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Protecting Indigenous peoples’ knowledge
February 26, 2024
A Harvard Law conference and project focuses on Indigenous traditional knowledge and modern justice.
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FTC Chair Lina Khan is determined to preserve “competition and the potential for disruption” in the fast-moving AI industry.
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2024 Salzburg Cutler Fellows explore international law in times of great power competition
February 22, 2024
Four Harvard Law School students were selected this year as Salzburg Cutler Fellows. This annual program brings together students from 14 leading U.S. law schools to foster skills and forge connections through their common interest in international law.
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On invasion anniversary, Tribe and Zoellick urge frozen Russian assets be transferred to Ukraine
February 22, 2024
Two years after the full-scale invasion, Harvard Law’s Laurence Tribe and Robert Zoellick argue that the U.S. and Europe should transfer $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
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Supreme Court preview: NetChoice v. Paxton
February 21, 2024
The Supreme Court soon will decide if social media platforms must allow certain kinds of speech on their platforms.
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First-year student Annabelle Hutchinson hopes her company can offer an eco-friendly way to buy your favorite jeans.
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The legal profession in 2024: Democracy, salary and hiring, general counsels, and legal education
February 21, 2024
David Wilkins explains how a host of contentious new issues that are increasingly landing on lawyers’ desks are transforming the practice of law.
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From around the world
February 20, 2024
On February 17, the Harvard Law School LL.M. Class of 2024 came together to share international food and drink, cultural displays, and music and dance performances from around the world.
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What’s behind the US housing crunch
February 16, 2024
Harvard property law expert Molly Brady explains how zoning law shaped our cities and helped fuel the current housing crisis.
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Harvard Law School’s David Wilkins says that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the practice of law.
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Greenwood, McDaniel named assistant clinical professors of law
February 13, 2024
Ruth Greenwood and Joshua C. McDaniel have been appointed assistant clinical professors of law, effective Jan. 1.
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A new initiative by metaLAB (at) Harvard teaches educators how to integrate AI into their pedagogy.
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United Auto Workers leader Shawn Fain delivers keynote at Harvard Trade Union Program graduation
February 13, 2024
UAW president Shawn Fain addressed graduates of the Harvard Trade Union Program, recalling the historic success of recent negotiations and urging graduates not to sell themselves short.
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Why do innocent people go to, and stay in, prison?
February 13, 2024
At a Harvard Law School Library book talk, author Daniel Medwed outlines the tangle of legal rules and procedures that keep wrongly convicted people behind bars.
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Previewing Supreme Court arguments about ozone pollution and the Good Neighbor Plan in shadow docket case Ohio v. EPA
February 13, 2024
Harvard Law expert Richard Lazarus believes that the outcome of Ohio v. EPA could say a lot about U.S. future efforts to regulate air pollution.
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Harvard Law School helps you spread the love
February 11, 2024
Harvard Law Today is here again to offer a set of very thoughtful, very romantic, or very law school cards to send to your beloved.
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Greenwood named assistant clinical professor of law
February 9, 2024
Ruth Greenwood, a visiting assistant clinical professor of law and the director of the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, was appointed an assistant clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School, effective Jan. 1.
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McDaniel named assistant clinical professor at Harvard Law School
February 9, 2024
Joshua C. McDaniel, the director of Harvard Law School’s Religious Freedom Clinic, was named an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Law School, effective Jan. 1.
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With high stakes all around, how will the Supreme Court rule?
February 8, 2024
Justices are set to hear the Trump case that may affect the election outcome at a time when polls show trust in the Supreme Court is sagging.
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Do universal injunctions lead to national rule by one judge?
February 8, 2024
At the Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum, legal experts debated the history and desirability of the universal — otherwise known as nationwide — injunction.
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Expert explains how companies are using a controversial bankruptcy maneuver to handle mass tort claims
February 6, 2024
Harvard Law Professor Jared Ellias explains how large corporations are using a controversial legal tactic called the Texas Two-Step to defend lawsuits by people they’ve allegedly harmed.