Themes
Teaching & Learning
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Almost 2,500 years later, Socrates gets his retrial
December 22, 2025
Students in Adriann Lanni’s class find the Greek philosopher Socrates not guilty (though just barely).
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Harvard Law School’s Future-L gives talented high school students insight into the law and legal careers.
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‘The text alone is not enough’
December 3, 2025
Textualists should consider legislative intent in interpreting the law, argues Harvard Law School’s 2025 Vaughan lecturer.
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The Nuremberg Trials Project at Harvard Law School
November 24, 2025
Harvard Law Today offers a look at the Harvard Law School Library's efforts to document the full archive of the Nuremberg trials, and much more.
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Public banks — an old idea with new possibilities
November 21, 2025
Christine Desan co-hosts summit advocating for the return of public banks, which put capital to work for more than just profits.
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Harvard at Nuremberg: Law school lawyers played key roles in the trials
November 20, 2025
Harvard Law School lawyers played pivotal roles in the 13 Nuremberg trials that began just six months after Germany surrendered in WWII.
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Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records
November 20, 2025
Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.
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Psychedelics: Real risk or human right?
November 18, 2025
A Harvard Law School panel debated approaches to research and access to hallucinogenic drugs.
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What happens when ‘thou doth protest too much’?
November 12, 2025
UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh and Harvard Law School Dean John Goldberg discuss emerging trends in protest and public pressure civil claims.
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Harvard Law professor launches Case Viewer app for easier access to court decisions
November 10, 2025
Harvard Law Professor Ben Eidelson tapped into a childhood passion to build a tool for lawyers and law students.
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Restoring military honor to those who served
November 5, 2025
A panel of veterans who experienced less-than-honorable discharges recount the many ways that Harvard Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic assisted them.
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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.
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Former South African justice Albie Sachs reflects on his life and battling inequity
October 29, 2025
Anti-apartheid activist and former South African justice Albie Sachs reflects on his life and battling inequity in conversation with Randall Kennedy.
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Advocates who rescue animals in grave danger should qualify for ‘necessity defense,’ argues Harvard Law expert
October 22, 2025
Professor Kristen Stilt says that California policy points to a view that ‘animals are sentient beings whose harm is something we want to avoid.’
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Sports gambling: a public health threat?
October 16, 2025
A panel of experts ‘covers the spread’ of online sports betting, and argues for increased regulation.
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Concerns increase over cognitive decline among aging leaders and jurists, said experts during a panel titled ‘How Old is Too Old to Govern?’
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Brush Up Your Shakespeare
October 6, 2025
A Harvard Law class uses the Bard’s plays to explore legal themes and concepts past and present
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A Collection that Teaches and Inspires
October 6, 2025
Harvard Law Library’s rich Magna Carta trove offers students an important link to the past and the present