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In March, 10 Harvard Law Students took part in a pro bono spring break legal aid trip to North Carolina to assist those trying to recover from Hurricane Helene.

At Harvard Law’s 2025 Scalia Lecture, Judge Rachel Kovner argues that ‘purposivism is not dead, and it coexists with textualism on the Supreme Court today.’

Harvard Law Professor Glenn Cohen shares how artificial intelligence is changing medicine — and how the law can adapt.

NYU School of Law Professor Devon Carbado argues that slavery was not just an event, it was a ‘structural phenomenon’ that ‘wired racial inequality’ into American society.

Inquest, a publication of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, at Harvard Law School, was named a finalist for the 60th annual National Magazine Awards.

Luis Gallegos, a senior advisor on disability rights, is leading the push for a UN convention on the rights of older people.

Harvard Law Professor David Wilkins forecasts what the rest of 2025 might hold for the legal profession.

The judiciary has an important role to play in reversing the trend of democratic backsliding, says the president of the European Court of Human Rights.

Health law policy expert Glenn Cohen says the biotech firm’s uncertain future shows the need for protections of personal and genetic info.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ’64 explains his dissent in a case involving cheerleading uniforms.

Professor Martha Minow, the new chair of GBH’s board of trustees, thinks a strong media ecosystem is crucial to democracy.

Legal scholars debate the unitary executive theory and the limits of presidential authority at Harvard Law School’s Rappaport Forum.

More than 90 diplomats from dozens of U.N. member and observer states convened in New York on Feb. 28 for a workshop on AI and International Humanitarian Law.

Four students represent Harvard Law at the 2025 Salzburg Global Cutler Fellows Program.

Four Harvard Law School experts examine the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape executive power.

Local student advocates in the Bluegrass state file an education rights lawsuit with legal representation from Harvard’s Education Law Clinic.

A daylong Indian Law symposium, organized by Harvard's Native American Law Students Association, explored indigenous issues across the legal landscape.

A look at the experiences of three students who traveled abroad as Cravath International Fellows in January.