Faculty Scholarship

Two legal scholars, stunned by the Jan. 6 insurrection, game out a half-dozen possible schemes that exploit and spotlight flaws in system.

Professor Randall Kennedy sits in conversation with Martha Minow on his book of essays on a broad range of controversial topics.

Harvard Law expert Timothy Edgar outlines the arguments in Murthy v. Missouri and urges the Supreme Court to be guided by famous founder Benjamin Franklin.

Holger Spamann, the Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law at Harvard, has been named a fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

Harvard Law School Professors John C.P. Goldberg, Vicki C. Jackson, and Martha Minow have been recognized by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for their excellence in legal education.

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.

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.

Harvard Law Today features a selection of the books showcased at campus events throughout the fall semester.

Crystal S. Yang brings her love for economics to the study of the law and the pursuit of justice

Jeanne Charn ’70, who played a central role in creating and developing what would become Harvard Law's Clinical Program, retired last summer

Several Harvard Law faculty members have received accolades for their work and lifelong scholarship and achievements in recent months.

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).

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.

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.

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.”

Lecturer on Law Neil Eggleston has received a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer.

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.

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.

On Nov. 1, Stephen Sachs celebrated his appointment as the inaugural Antonin Scalia Professor of Law with a lecture titled “Life After Erie.”

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."

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.’