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Bonnie Docherty, scholar on humanitarian disarmament, says the weapons endanger civilians now and in the future.

Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. ‘78, or Tree, as he was affectionately known, the celebrated, influential, and beloved Harvard Law professor and civil rights scholar, died peacefully on August 4 in his home in Odenton, Maryland, from the natural progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Law School analysis of Dedicated Docket in Boston says biggest problem lack of legal representation.

The Dean of Students Office invites new students to meet and greets in New York, D.C., Los Angeles, and Cambridge.

As we approached midsummer, several Chayes International Public Service Fellows offered updates on their projects abroad.

To be successful, human rights work requires a mix of vision and tenacity – the ability to see a problem clearly and then develop creative…

Mussab Ali ’23 talks about his work in LSC’s Housing Clinic representing clients facing eviction— and how important it is to have legal representation against…

Faculty and students in Harvard Law’s Religious Freedom Clinic work on a pair of cases seeking justice for incarcerated Rastafarians whose dreadlocks were shorn by…

Harvard Law School has announced the addition of two new faculty members.

A new report from the Animal Law and Policy Program contends that the country’s widespread and underregulated animal industries could lead to new animal-to-human pandemics.

Harvard Law School and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society have announced a new Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and the Law (IAIL), directed by Professors Oren Bar-Gill and Cass Sunstein.

Idriss Paul-Armand Fofana, a legal historian whose research examines the relationship between international law and global inequality, has joined the Harvard Law School faculty.

Inmates have long had the freedom to exercise their religion in prison, but Damon Landor, a practicing Rastafarian, had his dreadlocks shaved against his will.

Mariana Pargendler, whose scholarship focuses on corporate law and corporate governance, will join the Harvard Law faculty in 2024.

Labor expert Sharon Block says the Writers Guild of America’s weekslong strike could heat up in the fall when production companies run out of stockpiled scripts

Harvard Law Professor Molly Brady explains the rights and wrongs of land use and nuisance law.

Meet four former Semester in Washington Clinic participants who are dedicating their careers to government service.

Machine-generated output is raising a host of legal and ethical questions around authorship, fair use, copyright, and more.

Harvard Law’s Center on the Legal Profession co-hosts the International Legal Aid Group's 14th biennial conference.

HLS alumni provide personal and professional updates.

A new course taught by Richard Lazarus examines the wide-ranging implications of law for climate change.