law firm.

MAKING NEW YORK (AND OTHER CITIES) ACCESSIBLE VICTOR CALISE COMMISSIONER, MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES JOIN HPOD FOR A LUNCHTIME TALK. Making New York (and other cities) Accessible. Victor Calise, Commissioner, NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. Thursday, February 14, 2019, 12 P.M. Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall, 3rd Floor, Harvard Law School.

FREE and open to the Public! JOIN HPOD FOR A LUNCHTIME TALK Social Inclusion and the Human Right of Belonging Professor Kim Samuel Professor of Practice at Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12 P.M. Morgan Courtroom Austin Hall, 3rd Floor Harvard Law School

For the 3rd Annual Trial Reenactment, we will be telling the story of Fred Korematsu and his fight for justice. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Korematsu v. United States and the 100th anniversary of Fred Korematsu’s birthday (January 30, 1919). This event is affiliated with the Harvard APALSA […]

A conversation between Commissioner Flávia Piovesan, Rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI Persons (IACHR), Belladonna Ashman, local trans activist and a member of the Workers World Party, and Emily Nagisa Keehn (moderator), Associate Director of the Academic Program at HRP.

This conference will explore the ways in which contemporary notions of disability are linked to concepts of citizenship and belonging. Leaders in advocacy, education, medicine, and politics will consider how ideas of community at the local, national, and international levels affect the understanding of and policies related to disability. Register online.

You know the drill. Meet LGBTQ graduate students from across Harvard at the Queen’s Head Pub, Friday 11/2. Except this time, it’s Halloween themed! Wear your craziest, awesomest costume. From 8-10 pm the party is open to all, but note that 7-8 pm this month is exclusively for queer and trans people of color. (Thanks […]

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 […]

Please join us as we host Sheila Kuehl ’78, one of the founders of the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender. Supervisor Kuehl is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and currently serves as the Chair of the Board. She was the first openly gay California legislator, and has a rich […]

This symposium will bring researchers from across the disciplines together with clinicians, educators, community advocates, and policymakers and thought leaders from both government and corporate sectors to discuss this critical topic. The program will enhance the dissemination of new information, foster new collaborations, and spark the development of innovative, evidence-based preventive interventions and policies to […]