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At HLS Rappaport Forum, legal experts debated the balance between the free speech rights of users, platforms, and the government

Harvard Law Professor Michael Ashley Stein says the Supreme Court will consider whether ‘stigmatic harm’ is enough to qualify for standing under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Zachary Price explains the annual government funding, or appropriations, process and how and why federal government shutdowns happen.

In a conversation with the Harvard Gazette, Rebecca Tushnet talks about the Authors Guild's case against OpenAI and some of the broader legal issues around emerging tech.

Before you open your laptop or pick up your pen, know your audience and what you are trying to achieve, says Susannah Barton Tobin ’04, director of Harvard Law's First-Year Legal Research and Writing Program.

Access to water for residents of Delhi, India’s unplanned communities is dire and likely to get worse because of climate change, concludes a new report from the International Human Rights Clinic.

An initiative led by the Harvard Law School Library offers workshops on cutting-edge topics and skills for life and lawyering.

A new study by Harvard Law Professor Jared Ellias shows that employees begin leaving an at-risk company months or years before bankruptcy — and that Chapter 11 may help retain workers long-term.

At a Harvard Law School Library book talk, Cass Sunstein, Steven Pinker and Richard Fallon grapple with constitutional interpretation.

Is Burger King selling you a Whopper of a tale? A juicy class action lawsuit filed in March 2023 alleges that the fast-food chain’s signature…

This July the inaugural cohort of 35 fellows gathered at HLS for a weeklong residency of the Future Leaders in Law Program.

Wondering is a series of random questions answered by experts. Sheila Heen is the Thaddeus R. Beal Professor of Practice at the Law School, deputy…

Now in its third year, Future-L is helping more gifted young people around the country learn about the law, the legal profession — and how they could be part of it.

The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program (ALPP) at Harvard Law School has announced Nirva Kapasi Patel as its new executive director.

Members of the Harvard Law community discuss their favorite ways to loosen up and find their “happy place.”

Harvard Law’s Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, Entertainment Law Clinic, and Community Enterprise Project make a difference for community members in Boston and beyond.

Harvard Law’s Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, Entertainment Law Clinic, and Community Enterprise Project make a difference for community members in Boston and beyond.

Harvard Law Professor Carmel Shachar explains the federal government’s effort to loosen marijuana regulations and argues the 1970s restrictions were always misguided.

Professors, lecturers, and staff members share how they found their way to the subjects they are most passionate about — and why they stay there.

Jill Lepore, award-winning American historian and writer, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a professor of law.

Sir David A.R. Williams LL.M. ’66, One of the first practitioners of international arbitration in New Zealand, recently retired after more than five decades as a litigator, environmental advocate, author, law professor, judge, and international arbitrator.