Teaching & Learning

Harvard Law expert Memme Onwudiwe explains the biggest extraterrestrial issues and controversies in space law — and why lawyers should pay attention.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher surveys the landscape of federal Indian law and explores the sometimes complicated relationship between Indigenous Americans and the federal government.

First Lady of Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio is working to end gender-based violence, and empower women.

Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein and federal judge Raymond Kethledge argue that maintaining three separate branches of government is vital for American democracy.

Harvard Law School celebrates the Caselaw Access Project and its efforts to transform justice with the digitization of millions of pages of case law.

A two-day conference at Harvard Law School reflected on the growth, resilience, and contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the law, on campus, and beyond.

Harvard Law experts Martha Minow and Rosalie Abella argue that predictive algorithms and AI could amp up and amplify existing inequities.

A Harvard Law conference and project focuses on Indigenous traditional knowledge and modern justice.

FTC Chair Lina Khan is determined to preserve “competition and the potential for disruption” in the fast-moving AI industry.

David Wilkins explains how a host of contentious new issues that are increasingly landing on lawyers’ desks are transforming the practice of law.

Harvard Law School’s David Wilkins says that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the practice of law.

A new initiative by metaLAB (at) Harvard teaches educators how to integrate AI into their pedagogy.

At a Harvard Law School Library book talk, author Daniel Medwed outlines the tangle of legal rules and procedures that keep wrongly convicted people behind bars.

Ruth Greenwood, a visiting assistant clinical professor of law and the director of the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, was appointed an assistant clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School, effective Jan. 1. 

Joshua C. McDaniel, the director of Harvard Law School’s Religious Freedom Clinic, was named an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Law School, effective Jan. 1.  

Harvard Law School today announced the launch of the Opportunity Fund, a new financial aid initiative that will enable J.D. students with the highest financial need to attend tuition-free for all three years.

Harvard Law School’s Fashion Law Lab has brought big names from the world of haute couture and beyond to HLS for a Winter Term course that consists of interactive workshops featuring case studies on fashion law.

Clinical Instructor Aminta Ossom ’09 and Taryn Shanes ’25 traveled to Geneva to present recommendations from the International Human Rights Clinic’s recent report, “When the Water Runs Dry: Human Rights, Climate Change and Deepening Water Inequality in Delhi, India,” at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights.

Mary Hollingsworth has been named director of Harvard Law School’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, effective Jan. 1.

The Center for Labor and a Just Economy has announced that Michelle Miller, a leading expert in labor organizing, policy, and media, has joined the center as its first director of innovation.

A new Harvard Law initiative supports and encourages students as they seek access to a career in the law: meet four of them