Themes
Teaching & Learning
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Harvard Law’s Center on the Legal Profession co-hosts the International Legal Aid Group's 14th biennial conference.
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A Changing Climate for Environmental Lawyers
June 27, 2023
A new course taught by Richard Lazarus examines the wide-ranging implications of law for climate change.
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Experts discuss “Money as a Democratic Medium” at a conference organized by Harvard Law School Professor Christine Desan.
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Susannah Baruch, an expert in health law policy and ethics, joins Petrie-Flom Center as executive director
June 20, 2023
Susannah Baruch has joined the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School as executive director.
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Salma Waheedi named inaugural executive director of Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World
June 20, 2023
Salma Waheedi, a lecturer on law and associate director of Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, has been named its executive director.
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Public Service Venture Fund selection committee members discuss Harvard Law’s student pipeline to public interest law
May 31, 2023
Recipients of Harvard Law School’s Public Service Venture Fund organization-based fellowships are making their marks all around the world.
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On the bookshelves, spring 2023
May 31, 2023
Harvard Law School book events showcase the works of faculty, alums, and other affiliated individuals.
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Mergers and acquisition experts David Sorkin ’84 and Alan Klein ’84 to lead new course designed to provide students with additional hands-on corporate law experience.
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‘Our voices must be heard’
April 12, 2023
A conference in honor of immigration law pioneer Deborah Anker focused on emerging immigration law issues.
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‘In the eye of the storm – in a good way’
April 10, 2023
Harvard Law’s Semester in Washington Program celebrates 15 years of helping students become government lawyers
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A gateway into public international law
April 5, 2023
A foundational course prepares students for the Harvard Law's offerings in international, comparative, and foreign law.
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So, you want to break into the music world?
April 4, 2023
At a daylong seminar Harvard Law's Recording Artists Project brought together artists and managers to discuss the legal and business sides of entertainment industry.
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HLS launches new pre-law fellowship program to help interested college students with a range of lived experiences, primarily individuals from first-generation and less advantaged backgrounds, apply for admission to law schools around the nation.
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‘We genuinely face the possibility of losing democracy’
March 29, 2023
Civil rights leader Sherrilyn Ifill encourages an examination of institutions and urges the inclusion of marginalized voices.
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Notes and Comment
March 29, 2023
At this spring's Notes and Comment event, dozens of Harvard Law students working on writing projects met with faculty experts for advice and commentary on their work.
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Ten Harvard Law students trekked to arctic Alaska during spring break to prepare tax returns for indigenous communities.
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Making the invisible curriculum visible
March 22, 2023
At the “Teaching First-Generation Law Students” event, professors shared insights and recommendations for making law teaching more inclusive.
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‘They see the Court in a different light’
March 21, 2023
A Harvard Law panel on "Teaching the Roberts Court," moderated by Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, examined the ways today’s Court shapes legal pedagogy.
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Helping parents know their legal rights
March 20, 2023
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau launches the Family Defense Practice to help parents facing investigations by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
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Not-so-innocent bystanders
March 13, 2023
Journalist Géraldine Schwarz shares the story of her grandparents who ‘followed the current’ in Nazi Germany.
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At Harvard Law School, Canadian Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner discusses differences with the U.S. judiciary and argues that access to justice is a ‘democratic imperative.’