Harvard Law School Orientation 2026
As students settle in, we take a look at the many Orientation activities that began the 2026-2027 academic year at Harvard Law.
‘America Unfinished’ explores the state of the nation at 250
A new collection of essays by more than 60 Harvard Law faculty members contemplates the past, present, and future of the United States.
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Professor Robert H. Sitkoff has been reappointed by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to serve as a Uniform Law Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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New students received an eventful introduction to Harvard Law School at Orientation 2026.
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Dean John Goldberg welcomed Harvard Law School’s newest students, urging them to approach their legal education with intellectual openness, compassion, and a commitment to engaging seriously with different views and the people who hold them.
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Harvard Law School welcomes the LL.M. Class of 2027, new S.J.D. candidates, and international exchange students for orientation.
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A Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic report links low‑priced foods to high‑risk additives.
Cases in Brief Faculty discuss some of the most notable cases in the history of the Supreme Court
In the News
- Has the Supreme Court Sandbagged Democracy?. The New Yorker
- Microsoft challenges data centre costs after pledging to protect ratepayers. Financial Times
- Anthropic’s $2tn IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight. Financial Times
- On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent. The New York Times
- The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Decision Is About More Than the Ballroom. Bloomberg
- Lindsay Clancy, Latarsha Sanders cases get vastly different public attention. The Boston Globe
- Utility of US consumer laws in spotlight after AI hacking incident. MLex
- Meta settlement could reshape how social media companies treat young users. NPR
- How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas. The New York Times
- The setup of my university’s student government is unusual — and legally questionable. The Boston Globe
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