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Does filing for bankruptcy make employees flee?
September 20, 2023
A new study by Harvard Law Professor Jared Ellias shows that employees begin leaving an at-risk company months or years before bankruptcy — and that Chapter 11 may help retain workers long-term.
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Cass Sunstein and panelists discuss ‘How to Interpret the Constitution’
September 15, 2023
At a Harvard Law School Library book talk, Cass Sunstein, Steven Pinker and Richard Fallon grapple with constitutional interpretation.
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Harvard Law expert explains the Burger King false advertising lawsuit
September 13, 2023
Is Burger King selling you a Whopper of a tale? A juicy class action lawsuit filed in March 2023 alleges that the fast-food chain’s signature…
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‘Future Leaders’ find community and connection at Harvard Law
September 13, 2023
This July the inaugural cohort of 35 fellows gathered at HLS for a weeklong residency of the Future Leaders in Law Program.
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Wondering is a series of random questions answered by experts. Sheila Heen is the Thaddeus R. Beal Professor of Practice at the Law School, deputy…
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Third year of Harvard Law’s Future-L program inspires the next generation of lawyers
September 8, 2023
Now in its third year, Future-L is helping more gifted young people around the country learn about the law, the legal profession — and how they could be part of it.
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The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program (ALPP) at Harvard Law School has announced Nirva Kapasi Patel as its new executive director.
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How to unwind and find your ‘happy place’
September 8, 2023
Members of the Harvard Law community discuss their favorite ways to loosen up and find their “happy place.”
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Clinics that are more than just transactional
September 7, 2023
Harvard Law’s Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, Entertainment Law Clinic, and Community Enterprise Project make a difference for community members in Boston and beyond.
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Harvard Law’s Transactional Law Clinics help community members build businesses and long-term financial security
September 6, 2023
Harvard Law’s Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, Entertainment Law Clinic, and Community Enterprise Project make a difference for community members in Boston and beyond.
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Harvard Law expert explains federal government’s push to ease marijuana restrictions
September 5, 2023
Harvard Law Professor Carmel Shachar explains the federal government’s effort to loosen marijuana regulations and argues the 1970s restrictions were always misguided.
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How I discovered my passion in the law
September 5, 2023
Professors, lecturers, and staff members share how they found their way to the subjects they are most passionate about — and why they stay there.
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Jill Lepore, award-winning American historian and New Yorker writer, joins Harvard Law faculty
August 31, 2023
Jill Lepore, award-winning American historian and writer, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a professor of law.
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A renowned international arbitrator, New Zealand attorney Sir David Williams LL.M. ’66, looks back at his Harvard Law roots
August 30, 2023
Sir David A.R. Williams LL.M. ’66, One of the first practitioners of international arbitration in New Zealand, recently retired after more than five decades as a litigator, environmental advocate, author, law professor, judge, and international arbitrator.
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Inaugural ‘Day 0’ initiative builds community, empowers incoming students with helpful knowledge
August 30, 2023
Hundreds of members of the incoming Harvard Law School class took part in an inaugural program called Day 0, aimed at easing the transition to law school.
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Harvard Law’s Benjamin I. Sachs says the labor movement’s successes this year may be the ‘start of a virtuous cycle of union wins’.
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Meet the new class
August 29, 2023
Meet a few of the freshest faces on campus, from J.D. candidates to LL.M. students.
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Dean Manning welcomes new students to Harvard Law School
August 24, 2023
Dean John F. Manning ’85 welcomed more than 700 candidates for the degrees of Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Juridical Science to Harvard Law School.
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In "The Problem of Twelve," John Coates argues that a small number of large financial institutions increasingly pose a threat to American democracy and to themselves.
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Harvard Law’s Richard Lazarus says that while the pro-environment ruling in Held v. Montana is a reason to celebrate, the impact could be limited.
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How to manage office conflict
August 18, 2023
At an event hosted by the Program on Negotiation, author Claire Fowler looks at new ways to resolve disagreements in the workplace.