What power does the president have over the federal bureaucracy?
Legal scholars debate the unitary executive theory and the limits of presidential authority at Harvard Law School’s Rappaport Forum.
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Five decades in, the Endangered Species Act remains one of the country’s most muscular environmental laws — and, despite its popularity, a continued target
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Four students represent Harvard Law at the 2025 Salzburg Global Cutler Fellows Program.
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A daylong Indian Law symposium, organized by Harvard's Native American Law Students Association, explored indigenous issues across the legal landscape.
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A look at the experiences of three students who traveled abroad as Cravath International Fellows in January.
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At Harvard Law School, John Finley ’81, an executive with private equity firm Blackstone, expresses optimism about SEC regulation under the second Trump administration.
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In his new book ‘Climate Justice,’ Cass Sunstein discusses what nations owe each other in a warming world.
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