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NFL general counsel talks game growth and league litigation, offers advice
September 25, 2024
At Harvard Law School, NFL General Counsel Jeff Pash ’80 discusses Sunday Ticket litigation and offers advice for aspiring sports lawyers.
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Harvard Law expert addresses the ‘untenable amount of harm’ caused by the criminal system
September 19, 2024
Premal Dharia discusses where efforts to transform the carceral system in the United States are heading.
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Harvard’s Transactional Law Clinics help local citizens move from incarceration to entrepreneurship
September 19, 2024
A Boston-area collaboration supported by Harvard’s Transactional Law Clinics is bringing business skills to returning citizens.
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Then & Now: Hastings Hall
September 18, 2024
Built in 1889, Walter Hastings Hall is the oldest residence hall at Harvard Law School.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘unlikely path’ to Supreme Court
September 17, 2024
During an event at Sanders Theatre, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 discussed her new memoir, "Lovely One," and her "unlikely journey" from South Florida to Harvard to nation’s highest court.
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You’re not imagining things: contracts are getting longer, says Harvard Law professor
September 16, 2024
Corporate law expert Guhan Subramanian discussed his new book on deal-making obstacles and solutions at an event sponsored by Harvard Law’s Program on Negotiation.
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The framers of the Constitution didn’t want you to choose the president
September 16, 2024
Michael Klarman, an expert in American constitutional law and history at Harvard, says that early elites wrote anti-populism into the U.S.’ founding document.
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Speech is never totally free
September 12, 2024
Cass Sunstein suggests universities look to the First Amendment as they struggle to craft rules in the wake of disruptive protests.
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GALLERY: Back to school, then and now
September 12, 2024
As the school year gets underway, several students share their first day of school photos, past and present.
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An economic soft landing is very plausible — but not guaranteed, says Harvard Law expert
September 12, 2024
Daniel Tarullo, a law professor and former Federal Reserve Bank member, says interest rates are coming down, but maybe not the cost of groceries.
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Studying the law — and making it
September 11, 2024
Incoming Harvard Law students are serving their Boston-area communities while becoming a part of a new one.
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Truth in advertising, and now in politics
September 11, 2024
“TrueViews,” a new public opinion data tool designed by Harvard experts, could reduce political polarization by educating politicians about what their constituents actually believe.
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Did lawmakers know role of fossil fuels in climate change during Clean Air Act era?
September 11, 2024
According to a new paper by a team of science historians, more was known at mid-20th century about the dangers of human-caused climate change.
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During a series of fireside chats, accomplished graduates representing an array of career paths and legal fields shared words of wisdom for law students and budding lawyers.
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New year, new friends
September 4, 2024
Harvard Law Today introduces you to a few incoming members of the Harvard Law School community.
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Gallery: Welcome to HLS!
August 29, 2024
In the spirit of connection and celebration, Harvard Law Today shares highlights from Orientation 2024.
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Harvard Law welcomes first generation students
August 28, 2024
Interim Dean John Goldberg, Professor Glenn Cohen, and Roop Patel ’25 welcome first generation students to Harvard Law School at the annual First Class dinner.
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Goldberg to incoming students: ‘Each of you belongs here’
August 27, 2024
During an address at Sanders Theatre, interim Dean John Goldberg welcomed 700 new J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. students to Harvard Law School.
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A plan for all seasons
August 22, 2024
Every time of the year in Cambridge has something to offer, and Harvard Law School wants to help you make the most of it.
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Thrifty thrills: Spend less, experience more
August 21, 2024
Whether you are looking for something to do by yourself or with a friend, indoors or outdoors, Harvard Law Today has you covered with some fun — and frugal! — ways to spend your free time
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Harvard Law expert Oren Bar-Gill helps deconstruct Disney’s argument for arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit