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“Hot Labor Summer” and the State of International Labor Rights
November 1, 2023
On this episode of the HKS Carr Center’s Justice Matters, clinical instructor Aminta Ossom interviews Jeff Vogt, Director of the Rule of Law Program at the…
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Inquest and Institute to End Mass Incarceration host Visiting Room Project symposium
October 31, 2023
At a daylong symposium cohosted by Inquest and the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, formerly incarcerated members of the Visiting Room Project sought to bridge the experiences of incarcerated people and the law students and lawyers who may one day represent them, or prosecute them.
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Supreme Court preview: United States v. Rahimi to test Second Amendment and gun control
October 31, 2023
Harvard Law expert Mark Tushnet says an upcoming Supreme Court gun control case could ‘open up a very large number of questions about statutes that most people in this country think should be upheld.’
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Supreme Court takes on social media in Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier
October 27, 2023
On October 31, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases — Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier — that may decide whether and under what circumstances government officials can block private citizens from their personal social media accounts.
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How facial-recognition app poses threat to privacy, civil liberties
October 27, 2023
At a Berkman Klein Center event, tech reporter Kashmir Hill discussed her book on Clearview AI, a small company that launched a facial-recognition app in 2017.
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In cities across the U.S., hundreds of refrigerators stocked with free food are reducing waste — and methane emissions.
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Dispute Systems Design Clinic offers hands-on experience
October 25, 2023
A team of students recently visited their client, the New Hampshire Judicial Branch (NHJB), in Nashua, NH, which is looking to improve internal court processes.
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Veteran service organizations file lawsuit to compel VA to amend its character of discharge regulations
October 25, 2023
The organizations, represented by the Veterans Legal Clinic and Latham & Watkins LLP, are filing on behalf of thousands of veterans denied VA benefits due…
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Minow awarded Freedom of the Press Career Achievement Award
October 20, 2023
Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard and former dean of Harvard Law School, was honored with a Career Achievement Award by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Chayes Fellow Izza Drury ’24, working at the intersection of international law and migrants’ rights
October 20, 2023
As a Chayes Fellow, Izza Drury ’24 drafted a complaint to the UN Committee against Torture on behalf of a survivor seeking international protection in Greece.
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Even war has rules, so why none for espionage?
October 20, 2023
Berkman Klein Center affiliate Asaf Lubin points up the need for a legal framework to govern peacetime intelligence operations.
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Manatees Move Toward Restored Endangered Species Safeguards
October 18, 2023
Responding to a formal petition submitted by the Harvard Animal Law & Policy Clinic, Center for Biological Diversity, Miami Waterkeeper, Save the Manatee Club, and Frank S. González García, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that reclassifying the West Indian manatee from threatened to endangered may be warranted.
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The Supreme Court will hear a case that could overturn a 40-year-old legal doctrine
October 17, 2023
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Andrew Mergen of Harvard Law School's Environmental Law and Policy Clinic about the "Chevron Doctrine," an important legal precedent that will be taken up by the Supreme Court this term.
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Using big data to make elections fairer
October 15, 2023
Harvard’s Algorithm-Assisted Redistricting Methodology (ALARM) Project and Election Law Clinic aim to rid the country of unfair voting systems.
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Ben Eidelson appointed professor of law
October 12, 2023
Benjamin Eidelson, a leading legal theorist with a body of work that spans the central areas of public law, has been named a professor of law at Harvard Law School.
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‘Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella’
October 11, 2023
On Oct. 5, Harvard Law School hosted a special screening of "Without Precedent," a documentary about the life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella.
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Lynch calls on audience to reclaim MLK’s legacy
October 6, 2023
In the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, former AG Loretta Lynch ’84 argues that the arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice, but it requires devotion to progress.
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Harvard Law IP expert explains how Disney has influenced US copyright law to protect Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh
October 6, 2023
Rebecca Tushnet spoke with Harvard Law Today about how Disney has influenced copyright law in the U.S. and how creators can use works now in the public domain.
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Keeping faith in time of political, social backlash
October 6, 2023
In a Martin Luther King address at Sanders Theatre, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch ’84 argued the arc of moral universe may bend toward justice, but it requires devotion to progress.
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Settlement Reached in Historic Human Rights Lawsuit
October 5, 2023
Twenty years after massacre of indigenous Bolivians, the International Human Rights Clinic and its partners settle case that secured accountability for killings
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Imani Perry ’00 lands MacArthur ‘genius grant’
October 5, 2023
Imani Perry ’00 was awarded the MacArthur Foundation’s 2023 “genius grant” for her work on interdisciplinary interpretations on history, and culture of Black America