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‘They see the Court in a different light’
March 21, 2023
A Harvard Law panel on "Teaching the Roberts Court," moderated by Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, examined the ways today’s Court shapes legal pedagogy.
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Art show puts creativity of Harvard staff on display
March 20, 2023
In an annual Harvard show, staffers exhibit their art in person and virtually across a range of media.
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Helping parents know their legal rights
March 20, 2023
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau launches the Family Defense Practice to help parents facing investigations by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
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Harvard Law graduate and visiting researcher Svitlana Starosvit traces the historic causes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cautions against a settlement that includes concessions of Ukrainian territory.
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In Memoriam: Patricia Schroeder ’64
March 17, 2023
Patricia Schroeder ’64, a feminist pathbreaker in Congress, who served as U.S. representative from Colorado from 1973 to 1997, died on March 13. She was 82.
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Scholars and artists discuss the death penalty
March 17, 2023
On March 7, the Harvard Law School Library kicked off a series of events on the subject of capital punishment in connection with their exhibit Visualizing Capital Punishment: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy.
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Bailouts for everyone?
March 16, 2023
Daniel Tarullo, who served as a Fed regulator, discusses the moral hazard and the implications for inflation after the SVB collapse rocks Washington and Wall Street.
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Through the years: Women at Harvard Law School
March 16, 2023
Since the first class of women graduated from Harvard Law School in 1953, women have made their mark.
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Rebecca Richman Cohen, a Harvard Law School lecturer, debuts a new documentary on the unintended consequences following the recall of the judge in the Brock Turner assault case.
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Unions’ extension into politics was necessary — and contributed to their decline, says Harvard Law expert
March 16, 2023
As the inaugural Fred N. Fishman Professor of Constitutional Law, Laura Weinrib described the arc of union power in the 20th century and its relationship to political spending.
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Celebrating 70: Milestones and Moments
March 16, 2023
The first class of women graduated from Harvard Law School 70 years ago this spring. A look back at moments and milestones.
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Harvard Law’s Rebecca Tushnet, a First Amendment and intellectual property expert, explains an amusing — and potentially consequential — trademark case before the Supreme Court.
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Not-so-innocent bystanders
March 13, 2023
Journalist Géraldine Schwarz shares the story of her grandparents who ‘followed the current’ in Nazi Germany.
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Four Harvard Law School students were selected this year as Salzburg Cutler Fellows in International Law and Public Service.
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Harvard Law School bolsters its Low Income Protection Plan and launches new public service loan forgiveness program
March 9, 2023
Harvard Law School will substantially increase support for graduates in LIPP and launch a new Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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We’ve come a long way
March 8, 2023
70 years on, Sondra Miller ’53 reflects on her experience as a member of the first class at Harvard Law School to include women.
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The U.S. is in the ‘midst of an identity crisis’
March 8, 2023
Harvard Law School’s Guy-Uriel E. Charles spoke about the demise of the “civil rights consensus” and what comes next, at a lecture celebrating his appointment as the Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law.
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International Women’s Day 2023
March 7, 2023
In honor of this global holiday, here are just a few international women who make up the Harvard Law School community.
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Maryan Hassan LL.M. ’22
March 7, 2023
Hassan is a UK lawyer and former chief trade negotiator at the World Trade Organization for the Federal Government of Somalia. She says her time…
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Ásgerður Snævarr LL.M. ’23
March 7, 2023
Ásgerður Snævarr LL.M. ’23 is a legal adviser to the Prime Minister of Iceland and a part-time lecturer in administrative law at the University of…
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Khawla Yassin Nassar LL.M. ’23
March 7, 2023
Khawla Yassin Nassar LL.M. ’23 is a Palestinian Israeli lawyer. She completed her Bachelor of Laws degree at Tel Aviv University, graduating magna cum laude…
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At Harvard Law School, Canadian Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner discusses differences with the U.S. judiciary and argues that access to justice is a ‘democratic imperative.’
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Harvard Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic saves thousands of dollars for Boston residents every year
March 6, 2023
Students in Harvard Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic fight to eliminate debt for community members.
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Chief counsel of a respected mid-’70s Senate inquiry into improper federal investigations says the credibility of the oversight function is at stake.
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Experts on law and policy say the originalist view used to overturn Roe v. Wade could upend a 1976 ruling based on the cruel and unusual punishment clause.
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A conference co-hosted by Harvard and Yale Law Schools featuring Education Secretary Miguel Cardona focused on best practices for sharing law school data.
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Why I changed my mind
March 2, 2023
Allowing ideas to evolve may lead to new, positive, and altogether different paths, according to Professors Guy-Uriel Charles, Charles Fried, and Rachel Viscomi.
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2023 Cravath International Fellows
March 2, 2023
From transgender equality to the rights of displaced persons, four Harvard Law students describe their winter-term projects abroad.
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As a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, Francisco Balbín conducted an independent clinical with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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As a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, Janna Adelstein traveled to the United Kingdom to conduct research on how equality law doctrines affect transgender people.
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Teresa Chen, researching the impact of Hong Kong’s new national security law on Taiwan
March 2, 2023
Teresa Chen, a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, traveled to Taiwan to undertake research on a recently-enacted national security law and its effect on democracies in the region.
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Carlos Gonzalez Sierra, assessing protections for internally displaced persons in El Salvador
March 1, 2023
Carlos Gonzalez Sierra, a 2023 Cravath International Fellow, undertook an independent clinical placement in Central America with an NGO offering legal aid and psychological support to victims of forced displacement.
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Textualism is ‘missing something’
March 1, 2023
At Harvard Law’s Scalia Lecture, William Baude argues that in some cases, textualists must consider unwritten law to arrive at the correct interpretation.
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Will the US ban TikTok?
February 23, 2023
Timothy Edgar, a former national security and intelligence official and lecturer at Harvard Law School, says a full ban of the video-sharing app isn’t likely, but regulation may be needed.
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Why lawyers should learn to lead difficult conversations
February 21, 2023
Harvard’s Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program teaches law students how to be facilitators at work and in life.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to Deliver Keynote at March 1 Conference on Best Practices for Law School Data
February 21, 2023
Harvard Law School and Yale Law School will convene law deans and education experts from around the country on March 1st to discuss paths forward…
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Is global tide turning in favor of autocrats?
February 16, 2023
Former Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth says that autocrats tend to become more isolated and make poorer decisions as they consolidate power.
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Combining forces to accelerate climate action here, there, now
February 15, 2023
The recipients of the first grants awarded by Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will tackle a range of climate change challenges, seeking to reduce future warming and assist those whose lives already have been affected by the crisis.
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‘In many, many ways this was my dream’
February 15, 2023
A Public Service Venture Fund Fellowship helped Lauren Herman ’13 launch an organization to help underserved communities in New Jersey.
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Church, State … and Beer?
February 15, 2023
On the 40th anniversary of Larkin v. Grendel’s Den, Inc., Laurence Tribe reflects on the First Amendment case that got its start in a Harvard classroom and went on to the Supreme Court
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All Creatures Great and Small
February 14, 2023
The HLS animal law program is trying to prove that better animal welfare is good for everyone
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National security expert Elena Chachko argues that the Russia's war against Ukraine has given both NATO and the European Union new purpose and energy.
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A Pioneering Woman
February 14, 2023
Seventy years ago this spring, the first class of women graduated from Harvard Law School. Sondra (Markowitz) Miller ’53 talks about her experience and her career
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A Broad Perspective
February 14, 2023
As U.S. ambassador to India, HLS alumnus Kenneth Juster drew on a career that has encompassed law, business, and government
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‘A Civil Rights Issue of Our Time’
February 14, 2023
Kimberly J. Robinson argues for a federal right to education
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Separate but Unequal
February 14, 2023
A new book co-written by Harvard Law School alumnus Andrew Stobo Sniderman LL.M. ’22, spotlights inequities in Canada’s Indigenous communities — and a path toward justice
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HLS Authors: Spring 2023
February 14, 2023
Recent titles exploring why the innocent can’t get out of prison and how powerful people avoid accountability, plus memoirs, histories, legal analysis, and fiction