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On the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, experts at Harvard Law School discuss the future of racial justice

In their Last Lectures to the Class of 2024, Alan Jenkins, Sharon Block, Christopher Bavitz, and Nikolas Bowie delivered words of wisdom to soon-to-be graduates.

“Your class is special. You’re a unique class,” declared Nikolas Bowie ’14, the Louis D. Brandeis Professor at Harvard Law School during his Last Lecture…

A graduate of the HLS-University of Cambridge JD/LL.M. Joint Degree Program, Tor Krever ’12 is now teaching at Cambridge.

James Pollack ’20 discusses the impact of first-ever federal rules on “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

Two Harvard Law experts explain why mediation skills are increasingly valuable for lawyers.

Julio Colby ’24 and Sara Kamouni ’24 have been selected as recipients of the Skadden Fellowship.

Experts from law, philosophy, and spiritual care discuss issues surrounding research and the safer use of psychedelics, kicking off a Divinity School initiative.

David Herwitz ’49, Royall Professor of Law, Emeritus, died April 8, 2024. He was 98. A scholar of tax and business law, Herwitz, who taught on the Harvard Law faculty for more than 50 years, is remembered as a beloved teacher colleague and mentor.

Susana Arteta, administrative director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, retires after 22 years of service as an HLAB mentor, confidant, historian, and beloved colleague.

Harvard Law expert Christopher Bavitz focused on the potential perils and possibilities of generative AI in a Last Lecture to the graduating class.

After 22 years as a beloved colleague and mentor to students and staff, Susana Arteta will retire from her role as administrative director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau in May.

IP and media law expert Christopher Bavitz focused on the potential perils and possibilities of generative AI in a Last Lecture to the graduating class.

Harvard Law expert Carol Steiker explains how the Eighth Amendment will impact a Supreme Court decision on homelessness.

Richard Lazarus sees the Supreme Court's conservative majority as threat to environmental protections developed over past half century.

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.

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.

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.

Natural law has gained prominence alongside the rise of originalism, argued scholar Joel Alicea during Harvard Law School’s Vaughan Lecture.