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On June 1, Samantha Power will return to Harvard Kennedy School as the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy and to Harvard Law School as the William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights.
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Harvard Law School was ‘life-changing’ for David Marchese ’25, who has a passion for legal issues involving civil rights and national security.
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Fijian Harvard Law student Esther Gabriel works to reduce her region’s climate burdens.
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British researchers have discovered that a ‘copy’ of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is in fact an extraordinarily rare original from 1300.
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Magna Carta: making history available to the world
May 15, 2025
Harvard Law School Library's Amanda Watson discusses the importance of digitizing the past in light of a recent Magna Carta discovery.
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Andrew Hayes ’25 is a six-time Jeopardy! winner and will compete in this year’s Tournament of Champions.
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‘He was a great judge’
May 10, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who served 19 years on the Court before retiring in 2009, died May 8 at his home in New Hampshire.
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Minow urges kindness in a time of division
May 8, 2025
In a Last Lecture to the graduating class, Martha Minow said that ‘choosing kindness in a time of heightened division is a radical act’.
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A new book by Harvard Law School Project on Disability Fellow Alex Green looks at the life and career of Walter Fernald
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The Harvard Law School community gathered to honor members of the Harvard Law community’s campus services staff at the annual Support Staff Awards Dinner.
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As part of the Last Lecture series, Professor Michael Klarman tells graduating Harvard Law students that the time for taking American democracy for granted is over.
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Can Trump fire the Fed chairman?
April 30, 2025
Law professor and former Fed Board member Daniel Tarullo says it’s possible for the president to fire the chair of the Federal Reserve but the likely market reaction should give pause.
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Experts examine the Trump administration’s policies on tariffs, international business
April 29, 2025
President Trump’s tariffs and pause on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act have scrambled the global economic system, Harvard Law experts say.
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‘If you’re boring, you’re not going to educate.’
April 28, 2025
Randall Kennedy has blazed a path as an open-minded, nuanced, and independent thinker.
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A milestone in the pioneering work of the Cyberlaw Clinic
April 28, 2025
Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic celebrates 25 years of providing pro bono services at the intersection of technology, law, and social justice.
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During the annual ‘Why I Changed My Mind’ event, faculty share how — and why — their thoughts evolved
April 24, 2025
During the annual Why I Changed My Mind event, three Harvard Law faculty members shared stories of how they shifted their views.
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Friends, family, students, and colleagues gathered to honor the life of former Harvard Law School Professor William J. Stuntz during an afternoon and evening of events in April.
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‘A citizen of heaven and Harvard’
April 24, 2025
At a gathering on April 2 to honor William J. Stuntz, the late Harvard professor and influential scholar on criminal law and procedure, Jack Goldsmith paid special tribute to his longtime friend and colleague.
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In a Berkman Klein Center discussion about leadership in times of crisis, Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of New Zealand, said people should demand more from politicians.
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Seeking opportunities for transactional law students, three classmates worked to bring back the Williston Negotiation and Contract Drafting Competition in April.
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Elizabeth Prelogar, former solicitor general, says that the legal community should work together to uphold the rule of law
April 22, 2025
Former Solicitor General and Harvard Law Visiting Professor Elizabeth Prelogar ’08 shares insights from her time as the federal government’s top Supreme Court litigator.