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  • TikTok’s ‘Harvard Law Spouses’ explain legal jargon for the masses

    March 2, 2022

    Ashleigh Ruggles Stanley ’18 and Maclen Stanley ’18 use social media as a teaching opportunity to help people understand legal terms and current events.

  • Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, wearing a face mask, speaks in front of a blackboard with writing on it.

    Securing justice for George Floyd

    February 28, 2022

    In a recent talk at Harvard Law School Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reflected on the George Floyd murder trial of Derek Chauvin, and verdict.

  • Crowd of people in New York City's Times Square carrying a large Ukranian flag

    ‘We Ukrainians know Putin all too well’

    February 28, 2022

    For international law expert Svitlana Starosvit LL.M. ’13 S.J.D. ’22, Russia's military assault on Ukraine is horrifying yet unsurprising because, she says, “We Ukrainians know Putin all too well."

  • Smoke coming from smokestacks at a coal fired power station at sunset.

    Supreme Court preview: West Virginia v. EPA

    February 28, 2022

    Harvard Law expert Shaun Goho explains how a complicated Supreme Court case could have major implications for government agencies and the environment.

  • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks and a podium. President Biden and Vice President Harris standing behind her.

    President Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 for Supreme Court

    February 25, 2022

    Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Biden. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.

  • Jeffery Robinson delivering a lecture

    Who we are

    February 23, 2022

    Jeffery Robinson ’81 has made challenging false narratives about racism his life’s work.

  • Glasses of various light and red beer in drinking glasses on a wooden table.

    The other bar exam

    February 23, 2022

    Beeritas’s mission is to bring together Harvard Law students who love that familiar fermented drink of hops and grains for regular tastings and conversation, fostering connections and friendships along the way.

  • Police officer displaying a rifle in a courtroom.

    A tough road for suing gun makers

    February 23, 2022

    Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet says that, despite the $73 million settlement between Sandy Hook families and Remington Arms, victims of future gun crimes still ‘face an uphill road.’

  • President Biden at a desk signing a document.

    Harvard Law students help pass legislation paving way for new therapies for ALS

    February 23, 2022

    Students in an advanced negotiation course taught by Professor Rachel Viscomi ’01 and clinical instructor Sara del Nido Budish ’13 used insights from multiparty negotiation to analyze the potential passage of legislation aimed at helping people suffering from ALS — and to better understand how to work as a team.

  • Two men speaking at white podiums with flags behind them

    Ukraine in the balance

    February 20, 2022

    Harvard Law negotiation expert Rachel Viscomi ’01 analyzes the playing field as the U.S. and its allies confront Russian troop buildup on Ukraine’s borders.

  • Stephen Ball

    Stephen L. Ball ’10 joins Harvard Law School as dean of students

    February 17, 2022

    Stephen L. Ball ’10 has been appointed Harvard Law School’s new dean of students, starting March 7.

  • Two men shaking hands

    When Nixon went to China

    February 17, 2022

    On the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit, China experts William Alford and Mark Wu discuss whether the president may be getting too much credit for his history-making journey.

  • Zoom screen with three women and one man

    Constance Baker Motley

    February 15, 2022

    Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin ’89 once asked her mentor, Thurgood Marshall, why he had passed over Constance Baker Motley to succeed him when he…

  • A zoom capture of a man and woman speaking.

    ‘Maybe I will do something bigger that hopefully impacts the world’

    February 14, 2022

    At an HLS talk, Byron Allen — owner of the most successful Black-owned media group in history — shared his career history and experiences with the law.

  • A woman in a black dress standing on a porch with a man in a white shirt holding a baby

    ‘Grateful for it all’

    February 14, 2022

    Harvard Law alum Esther Mulder ‘14 discusses her journey from foster care to a career in public defense.

  • A soldier sitting on top of a military tank that is flying the Ukranian flag

    Russian incursion into Ukraine ‘very likely,’ says John B. Bellinger III ’86

    February 10, 2022

    John B. Bellinger III ’86, a former State Department and national security legal adviser, sees ‘echoes of the Cold War,’ and says Biden should make ‘crystal clear' to Putin the consequences of an invasion.

  • Hilary Charlesworth

    Hilary Charlesworth S.J.D. ’86 elected to the International Court of Justice

    February 9, 2022

    Hilary Charlesworth S.J.D. ’86, an Australian barrister and solicitor, law professor, and renowned scholar of international law, has been elected to serve as a judge on the International Court of Justice.

  • Portrait of a man sitting at a desk in an office

    ‘Life Can Change at the Snap of a Finger’

    February 9, 2022

    A second-year law student on second chances, building community, and trying to find his place in the grand scheme of things

  • Close up of multi-colored small candy hearts.

    Harvard Law School valentines

    February 9, 2022

    Whether you’ve already conveyed your heart (for proper consideration), or you’re out of practice, here are a few Valentines to help you court a special someone, cheer up your amicus, or find a new study buddy.

  • Brian Flores

    Brian Flores vs. the NFL

    February 9, 2022

    Two Harvard Law experts say the suit filed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores faces many challenges, but that if he can get it heard in court, Flores has ‘a good story.’

  • Illustration Lincoln in the center surrounded by symbols of government with the words of the U.S. constitution

    Preserve, Protect, and Defend

    February 8, 2022

    In his new book, Noah Feldman offers a fresh perspective on the decisions Abraham Lincoln made regarding the U.S. Constitution — many of which he describes as legally indefensible.