John C.P. Goldberg named Harvard Law School dean
John C.P. Goldberg, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, has been named the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law of Harvard Law School.
Magna Carta at Harvard Law: A new discovery, a rich history
Harvard Law Today takes a closer look at the history of Magna Carta at Harvard Law.
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David Wilkins ’80, faculty director of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, has been named a ‘market shaper’ by Financial Times and RSGI, in recognition of how he has ‘promoted study of the development of the profession as a discipline in itself.’
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Experts debate what Harvard Law School’s original Magna Carta can tell us about our history.
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The Petrie-Flom Center welcomed three dozen scholars from the law, medicine, and bioethics to debate the implications of aging brains and bodies on the law.
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65 staffers were honored as ‘Harvard Heroes’ for ‘exemplary’ service to the university's mission.
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Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard, received a prestigious 2025 Burton Award for academic excellence at a gala in Washington, D.C.
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