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A clinic fact-finding mission on the Thai-Burma border changed the course of Jason Gelbort’s career.

Harvard Law’s Semester in Washington Program celebrates 15 years of helping students become government lawyers

In a Last Lecture, Alex Chen reflects on moments of reckoning he’s faced in pursuit of advancing social change.

With decades of experience prosecuting war crimes, Eli Rosenbaum '80 turns his attention to Russia.

Harvard Law’s Religious Freedom Clinic Faculty Director Joshua McDaniel explains how a case before the Court could better protect religious minorities in the workforce

Award-winning actress and advocate Michelle Yeoh is this year’s speaker for the Class Day ceremonies at Harvard Law School.

A friendly competition between four Harvard Law students in 1960 has grown into the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, with 700 students competing worldwide.

A foundational course prepares students for the Harvard Law's offerings in international, comparative, and foreign law.

At a daylong seminar Harvard Law's Recording Artists Project brought together artists and managers to discuss the legal and business sides of entertainment industry.

The Harvard Law School LL.M. Class of 2023 welcomed the Harvard community to the International Party, a joyful celebration featuring food and performances from around the world.

In his last lecture to the J.D. and LL.M. classes of 2023, Michael Klarman celebrates civil rights heroes and issues a clarion call for democratic engagement.

Alice Hu has been elected president of the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, an organization founded in 1981 to represent and support Asian Pacific American law students.

Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner says a lack of transparency and recent incidents involving justices, spouses, and activists have tarnished the Court's public standing.

HLS launches new pre-law fellowship program to help interested college students with a range of lived experiences, primarily individuals from first-generation and less advantaged backgrounds, apply for admission to law schools around the nation.

The American Law Institute has announced that it will award its Early Career Scholars Medal to Professor Crystal S. Yang ’13 and Professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School.

Civil rights leader Sherrilyn Ifill encourages an examination of institutions and urges the inclusion of marginalized voices.

At this spring's Notes and Comment event, dozens of Harvard Law students working on writing projects met with faculty experts for advice and commentary on their work.

Ten Harvard Law students trekked to arctic Alaska during spring break to prepare tax returns for indigenous communities.

At a lecture celebrating his appointment as the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, John Goldberg explores nuisance law and its implications for “today’s biggest litigation.”

Diane Rosenfeld presents a model from the animal world that she says would empower and protect women.

Harvard Law School faculty members are currently featured prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law school faculty in all fields.