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Today Posts
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‘A sense of duty and honor’
March 17, 2021
In a Q&A with Harvard Law Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin ’87, who served as lead House impeachment manager, reflects on a time of trauma and hope.
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More than 1,200 empirical studies apply an index developed by HLS Professors Bebchuk, Cohen and Ferrell
March 11, 2021
"What Matters in Corporate Governance," a 2009 study by Harvard Law Professors Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, and Allen Ferrell continues to have enormous influence on present-day research
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The shape of discrimination
March 10, 2021
Harvard Law alum Daniel Aaron ’20 thinks high obesity rates among people of color may be another legacy of ongoing racism in America.
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Filibuster or bust?
March 10, 2021
Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack ’91 discusses the origins and history of the filibuster, a controversial and powerful political tool.
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Modirzadeh briefs UN on self-defense and state silence
March 5, 2021
On Feb. 24, Professor of Practice Naz Modirzadeh ’02, founding director of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC), briefed a United Nations Security Council Arria-formula meeting convened by the Permanent Mission of Mexico.
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David Cope: 1948-2021
March 5, 2021
A brilliant intellect and devoted, compassionate teacher, Harvard Law School Lecturer on Law David Cope taught at the school for more than 20 years.
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Going remote
March 3, 2021
Ten Harvard Law School faculty share a behind-the-scenes look at their Zoom studios and the innovative approaches they employed to connect with students.
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Turning personal struggle into a source of support
March 3, 2021
As president and co-founder of the nonprofit Pembe, Brice Ngameni ’21 is focused on supporting students of African descent succeed in American law schools.
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Countdown to Ames
March 3, 2021
On March 10, two teams of students will take part in the illustrious HLS' Ames Moot Court Competition. For the first time in its 110-year history, the competition will be conducted virtually, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem
March 1, 2021
Virtual film premiere and panel discussion of new documentary inspired by HLS Professor Alexandra Natapoff’s book, “Punishment Without Crime.”
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BLSA mock trial team heads to national competition
February 24, 2021
BLSA team — the first from HLS — heads to the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial National Competition.
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A journal dedicated to promoting ‘revolutionary law’
February 24, 2021
On its 55th anniversary, Harvard Law Today takes a look back at the founding of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
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What does the growing individualization of U.S. foreign and security policy mean for national security?
February 24, 2021
Elena Chachko’s award-winning scholarship is informed by her work as a former Israeli intelligence analysis officer and diplomat.
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Kennedy, Minow, Sunstein found new American Journal of Law and Equality
February 23, 2021
Three Harvard Law School professors have teamed up with MIT Press to launch a new journal focused on issues of inequality.
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Gustave M. Hauser: 1929 – 2021
February 22, 2021
Gustave Hauser ’53 was a cable television pioneer and, with his wife Rita Hauser ’58, a dedicated supporter of Harvard Law School.
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Since President Joe Biden took office in January, dozens of Harvard Law community members, including faculty and alumni, have been tapped to serve in high-profile positions in his administration
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Advocating from afar
February 18, 2021
Despite working remotely, first-year students with Harvard Law School's Tenant Advocacy Project gained meaningful skills and successfully helped clients during the fall semester student practice organization.
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Banking on crime: The economic contours of policing in America
February 18, 2021
Experts discuss the myriad ways money and wealth influence criminal processes and outcomes as part of the yearlong "Policing in America" colloquium series, led by Harvard Law Professors Alexandra Natapoff and Andrew Manuel Crespo.
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Disinformation on trial
February 17, 2021
Tort law expert and Harvard Law Professor John C.P. Goldberg explains what election technology companies Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems must do to prove their claims of defamation against former former Trump allies, how likely they are to succeed, and whether these types of lawsuits might have an impact in the fight against disinformation.
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As the trial of Donald Trump takes place in the Senate on charges of inciting the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, renowned journalist Bob Woodward wondered during a Harvard Law School-sponsored webinar on Wednesday whether Trump also could have been impeached for his role in the COVID-19 crisis.
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Sitkoff appointed to chair Drafting Committee for Uniform Act on Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates
February 12, 2021
Robert H. Sitkoff, the John L. Gray Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, has been appointed chair of the Uniform Law Commission's drafting committee for a Uniform Act on Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates.