Teaching & Learning

A panel of veterans who experienced less-than-honorable discharges recount the many ways that Harvard Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic assisted them.

At the Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum, experts discussed the topic of educational opt-outs after the Supreme Court's decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor.

Anti-apartheid activist and former South African justice Albie Sachs reflects on his life and battling inequity in conversation with Randall Kennedy.

Professor Kristen Stilt says that California policy points to a view that ‘animals are sentient beings whose harm is something we want to avoid.’

A panel of experts ‘covers the spread’ of online sports betting, and argues for increased regulation.

Concerns increase over cognitive decline among aging leaders and jurists, said experts during a panel titled ‘How Old is Too Old to Govern?’

A Harvard Law class uses the Bard’s plays to explore legal themes and concepts past and present

Harvard Law Library’s rich Magna Carta
trove offers students an important link to the past and the present

The years ahead may prove perilous for public health, warn health and legal experts at the Petrie-Flom Center.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg ’99 discusses importance of public service and shares career advice.

Obligations XI brought together scholars and practitioners from across the common law world to discuss current issues in areas such as contracts, torts, property, equity, unjust enrichment, and private law theory.

Catherine Peshkin, who has served as interim dean of student services since October 2024, has been appointed dean of student services for Harvard Law.

Nancy Pinn, who joined the law school in 2001 as assistant director for LL.M. affairs, has been appointed assistant dean for Harvard Law's Graduate Program and International Legal Studies.

Amanda Watson of the Harvard Law School Library says the release of Harvard’s digitized collection is only the beginning of collaborations between libraries and tech firms.

The founders of Harvard Law School Project on Disability discuss the program’s ethos and evolution over the past 20 years.

Four scholars are joining, re-joining, or moving up the ranks to begin the 2025-2026 academic year.

Alex Whiting, who supervised prosecutions at the International Criminal Court and served as an assistant special counsel in the Department of Justice, returned to Harvard Law School as a professor of practice on July 1.

Kristen Eichensehr, an expert in foreign relations, national security, cybersecurity, and international law, joined the Harvard Law faculty as a professor of law on July 1.