Tag: General Interest

About the event: Twenty-five years ago, the African nation of Rwanda was ripped apart by a genocide that left nearly a million dead. The untold story is that when the bloodshed ended, women not only buried their neighbors and cared for orphaned children, they drove a recovery that laid a foundation for their current political […]

The Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies invites you to this year’s observance of the National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 2nd, in their office, 009 Austin Hall. Doors open at 7:30 am. Bagels, fruit, coffee and juice will be provided. We will begin promptly at 8 am. Come when you can, leave […]

Austin Hall North, Room 100 About the Event: A conversation with John Branca, world-renowned entertainment lawyer with more than 30 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as clients, including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, and Michael Jackson. Moderated by Harvard Law School professor Brian Price, Branca will discuss what is […]

HLS Students for the Rule of Law will be hosting a lunch talk and a coffee chat with Ms. Sarah C. Long, Director of the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index. World Justice Project is a DC-based independent and multidisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting rule of law around the world. Its Rule of Law […]

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 […]

HLS 5K to Finals! Sunday, March 24th @ 9:30am 64 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA Sign up at http://bit.ly/5KtoFinals and join ‘The HLS 5K to Finals’ race team. Enter promo code HLS2019 for discounted rate. Please note, the promo code is for HLS students, faculty, and staff only. Questions? Contact Carolyn at chubbard@law.harvard.edu

The Harvard Food Justice Symposium aims to address the impact of America’s food system on our health, economy, and environment. At a moment when systemic inequities shape the kind and quality of food available to our communities, FJS examines the competing priorities and legal challenges that obstruct the food justice movement. The Symposium will attract […]

Although pre-modern scholars often prohibited talfiq–the combining of disparate opinions from a multitude of legal schools in order to produce a new action previously deemed impermissible–this very practice has proved indispensable in the contemporary phenomenon known as Islamic Finance. Among the striking accomplishments of Islamic Finance is the uniting of traditionalists, modernists, and fundamentalists (broadly […]

GSAS Harvard Biotech Club x Roivant Sciences US Healthcare & Drug Pricing Debate Earlier this month, nearly 30 pharmaceutical companies announced that they have taken steps to raise the U.S. prices of their medications. Why can’t government health agencies negotiate or directly regulate drug prices in the world’s most expensive pharmaceutical market? Come hear the […]

HLS 5K to Finals! Sunday, March 24th @ 9:30am Sign up at http://bit.ly/5KtoFinals and join ‘The HLS 5K to Finals’ race team as part of the Cambridge Sprin Classic 5K Road Race Enter promo code HLS2019 for discounted rate. Promo code is for HLS students, faculty, and staff only. Questions? Contact Carolyn at chubbard@law.harvard.edu

Join WLA and attorney Maureen Schad from Norton Rose Fulbright for a discussion about current and evolving issues in immigration. Coffee, cookies and baked goods from MILK will be served! Feb 19th – 4 to 5 pm WCC 3018 Maureen Ketler Schad is Pro Bono Senior Counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright, where she litigates and […]

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.

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 […]

Come to the film screening of the 2011 movie A Separation—about marriage, divorce, crime, and regret—directed by Oscar Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi (for The Salesman, 2017). A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to do so. It also won the Golden Globe for Best […]

Winter Classic 5K Road Race, Cambridge, MA Sunday, December 2nd @ 9:30am Visit https://tinyurl.com/5KWinter2018 to join ‘The HLS 5K to Finals’ team and enter promo code HLSWINTER at checkout to receive discounted rate. Open to HLS students, faculty, and staff. Sponsored by Live Well @ HLS in the Dean of Students Office

MARIAM SHEIBANI, VISITING FELLOW, ILSP: SHARIASOURCE, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL This paper explores the tensions between conservative and innovative strains in Islamic law in twelfth-century Ayyūbid Damascus. The newly restored refugee capital of Damascus inherited the Shāfiʿī traditions of both Khurāsān and Iraq, which had developed autonomously throughout the tenth and eleventh centuries. While formal attribution […]

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.