Tag: equality

Author and Petrie-Flom Center Senior Fellow Alicia Ely Yamin weaves together firsthand experience with arguments drawn from law, public health, economics and democratic theory, to explore how evolving international and national legal norms, the advent of medical and technological discoveries, and economic policies have interacted in the realization of health-related rights.

What are recent global initiatives and trends in women leadership in politics and law? What are the broader implications of women's leadership for enhancing the rule of law? Join us for a panel discussion on Gender Equality and Rule of Law to explore how women in political and judicial leadership can contribute to upholding Rule of Law. Ms. Anne Tierney Goldstein Esq., Human Rights Education Director of International Association of Women Judges and Dr. Paula Cecchi-Dimeglio, from Women and Public Policy Program at HKS and a joint postdoctoral fellow with the Program on Negotiations at HLS will join as panelists for this event.

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 […]

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 […]

Join the organizers of the upcoming CRT Conference to learn from Professor Melvin Kelley. Prof. Kelley will share his insights into Critical Race Theory based on his work as a fair housing attorney and scholar. The discussion root the development of CRT in the continued pattern of racial subordination after the civil rights movement and […]

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!

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.

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 […]

This conference regards money as a public project. It brings scholars, journalists, and policymakers into conversation about how to realize its democratic possibilities, past and present. Topics that will be covered include economic development, financialization and inequality, assault gun sales, postal banking, a federal job guarantee, and monetary politics. The conference is geared toward scholars […]

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.

Come join us for a healing event to honor survivors of sexual assault and provide a safe, healing space for the HLS community following the difficult events of the last few weeks surrounding the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.

Join the Gender Violence Program and Diane Rosenfeld for an Informal Reception in honor of Women@HLS and Celebration 65 featuring Cari Simon, ‘11 Inaugural Fellow of the HLS Gender Violence Program Title IX Civil Rights Attorney The Feinberg National Law Group with a special visit from Professor Catharine MacKinnon Light appetizers All are welcome! Friday, […]

Join Lambda and Harvard queer students for a mixer at Grafton Street.

Meet the HLS LGBT clinical staff and students over food and drinks.

Join the Harvard Law Students for Reproductive Justice for a talk by professor, author, and activist Khiara Bridges, entitled “The Intersections of Class and Race: Imagining an Ethnography of the Reproductive Lives of Class-Privileged Women of Color”

The very meaning of citizenship at local, national, and global levels is in flux in most countries and continents. More than 65 million human beings are currently displaced from their homes, while even in countries where armed conflict is not prevalent, separatist and nationalist movements have reshaped policy. Gender—in all its forms—is essential to any […]

Meet HLS Lambda students and queer students from other Harvard schools.

Chat with HLS LGBT students about diversity and inclusion in our community over Mike’s Pastries.

Please join us for our third and last coffee chat by Dr. Linda Piwowarczyk, Director of the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights. “Each year individuals flee their countries in search of safety due to persecution – Many of whom have experienced severe forms of trauma. Through the lens of the Boston Center […]

Please join HLS Lambda for a lively and informal discussion on the experiences of LGBTQ people from around the world. HLS graduate students (LLMs and SJDs) will share their experiences of growing up LGBTQ and of LGBTQ activism. There will be a particular focus on how law shapes LGBTQ experiences. This year we plan to […]