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HRP at 40: Envisioning the future of human rights
October 30, 2024
Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program commemorated its 40 year anniversary with a daylong symposium.
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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.
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A shift in perspective: 2024 Chayes Fellows discuss working abroad
October 28, 2024
Three Chayes Fellows share their summer experiences working in international public service.
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How and why US elections are changing
October 24, 2024
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, an election law expert, says America’s voters are shifting — and this has major implications for our elections.
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Robert Sitkoff inducted into Estate Planning Hall of Fame
October 24, 2024
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.
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DOJ expert on the upside of antitrust for consumers and workers
October 23, 2024
Doha Mekki speaks at Harvard Law on how DOJ’s Antitrust Division has focused on workers’ rights.
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How much are your airline miles really worth?
October 23, 2024
Author and law professor Ganesh Sitaraman ’08 explains why the Department of Transportation is taking a close look at four major airlines’ rewards programs.
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I. Glenn Cohen ’03, the James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law and a deputy dean at Harvard Law School, has been elected a member of the prestigious National Academy of Medicine.
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Working lawyers and ‘the motherhood penalty’
October 18, 2024
An event at Harvard Law School highlighted the challenges faced by caregivers working in the legal profession, especially women with children.
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In her new film, Harvard Law’s Rebecca Richman Cohen explores the question: If terroir impacts every glass of wine, why not marijuana?
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Scholars trace the history of the group in U.S., discuss why many are wrestling with what it means for Israel, and their own place in nation’s culture.
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VIDEO: LL.M. 100 — A century of excellence and global influence
October 11, 2024
Watch a recap of the LL.M. 100 reunion event.
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LL.M. 100: Celebrating a century
October 11, 2024
Hundreds of Harvard’s LL.M. alumni returned to campus in September to mark the centennial of the school’s Master of Laws program. See our full coverage of the occasion.
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At LL.M. program centennial, alumni talk bridging difference
October 10, 2024
At a panel on bridging cultures, alumni of the Harvard Law LL.M. program discussed challenges and lessons, and how bridging difference affected their thinking and their careers.
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Celebrating 100 years of Harvard’s Master of Laws program
October 10, 2024
From around the globe, LL.M. alumni came back to campus for a weekend of panels, plenary sessions, and cross-cultural connections
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Your Massachusetts voting rights guide
October 9, 2024
Harvard Election Law Clinic expert Daniel Hessel shares how to vote and make it count in the Bay State.
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Recent Supreme Court decisions contribute to an “existential threat” for labor law, according to experts at Harvard Law's Center for Labor and a Just Economy.
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Beyond ‘An apple a day’
October 8, 2024
Food law and policy expert Emily Broad Leib discusses why doctors need to know more about food and nutrition.
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Harvard ‘taught me how to govern’
October 7, 2024
At a panel featuring the current leader of Luxembourg, and the former leaders of Peru and Taiwan, Harvard Law’s 100-year-old LL.M. program was praised for its global perspective and for emphasizing ‘how to be kind even when you have strong disagreements.’
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Low-profile, but not for long: Tracking trends ahead of the Supreme Court’s new term
October 4, 2024
Harvard Law emeritus professor Mark Tushnet explains why decisions are getting longer even as there are fewer of them — and how the election will affect the Court’s work.
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Breyer discusses constitutional interpretation, originalism, textualism, and pragmatism
October 3, 2024
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer shares advice on being a judge and a lawyer with Harvard Law students while discussing his recent book, “Reading the Constitution.”