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Faculty Scholarship
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Scholars reflect on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 75 years after UN adoption
January 2, 2024
As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — adopted by the UN in the wake of World War II — turns 75, Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy marks the anniversary with a publication weighing the history and future of the human rights movement.
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Outsized Control and Outsized Risk
December 20, 2023
A few financial firms now own a significant portion of the American economy, to their peril and the peril of our democracy, argues John Coates.
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On the bookshelves, fall 2023
December 15, 2023
Harvard Law Today features a selection of the books showcased at campus events throughout the fall semester.
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Equal Opportunity by the Numbers
December 14, 2023
Crystal S. Yang brings her love for economics to the study of the law and the pursuit of justice
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Keeping It Real
December 14, 2023
Jeanne Charn ’70, who played a central role in creating and developing what would become Harvard Law's Clinical Program, retired last summer
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Faculty honored for recent work, career achievements
December 6, 2023
Several Harvard Law faculty members have received accolades for their work and lifelong scholarship and achievements in recent months.
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Michael Ashley Stein receives award from the United States International Council on Disabilities
December 6, 2023
Michael Ashley Stein ’88, executive director of Harvard Law School’s Project on Disability (HPOD) and Harvard Law visiting professor, received the prestigious Dole-Harkin award from the United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD).
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Alexander Chen named Best Under 40 by National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
December 6, 2023
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association recently awarded Harvard Law School Lecturer on Law Alexander Chen ’15, founding director of the law school’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, its Best Under 40 award.
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Kathryn E. Spier, the Domenico De Sole Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, received an honorary doctorate from BI Norwegian Business School, in November.
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin receives Order of the Coif book award
December 5, 2023
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, received the 2023 the Order of the Coif award for her book “Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality.”
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Lecturer on Law Neil Eggleston has received a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer.
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Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law Ruth L. Okediji LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’96 has received a 2023 Barry Prize from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of her intellectual excellence and courage.
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In a Harvard Law School Library book talk, Professor Alan Jenkins ’89 discusses his graphic novel series about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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On Nov. 1, Stephen Sachs celebrated his appointment as the inaugural Antonin Scalia Professor of Law with a lecture titled “Life After Erie.”
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On the occasion of her appointment as Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, criminal justice expert Alexandra Natapoff delivered a lecture titled "Redistributing Law: A View from Below."
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Supreme Court preview: United States v. Rahimi to test Second Amendment and gun control
October 31, 2023
Harvard Law expert Mark Tushnet says an upcoming Supreme Court gun control case could ‘open up a very large number of questions about statutes that most people in this country think should be upheld.’
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Supreme Court takes on social media in Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier
October 27, 2023
On October 31, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases — Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier — that may decide whether and under what circumstances government officials can block private citizens from their personal social media accounts.
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Minow awarded Freedom of the Press Career Achievement Award
October 20, 2023
Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard and former dean of Harvard Law School, was honored with a Career Achievement Award by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.