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Four scholars are joining, re-joining, or moving up the ranks to begin the 2025-2026 academic year.

Alex Whiting, who supervised prosecutions at the International Criminal Court and served as an assistant special counsel in the Department of Justice, returned to Harvard Law School as a professor of practice on July 1.

Kristen Eichensehr, an expert in foreign relations, national security, cybersecurity, and international law, joined the Harvard Law faculty as a professor of law on July 1.

Richard Re, a leading expert on constitutional law, federal courts, and criminal procedure, joined the Harvard Law faculty as a professor of law on July 1.

Richard H. Fallon, Jr., an eminent scholar in constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, and the federal courts, and a revered member of the Harvard Law community, died July 13.

From Magna Carta to the afterlife of Paradise Lost, Harvard Law faculty have lined up a wide range of books for summer reading.

Harvard Law Professor Ron Sullivan says modern media can make things difficult for defendants in high-profile cases.

Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey talks labor organization with Harvard Law’s labor expert Sharon Block.

Researchers detail what we know about impact on revenue and health — and what we still need to find out.

Harvard Law faculty offer their thoughts on some of the most important Supreme Court decisions of this term — and how they could impact the law and society.

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.’

Experts debate what Harvard Law School’s original Magna Carta can tell us about our history.

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.

65 staffers were honored as ‘Harvard Heroes’ for ‘exemplary’ service to the university's mission.

Harvard Law School sports law expert Peter Carfagna says that lawsuits filed by professional tennis players aren’t likely to upend the sport.

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.

Members of Harvard Law Softball find a bond beyond balls and strikes.

Professor Kenneth W. Mack ’91, the Lawrence D. Biele Professor at Harvard Law School and affiliate professor of History at Harvard University, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.