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Teaching & Learning
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Author and historian Jill Lepore works with her Harvard Law students to master case research, tapping everything from archives to AI.
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Harvard Law celebrates negotiation expert Sheila Heen’s appointment as the Thaddeus R. Beal Professor of Practice.
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‘We don’t know what the risks are’
April 21, 2026
A Harvard Law School course aims to explore the law’s role in regulating AI — before it’s too late
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Q&A: Peter Carfagna ’79
April 17, 2026
Peter Carfagna, the faculty supervisor of Harvard Law School’s Sports Law Clinic helps to prepare sports lawyers through classes and placements.
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When is it time to dissent?
April 17, 2026
Legal, constitutional scholar suggests looking to judges’ practices for wider lessons.
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Weighing anonymity for public officials
April 9, 2026
Speaking on an Animal Law Week panel, Professor Noah Feldman says circumstances can sometimes determine whether transparency or privacy should triumph.
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A new tool from the Berkman Klein Center helps researchers and individuals understand how social media policies are evolving.
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On the 250th anniversary of American independence, Harvard Law experts debate the law and governance challenges facing the nation today.
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At a Harvard Law event, experts debated the president’s power to control and fire federal officials.
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Khan on ‘finding strange coalitions’ at the FTC
March 6, 2026
Former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan discusses her advocacy for enforcing antitrust laws.
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Shedding light on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket
March 4, 2026
Legal scholars debate whether the surge in emergency orders is merely a response to rising presidential power or a threat to the rule of law.
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Writer-in-residence initiative centers the power of narrative and storytelling in legal writing
February 19, 2026
At the inaugural session of a new program, Harvard Law School Writer-in-Residence Amy Davidson Sorkin talked with author Patrick Radden Keefe.
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Rule of Law 101 explores pivotal decisions in U.S. legal history
February 12, 2026
Harvard Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff hopes the video series she pioneered will help ‘expand the public conversation about the rule of law.’
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Grasping the federal power of the purse
February 5, 2026
Professor Howell Jackson’s January class aims to demystify the massive budget policy process.
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All the news that’s fit to save: AI and historical preservation
January 28, 2026
Two experts at the Harvard Law School Library outline the challenges of applying AI to preserve historical newspapers.
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Harvard Law faculty awards and achievements
January 22, 2026
Several members of the Harvard Law faculty have recently been recognized for their scholarship and contributions to the field.
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The Association of American Law Schools has named William P. Alford ’77, the Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, as the recipient of the 2026 Section on East Asian Law and Society Jerome A. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Martha Minow awarded 2025 Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Social Sciences and Technology
January 22, 2026
Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard and former dean of Harvard Law School, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Social Sciences and Technology.