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After extensive experience in academia and public service, Nawaf Salam LL.M. ’91 was appointed the prime minister of Lebanon, the first time he has held political office in his home country.

Researchers who studied healthcare in dozens of facilities link accreditation to better collaboration and treatment and fewer deaths.

In January 2025, 88 Harvard Law School students traveled to 37 countries for winter term research and clinical projects. 

Harvard Law School Professor Gerald Neuman says a president has no authority at all to change United States citizenship rules.

Harvard Law School visiting professor Kristen Eichensehr dissects the problems that arise in government when everyone agrees.

A senior staff attorney at the Harvard Environmental & Energy Law Program explains how L.A.’s devastating wildfires could shape insurance in California.

Organizers of an AI conference at Harvard Law say the unprecedented rate of technological change “makes it even harder for the already trailing legal system to catch up.”

Privacy and cybersecurity law expert Timothy Edgar examines national security and First Amendment issues as the popular video website faces a legal deadline.

Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet says the case Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton could upend existing First Amendment law.

A look at Harvard Law campus on a winter day.

Three current and former Harvard Law professors share their memories of working with Jimmy Carter and reflect on his life and legacy.

Cellist Krysta Hyppolite's experiences as a working musician are shedding new light on the challenges facing artists, and guiding new work in the music world.

Snapshots from the fall 2024 semester at Harvard Law School

Harvard Law Today features a selection of the book events that took place on campus during the fall semester.

A veteran and lifelong learner visited Harvard Law’s campus for a taste of law school life, as part of AARP’s Wish of a Lifetime program.

The new program aims to make public domain materials housed at Harvard Law School Library and other knowledge institutions available to train AI.

A Harvard Law School visiting professor says that increasing competition could lower the cost of medications for millions of Americans.

Harvard Law students, faculty, and staff served as nonpartisan poll monitors in Nevada.

Salata Institute panelists predict legal and regulatory setbacks, and areas of hope as the Trump administration prepares to take over.

At a Petrie-Flom Center book talk, panelists discussed the lost history of constitutional challenges to punitive drug laws and possible ways forward.

Experts discussed the impact of AI on justice systems and democracy at a recent Harvard Law School talk.