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Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s book recounts the remarkable — and too little-known — life and achievements of civil rights lawyer and judge Constance Baker Motley

In the world of formal debate from which Harvard Law student Bo Seo ’24 hails, disagreement is not a faux pas; It’s the whole point

“Lawyers are supposed to be problem solvers," says Justin Herdman ’01, "and that means identifying problems before they are at your doorstep.”

With Beyond Legal Aid, Lam Ho ’08 establishes a new model for public interest law

From “American Shtetl” to “South to America”

"My hope is that workers bank power for when things aren’t as good and build unions to protect themselves," says Sharon Block.

Ayesha Malik LL.M. ’99 has used her position, inside and outside the courtroom, to advocate for women in the legal system. “This is not a burden,” she says. “This is my calling.”

Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 becomes the first Black woman to serve on the Court

The Election Law Clinic, led by Ruth Greenwood, visiting assistant clinical professor, focuses on voter suppression, gerrymandering, and the challenges money poses to democratic participation.

During the last week of May this year, three Harvard Law School classes celebrated a long-awaited Commencement

1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 2000-2009 2010-2019…

‘Everyone is struggling to understand what this new world is going to look like’

The exhibition, organized by metaLAB, reflected on the many ways social media influences our lives and the world around us — for good or for ill.

For one day in the 2019–2020 academic year, Harvard Law Today followed just a handful of Harvard Law's 47 legal clinics to see their work — and their efforts to advance justice — in action.

National Football League referee Ron Torbert ’88 reaches the pinnacle of his profession: Officiating the Super Bowl.

Adrian Vermeule proposes an approach to constitutional interpretation rooted in classical legal tradition

Remembering Lloyd Weinreb: 1936-2021 In 1968 I was a second-year law student and my wife was in her final year at Radcliffe. It was the…

An election law course examines doctrine and asks students to consider ‘the way things ought to be, and how to make them happen’

1940-1949 Marshall A. Jacobs ’43
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Larry Schwartztol, White House lawyer focused on voting rights and democracy reform, has been named a professor of practice. He will serve as the faculty director of the Democracy and the Rule of Law Clinic.

Harvard issues a report on the university’s connections to slavery and its long history of discrimination against Black people long after slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment.