Tag: General Interest

September 15, 2020
The HLS Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team is currently recruiting members for its 2020-2021 team. Tryouts will take place over the weekend of Sept. 26-27. If you are interested in being on the team, please fill out the application form (https://forms.gle/6W75jeKue7CgEaVNA) by Wed., Sept. 23. Prior moot experience or international law background is not necessary, and all those interested are strongly encouraged to apply! 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls and LLM students not already licensed to practice law are all eligible to compete, and independent writing credit is available.

August 27, 2020
Profs. Martha Minow and Emily Broad Lieb are co-hosting a weekly colloquium series: "Covid-19 and The Law" involving more than 40 experts from our faculty, clinics, and research programs. Wednesdays, 12pm-1pm, starting Sept. 9. You are invited to come to any and all discussions--register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MMwm3rx2QLuVjLKb212U0w Academic credit is available to students who wish to write an independent paper or contribute to the blog. All information about the series and how to get involved can be found here: https://covidseries.law.harvard.edu/

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June 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Hospital administration is complex during the best of times. Hospitals are now struggling to respond to the surge of COVID-19 patients, including obtaining enough PPE, ventilators, and other materials. They must also manage a sharp decrease in revenue from a pause on most other medical procedures. Hospitals are also considering the needs of their workforces, […]

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June 23 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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 […]

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June 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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 […]

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May 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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 […]

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April 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

The Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School, presents: “Halakhists, Humanists, and Legal Codification: Organizing Jewish Law in the Early Modern Period” Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg (Harvard Society of Fellows) Wednesday, 1 April 2020, at 12pm Location: Hauser 101 Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA Lunch from Milk Street Café Around the middle […]

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March 25 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School, presents: “The Innovation of the Baal Teshuva Yeshiva, Its Educational Philosophy, and Model” A Lecture by Rav Nota Schiller Rav Nota Schiller will speak about the innovation of the Baal Teshuva yeshiva, its educational philosophy and model. An institute of advanced Torah study […]