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Public banks — an old idea with new possibilities
November 21, 2025
Christine Desan co-hosts summit advocating for the return of public banks, which put capital to work for more than just profits.
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The Harvard Law School Mock Trial Association hosted the first annual Cambridge Clash Invitational Tournament on November 7-9. Teams from Harvard Law School and six other law schools from across the Northeast competed in four preliminary rounds in Wasserstein Hall.
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The decades-long effort to make the full archive of Nuremberg Trials records available online
November 20, 2025
Harvard Law School Library’s Paul Deschner discusses the decades-long effort to make the full archive of Nuremberg Trials records available online.
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Harvard at Nuremberg: Law school lawyers played key roles in the trials
November 20, 2025
Harvard Law School lawyers played pivotal roles in the 13 Nuremberg trials that began just six months after Germany surrendered in WWII.
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Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records
November 20, 2025
Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.
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Ames showcases ‘terrific lawyers’ in the making
November 19, 2025
Harvard Law students battle for honors at the 2025 Ames Moot Court Competition.
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Psychedelics: Real risk or human right?
November 18, 2025
A Harvard Law School panel debated approaches to research and access to hallucinogenic drugs.
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Global hopes still pinned to international law
November 14, 2025
Despite major challenges on compliance and enforcement, the system remains the best deterrent against harmful behavior by countries, experts say.
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What happens when ‘thou doth protest too much’?
November 12, 2025
UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh and Harvard Law School Dean John Goldberg discuss emerging trends in protest and public pressure civil claims.
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Harvard Law professor launches Case Viewer app for easier access to court decisions
November 10, 2025
Harvard Law Professor Ben Eidelson tapped into a childhood passion to build a tool for lawyers and law students.
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Honoring student veterans and service members
November 7, 2025
As we honor our veterans and service members nationwide, Harvard Law Today shines a light on just a few of those who have served on the road to Harvard Law.
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Voice of DOJ experience makes case for ‘deference doctrine’
November 6, 2025
Visiting Professor Andrew Mergen, who served 3 decades with Justice Department, sees an urgent need to protect the presumption of regularity.
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Army veteran Leah Foodman: ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’
November 6, 2025
West Point graduate Leah Foodman ’28 served as an Armor officer in the U.S. Army, managing tanks and cavalry operations.
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Consumer Protection and Veterans Legal Clinic students help secure victories in class action suits.
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Restoring military honor to those who served
November 5, 2025
A panel of veterans who experienced less-than-honorable discharges recount the many ways that Harvard Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic assisted them.
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Navy lawyer Theresa Champ, in it ‘for the good of the nation’
November 5, 2025
An experienced Navy JAG and Harvard Law LL.M. student has defended sailors and Gitmo detainees and traveled the world advising on national and international law.
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A former intelligence officer for the Air Force and Space Force now at Harvard Law says ‘democracy is worth fighting for.’
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Pursuit of justice borne of personal experience with injustice
October 31, 2025
Rosalie Abella, the first Jewish woman on Canada’s Supreme Court, was shaped by her parents’ resilience after the Holocaust.
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Feldman appointed University Professor
October 31, 2025
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Noah R. Feldman has been appointed a University Professor, Harvard's highest faculty distinction.
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At the Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum, experts discussed the topic of educational opt-outs after the Supreme Court's decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor.
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Your chatbot may be the friend that isn’t
October 30, 2025
Your AI chatbot may be your companion, your assistant, even your romantic partner. But it may also be the gateway to something more ominous, according…