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Speak Freely
February 14, 2023
At PEN America, Suzanne Nossel leads the charge to ensure freedom of expression for all
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The Beloved City
February 14, 2023
HLS mayors address how the pandemic has transformed urban America
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A Tingly Sensation
February 14, 2023
Professor Cass Sunstein, who has been cited as “one of the most wide-ranging, original, prolific, and influential scholars of our time," on the writing life
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The End of the Death Penalty?
February 14, 2023
‘Unintended consequences’ and the legacy of of the 1972 Supreme Court case Furman v. Georgia
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Letters: Spring 2023
February 14, 2023
Kind regards Congrats on your Summer 2022 issue! In the midst of an endless flow of print and online information, I read every page…
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Supreme Court considers how far Section 230 should go in shielding Google, Twitter and other tech companies
February 13, 2023
Harvard Law’s John Palfrey says that lawsuits against Google and Twitter might be among ‘the most consequential Supreme Court cases related to the internet in the technology’s history.’
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Daphna Renan says we should ‘give the Supreme Court a little less control’ over the Constitution
February 10, 2023
On the occasion of her appointment as the Peter B. Monroe and Mary J. Monroe Professor of Law, Daphna Renan puts forth an argument for 'a more political constitutionalism.'
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Committee named to lead Legacy of Slavery memorial project
February 10, 2023
Guy-Uriel Charles and Jeannie Suk Gersen will join the Harvard committee that will lead an effort to memorialize the enslaved individuals whose labor was instrumental in the establishment and development of Harvard.
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Do facts still matter?
February 8, 2023
New York Times lawyer David McCraw discusses modern challenges to press freedom and growing distrust of the news media.
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Baba Galleh Jallow named inaugural Fisher Fellow
February 7, 2023
Harvard Law School today announced the appointment of Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, a journalist, academic, and former executive secretary of The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission, as the inaugural Roger D. Fisher Fellow in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.
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Harvard Law expert J.S. Nelson says that Elon Musk and the tech industry risk gains when they engage in disreputable business practices.
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A matter of ‘life or death’
February 7, 2023
Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic partners with organizers in Jacksonville, Florida to score important victories for voting rights.
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Holding the United Nations accountable
February 7, 2023
A team of Harvard Law School students seeks justice for Roma exposed to lead poisoning under the U.N.’s watch.
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Class Notes: Spring 2023
February 7, 2023
1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2019…
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In Memoriam: Spring 2023
February 7, 2023
1940-1949 Melvin L. Hirsch ’48
May 26, 2022
Obituary Walter F. Rogers Jr. ’48
Jan. 13, 2022
Obituary George H. Dummer ’49
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Lessons of Roe, 50 years later
February 2, 2023
Speakers at a Radcliffe Institute conference look at the divisive, fraught history of Roe v. Wade and predict where legal battles will go next.
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Goldberg recognized for contributions to tort law, scholarship
February 2, 2023
John C.P. Goldberg was honored for his scholarship in the field of tort law as the recipient of the William L. Prosser Award, and the Civil Justice Scholarship Award.
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The American dream costs more than $29,000 a year
February 1, 2023
Walmart has become a better corporate citizen, ‘Still Broke’ author Rick Wartzman says, but problems with U.S. labor practices run deeper than one company.
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‘A natural fit’ in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic
February 1, 2023
During winter term, students in the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic work in Washington, D.C. with the MacArthur Justice Center on ongoing cases related to civil rights and the criminal justice system.