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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.
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Time for Supreme Court to adopt ethics rules?
March 30, 2023
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.
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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.
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Crystal Yang honored with ALI’s Early Career Scholars Medal
March 29, 2023
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.
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‘We genuinely face the possibility of losing democracy’
March 29, 2023
Civil rights leader Sherrilyn Ifill encourages an examination of institutions and urges the inclusion of marginalized voices.
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Notes and Comment
March 29, 2023
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.
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Ten Harvard Law students trekked to arctic Alaska during spring break to prepare tax returns for indigenous communities.
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On being a nuisance
March 28, 2023
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.”
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Alternative Spring Break
March 28, 2023
Harvard Law Students undertook a number of pro bono projects locally, nationally, and internationally during Spring Break this year.
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‘Make your world and the world of all your sisters better’
March 27, 2023
Diane Rosenfeld presents a model from the animal world that she says would empower and protect women.
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Harvard Law School faculty members are currently featured prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law school faculty in all fields.
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Confronting misconduct, strengthening culture
March 23, 2023
This article originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette. Earlier today, Harvard Provost Alan Garber released new and amended University policies and guidelines on…
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Harvard Law’s Got Talent
March 22, 2023
Ten Harvard Law School artists recently displayed their masterpieces during the 2023 Harvard Staff Art Show, which held its virtual opening on Feb. 9, with…
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Making the invisible curriculum visible
March 22, 2023
At the “Teaching First-Generation Law Students” event, professors shared insights and recommendations for making law teaching more inclusive.
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‘They see the Court in a different light’
March 21, 2023
A Harvard Law panel on "Teaching the Roberts Court," moderated by Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, examined the ways today’s Court shapes legal pedagogy.
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Art show puts creativity of Harvard staff on display
March 20, 2023
In an annual Harvard show, staffers exhibit their art in person and virtually across a range of media.
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Helping parents know their legal rights
March 20, 2023
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau launches the Family Defense Practice to help parents facing investigations by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.
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Harvard Law graduate and visiting researcher Svitlana Starosvit traces the historic causes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cautions against a settlement that includes concessions of Ukrainian territory.
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In Memoriam: Patricia Schroeder ’64
March 17, 2023
Patricia Schroeder ’64, a feminist pathbreaker in Congress, who served as U.S. representative from Colorado from 1973 to 1997, died on March 13. She was 82.
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Scholars and artists discuss the death penalty
March 17, 2023
On March 7, the Harvard Law School Library kicked off a series of events on the subject of capital punishment in connection with their exhibit Visualizing Capital Punishment: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy.
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Bailouts for everyone?
March 16, 2023
Daniel Tarullo, who served as a Fed regulator, discusses the moral hazard and the implications for inflation after the SVB collapse rocks Washington and Wall Street.