Themes
Teaching & Learning
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‘If you’re boring, you’re not going to educate.’
April 28, 2025
Randall Kennedy has blazed a path as an open-minded, nuanced, and independent thinker.
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A milestone in the pioneering work of the Cyberlaw Clinic
April 28, 2025
Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic celebrates 25 years of providing pro bono services at the intersection of technology, law, and social justice.
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In a Berkman Klein Center discussion about leadership in times of crisis, Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of New Zealand, said people should demand more from politicians.
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Former Golden State Warriors GM Bob Myers is Harvard Law School’s 2025 Class Day Speaker
April 16, 2025
Bob Myers, the former basketball executive who led the Golden State Warriors to four NBA championships, will be Harvard Law School’s 2025 Class Day speaker.
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Professor David Wilkins speaks on the future of the workplace, legal education, and preparing for a world of uncertainty.
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When arguing cases before Supreme Court is your job
April 10, 2025
Former solicitors general recall what it’s like representing the U.S. government amid shifts on the SCOTUS bench.
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A credit to the Tax Litigation Clinic
April 10, 2025
Part of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, the Tax Litigation Clinic helps low-income taxpayers in dispute with the IRS and the state of Massachusetts.
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Students’ visit boosts hurricane victims
April 9, 2025
In March, 10 Harvard Law Students took part in a pro bono spring break legal aid trip to North Carolina to assist those trying to recover from Hurricane Helene.
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Are we all purposivists now?
April 3, 2025
At Harvard Law’s 2025 Scalia Lecture, Judge Rachel Kovner argues that ‘purposivism is not dead, and it coexists with textualism on the Supreme Court today.’
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The afterlife of slavery in the law
April 1, 2025
NYU School of Law Professor Devon Carbado argues that slavery was not just an event, it was a ‘structural phenomenon’ that ‘wired racial inequality’ into American society.
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Inquest named a finalist for a National Magazine Award
March 28, 2025
Inquest, a publication of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, at Harvard Law School, was named a finalist for the 60th annual National Magazine Awards.
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‘Living — and dying — with dignity are both important’
March 27, 2025
Luis Gallegos, a senior advisor on disability rights, is leading the push for a UN convention on the rights of older people.
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When copyright law and fashion collide
March 20, 2025
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ’64 explains his dissent in a case involving cheerleading uniforms.
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‘Kentucky’s public schools are well worth fighting for’
March 12, 2025
Local student advocates in the Bluegrass state file an education rights lawsuit with legal representation from Harvard’s Education Law Clinic.
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The problem with Indian laws made by others
March 12, 2025
A daylong Indian Law symposium, organized by Harvard's Native American Law Students Association, explored indigenous issues across the legal landscape.
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At Harvard Law School, John Finley ’81, an executive with private equity firm Blackstone, expresses optimism about SEC regulation under the second Trump administration.
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Distrust the biggest lingering effect of 2020?
February 26, 2025
The psychic and political toll of the pandemic is examined at a Petrie-Flom book event.
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‘Unions were built for big fights’
February 19, 2025
Former Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su ’94, who left the Department of Labor at the end of the Biden administration, speaks at Harvard Trade Union Program’s graduation.