Themes
Teaching & Learning
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Algorithm nation
March 14, 2022
A Harvard Law School reading group debates how the law should manage self-driving cars, A.I.-generated art, and other algorithmic technology.
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Securing justice for George Floyd
February 28, 2022
In a recent talk at Harvard Law School Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reflected on the George Floyd murder trial of Derek Chauvin, and verdict.
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Students in an advanced negotiation course taught by Professor Rachel Viscomi ’01 and clinical instructor Sara del Nido Budish ’13 used insights from multiparty negotiation to analyze the potential passage of legislation aimed at helping people suffering from ALS — and to better understand how to work as a team.
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Stephen L. Ball ’10 joins Harvard Law School as dean of students
February 17, 2022
Stephen L. Ball ’10 has been appointed Harvard Law School’s new dean of students, starting March 7.
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‘Maybe I will do something bigger that hopefully impacts the world’
February 14, 2022
At an HLS talk, Byron Allen — owner of the most successful Black-owned media group in history — shared his career history and experiences with the law.
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Remembering Alan Stone 1929–2022
February 4, 2022
Alan A. Stone, the Touroff- Glueck Professor of Law and Psychiatry Emeritus in the faculty of law and the faculty of medicine at Harvard, died Jan. 23. He was 92.
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Monica E. Monroe named assistant dean for community engagement, equity, and belonging
February 3, 2022
Monica E. Monroe has been named Harvard Law School’s new assistant dean for community engagement, equity, and belonging.
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Religious Liberty in Practice
January 31, 2022
The Religious Freedom Clinic gives students real-world experience representing clients on matters involving religious liberty and the First Amendment.
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Faith in the Law
January 31, 2022
Four distinct programs pursue research and address current topics linked to the intersection of religion and law
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The Crypto of the Realm
January 31, 2022
A Harvard Law class explores possibilities for a U.S. central bank digital currency, which would be sheltered from the wild fluctuations in value for which crypto is known.
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Reassessing Psychedelics
January 31, 2022
A new Harvard Law initiative examines the legal and ethical aspects of therapeutic psychedelics
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Justice for all
January 25, 2022
For the past two years, students in Harvard’s Prison Legal Assistance Project have helped prisoners they say were targeted for retaliatory violence.
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Building for the Future
January 25, 2022
With a focus on fostering collaboration and community, the modernist building has been transformed into a 21st-century work environment
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Crimmigration Clinic helps score First Circuit victory for asylum-seeker, Boston-area immigrants
January 18, 2022
In a case that could have national implications, the Harvard Law School Crimmigration Clinic recently convinced judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to discredit the use of controversial municipal gang databases in immigration proceedings.
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Meredith D.L. Boak ’12 has been appointed Harvard Law School’s assistant dean for Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, replacing Lisa Dealy, who retired in May after 30 years at the law school.
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Harvard Law School top photos of 2021
December 15, 2021
A look back at our most popular Instagram posts of 2021.
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Uplifting children’s voices in the Child Advocacy Clinic
December 14, 2021
In Harvard Law School’s Child Advocacy Clinic, students practice a variety of legal skills in order to amplify the voices of their most vulnerable clients: children.
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Conservative backlash threatens global gender justice efforts
December 7, 2021
Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity shared his views at a virtual event last month hosted by the HLS Human Rights Program that focused on his year-long investigation into incorporation of gender and gender identity into international human rights law.
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Debating the future of Roe
December 3, 2021
At the recent Rappaport Forum, panelists discussed abortion rights and whether the Supreme Court should honor precedent — or jettison Roe v. Wade.
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The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has announced the appointment of Susan Hendrickson ’93 as its new executive director.
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On the bookshelf
November 30, 2021
Here are some of the latest from HLS authors to add to your reading list over the holiday break.