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Tribe and the other Lincoln
January 19, 2021
Reporter Lincoln Miller, 11, interviews Laurence Tribe ’66 on the Capitol riots and impeachment for his story in Scholastic Kids Press.
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In October 1962, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on “The Future of Integration” as a featured speaker at the Harvard Law School Forum.
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Trump impeached
January 14, 2021
Five Harvard Law faculty react to the unprecedented second impeachment of President Donald J. Trump.
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Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program blocks another Trump administration asylum rule
January 13, 2021
In a case brought by the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, a California District Court last week issued a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration rule that would gut protections for people fleeing persecution and torture.
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Blocking the president
January 13, 2021
Harvard Law experts Yochai Benkler and evelyn douek weigh in on the suspension of President Trump’s social media accounts and potential First Amendment implications.
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Alexandra Natapoff on how our massive misdemeanor system makes America more unequal
January 13, 2021
Harvard Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff is an award-winning legal scholar and criminal justice expert.
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Tracee Whitley appointed Harvard Law School dean for administration
January 13, 2021
Harvard Law School today announced the appointment of L. Tracee Whitley as its new dean for administration, the School’s chief administrative officer.
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‘A grim form of political theater’
January 8, 2021
Harvard Law Visiting Professor Sanford Levinson puts the storming of the Capitol in historical perspective.
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Did implicit bias lead to breach of U.S. Capitol?
January 8, 2021
Harvard Law School’s James Tierney says police would have treated Black Lives Matter protesters differently.
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Constitutional scholar Guy-Uriel Charles, a leading expert on race, politics and election law, to join HLS
January 7, 2021
Guy-Uriel Charles will join the Harvard Law faculty as the inaugural Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, effective July 1. He will also serve as faculty director of HLS’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.
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Laying the groundwork for real-life lawyering
January 7, 2021
Students in independent clinicals are making the most of a digital world.
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An interview for a job she didn’t apply for turned out to be a career-defining opportunity for Natasha Onken, who has since devoted her life to helping students succeed.
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Mark Cuban shares his insights on entrepreneurship, the 2020 election, AI, and the COVID road to recovery
January 5, 2021
The Harvard Association for Law and Business hosts Mark Cuban — businessman, Shark Tank investor, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks — for a conversation as part of its Dream Big Speaker series.
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Harvard Law School’s top ten photos of 2020
December 28, 2020
Harvard Law School's most liked images of the year.
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Trusted to listen
December 28, 2020
After her first interview in Afghanistan, Nicolette Waldman ’13 realized she had found the career she was meant to pursue.
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Fireside at HLS (1 hour video)
December 18, 2020
Happy Holidays and warm wishes from Harvard Law School!
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Snow days (and nights)
December 18, 2020
Frosted branches, glowing lights, glimmering icicles near a gargoyle’s gaze — signs of winter at Harvard Law.
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Harvard Law students fight for families facing evictions
December 17, 2020
A Q&A with Harvard Legal Aid Bureau members Kiah Duggins ’21 and Sam Gilman ’22 on the CDC eviction moratorium and their work on local and national housing issues.
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Debating stakeholder capitalism
December 16, 2020
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis intensifying discussions about corporate purpose duties to stakeholders, the European Corporate Governance Institute and the London Business School Centre for Corporate Governance recently hosted a virtual debate on stakeholder capitalism between Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. ’80 S.J.D. ’84 and London Business School Professor Alex Edmans.
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At the intersection of music and the law
December 16, 2020
The music industry is no stranger to legal dispute. From high-profile cases involving Napster, Inc. to the many legal trappings that accompany artists throughout the creative process, the law has continued to evolve along with music. That's Student Practice Organization the Recording Artists Project (RAP) come in.