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From global election trends to failed voting reform initiatives, Harvard election law experts break down last week’s presidential election and what it might mean for the future of American democracy.

At the first plenary panel of the Harvard LL.M. Program’s 100th Anniversary celebration, top international jurists returned to campus with stories from the bench.

In an increasingly polarized world, a Harvard Law School course teaches students how to navigate ideas that may seem like binary choices — but aren’t.

From a ‘hippy dippy’ childhood with war-protesting parents, Lt. Cdr. Ann Vodhanel Preis  LL.M. ’25 is now advising top commanders on the law of the sea and armed conflict.

In a talk promoting his new book, ‘Watchdogs,' Glenn Fine ’85, a former inspector general of the Department of Justice, argued the U.S. Supreme Court would benefit from having one.

As we honor veterans of military service throughout the nation, Harvard Law Today shares profiles of three student service members: Jonathan Zhangxu ’26, Lindsay Gabow ’27, and Annie Preis LL.M. ’25.

As Donald Trump won his presidential bid against Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 2024 election, we looked at how Harvard Law School alumni fared in United States congressional contests.

After witnessing state-controlled government in China, including its human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities, Jonathan Zhangxu ’26 is deeply committed to democracy in the United States.

Today’s military veterans face distinct needs and challenges that are just beginning to be understood—and some of the most forward-thinking policies to support them are being developed at the state level, according to the fall 2024 convening of the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Distinguished Speaker Series at Harvard Law School on October 9.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, Lindsay Gabow ’27 is considering a public service legal career with a focus on protecting free speech.

In a conversation with Larry Schwartztol, Lawrence Lessig describes how bad-faith actors could subvert the will of voters.

Harvard Law Professor Molly Brady argues that efforts to protect single-family neighborhoods tended to ‘destroy, rather than build, community.’

During the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, Civil rights attorney and Howard professor Sherrilyn Ifill detailed the need for a national reckoning and greater civic involvement.

Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program commemorated its 40 year anniversary with a daylong symposium.

Harvard Law’s Emily Broad Leib explains why the FDA is considering new front-of-package labels to call out foods with high fat, salt, and sugar.

Three Chayes Fellows share their summer experiences working in international public service.

Nicholas Stephanopoulos, an election law expert, says America’s voters are shifting — and this has major implications for our elections.

Harvard Law professor Robert Sitkoff has been inducted into the Estate Planning Hall of Fame, one of only five estate planning professionals to be so honored in 2024.