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As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — adopted by the UN in the wake of World War II — turns 75, Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy marks the anniversary with a publication weighing the history and future of the human rights movement.

The Harvard Gazette spoke with Laurence Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus, about the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to bar Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot and what will happen if the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the appeal.

Harvard Law expert Erika Hanson argues that providing direct cash supports to low-income families experiencing a medical crisis improves health outcomes.

Harvard Law Today features a selection of the books showcased at campus events throughout the fall semester.

Legal and political scholars discuss balancing personal safety, constitutional rights, and academic freedom amid roiling protests and cultural shifts.

USAID Administrator Samantha Power ’99 discusses the role and impact of the agency around the world

Crystal S. Yang brings her love for economics to the study of the law and the pursuit of justice

Jeanne Charn ’70, who played a central role in creating and developing what would become Harvard Law's Clinical Program, retired last summer

Harvard Law’s Tax Litigation Clinic laid the groundwork for recent wins that allow lower courts to be more responsive to challenges faced by taxpayers

Several Harvard Law faculty members have received accolades for their work and lifelong scholarship and achievements in recent months.

Michael Ashley Stein ’88, executive director of Harvard Law School’s Project on Disability (HPOD) and Harvard Law visiting professor, received the prestigious Dole-Harkin award from the United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD).

Megan Jane Davis, a leading constitutional lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition, will visit Harvard as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University and visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School for the 2024-2025 academic year.

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association recently awarded Harvard Law School Lecturer on Law Alexander Chen ’15, founding director of the law school’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, its Best Under 40 award.

Kathryn E. Spier, the Domenico De Sole Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, received an honorary doctorate from BI Norwegian Business School, in November.

On November 29, Sherrilyn Ifill delivered a talk titled “Reimagining American Democracy: Becoming Founders & Framers” to mark her appointment as this year's Steven and Maureen Klinsky Visiting Professor of Practice for Leadership and Progress.

A year ago this past week, on November 18, 2022, Syrian survivor and refugee Nujeen Mustafa spoke to delegates at the signing ceremony of the …

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, received the 2023 the Order of the Coif award for her book “Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality.”

Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Dec. 1. She was 93.

On the 100th anniversary of Harvard’s Master of Laws, or LL.M., program, students and faculty reflect on its evolution and global impact

Lecturer on Law Neil Eggleston has received a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer.

Nigeria’s UN Ambassador Abiodun Richards Adejola and Dr. Victor Oladokun, a senior African Development Bank Group adviser, discussed multilateral challenges and opportunities at a recent event.