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On the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, experts at Harvard Law School discussed the future of racial justice at the inaugural Belinda Sutton Symposium.
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Up next for Supreme Court on abortion: Idaho
April 16, 2024
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear a case on a near-complete ban amid a shifting legal landscape after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Glenn Cohen weighs in.
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Then & Now: Gannett House
April 16, 2024
Gannett House, built in 1838 as a private residence and purchased by Harvard Law School in 1897, is the oldest surviving building on the Harvard Law School's campus.
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‘We are living through a natural law moment in constitutional theory,’ says scholar in Vaughan Lecture
April 16, 2024
Natural law has gained prominence alongside the rise of originalism, argued scholar Joel Alicea during Harvard Law School’s Vaughan Lecture.
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Students cheered one another on to celebrate the culmination of their passion and hard work in the field of youth advocacy during the Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab graduation ceremony on April 9.
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Deb Haaland, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, will be this year’s speaker for Class Day ceremonies at Harvard Law School on May 22.
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In Biddle Lecture, former DOJ attorney discusses immigration, politics, and the ‘life of the nation’
April 15, 2024
At Harvard Law School, former DOJ attorney Cristina M. Rodriguez spells out what she believes are fundamental tensions in U.S. immigration policy.
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According to students in Harvard Law School’s Tax Litigation Clinic, helping indigent clients resolve their tax problems is as much about social justice as it is about the IRS.
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Celebration 70
April 12, 2024
At the Celebration 70+ event, Harvard Law School welcomed back more than 200 alumnae to celebrate 70 years of women graduates.
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At a recent event hosted by a student organization at Harvard Law School, Congressman Jamie Raskin ’87 urged audience members to use their legal training to get involved.
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Harvard Law celebrates National Pet Day!
April 10, 2024
In celebration of National Pet Day, we asked students, faculty and staff to submit photos of their furry friends, and they delivered.
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For one of the first female law students at Harvard, the experience wasn’t daunting; it was merely a natural extension of her desire to get the best education she could.
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During her Last Lecture to the graduating class, Harvard Law professor Sharon Block advised students to persevere despite setbacks, and ‘listen to your mother’.
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People with disabilities must be included in climate planning and responses, say Harvard researchers
April 5, 2024
‘Inclusive climate-resilient development benefits the diverse global population, including people with disabilities,’ says Michael Ashley Stein of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability.
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With March Madness in full swing, Harvard Law lecturer and sports law expert Peter Carfagna explains how the the latest lawsuits challenging NCAA rules are reshaping college sports in, and on, the court.
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Alan Jenkins encourages students to embrace their inner Spider-Man and tap their own superpowers as part of the annual Last Lecture series at Harvard Law.
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Faculty share stories of an intellectual about-face
April 4, 2024
Harvard Law experts Janet Halley, Juliette Kayyem, and Ruth Okediji share moments of reckoning when they changed their minds, at an event moderated by Jonathan Zittrain.
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IP expert Gary R. Greenstain says Taylor Swift singlehandedly shifted copyright considerations by recording "Taylor's Version" of her early albums.
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A study co-authored by Harvard Law expert Crystal Yang shows that an innovative new jail education program reduces recidivism and may improve lives in Flint, Michigan.
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2024 Scalia Lecture: Aditya Bamzai on statutory interpretation and the separation of powers
April 2, 2024
At Harvard Law’s Scalia Lecture, Aditya Bamzai says the Supreme Court should create a practicable analytical structure on judicial deference to administrative agencies.
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Amanda Watson appointed new assistant dean for library and information services at Harvard Law School
April 1, 2024
Amanda Watson will join the Harvard Law School Library as assistant dean for library and information services in August 2024.