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‘We Don’t Think a Court Should Be Handcuffed’
December 14, 2023
Harvard Law’s Tax Litigation Clinic laid the groundwork for recent wins that allow lower courts to be more responsive to challenges faced by taxpayers
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Faculty honored for recent work, career achievements
December 6, 2023
Several Harvard Law faculty members have received accolades for their work and lifelong scholarship and achievements in recent months.
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Michael Ashley Stein receives award from the United States International Council on Disabilities
December 6, 2023
Michael Ashley Stein ’88, executive director of Harvard Law School’s Project on Disability (HPOD) and Harvard Law visiting professor, received the prestigious Dole-Harkin award from the United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD).
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Megan Jane Davis, the leading lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition, appointed visiting professor of Australian studies at Harvard
December 6, 2023
Megan Jane Davis, a leading constitutional lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition, will visit Harvard as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University and visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Alexander Chen named Best Under 40 by National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
December 6, 2023
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association recently awarded Harvard Law School Lecturer on Law Alexander Chen ’15, founding director of the law school’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, its Best Under 40 award.
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Kathryn E. Spier, the Domenico De Sole Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, received an honorary doctorate from BI Norwegian Business School, in November.
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Klinksy Professor Sherrilyn Ifill: ‘Imagine what a democracy can be’
December 5, 2023
On November 29, Sherrilyn Ifill delivered a talk titled “Reimagining American Democracy: Becoming Founders & Framers” to mark her appointment as this year's Steven and Maureen Klinsky Visiting Professor of Practice for Leadership and Progress.
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A year ago this past week, on November 18, 2022, Syrian survivor and refugee Nujeen Mustafa spoke to delegates at the signing ceremony of the …
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin receives Order of the Coif book award
December 5, 2023
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, received the 2023 the Order of the Coif award for her book “Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality.”
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Remembering Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-2023)
December 5, 2023
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Dec. 1. She was 93.
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A Century of Helping Students Master the Law
December 5, 2023
On the 100th anniversary of Harvard’s Master of Laws, or LL.M., program, students and faculty reflect on its evolution and global impact
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Lecturer on Law Neil Eggleston has received a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer.
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At Harvard Law, African leaders discuss growth, development and AI against a backdrop of global underrepresentation
November 30, 2023
Nigeria’s UN Ambassador Abiodun Richards Adejola and Dr. Victor Oladokun, a senior African Development Bank Group adviser, discussed multilateral challenges and opportunities at a recent event.
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Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic contributes to the development of novel mediation approach in Brazil
November 30, 2023
A project by Harvard Law School’s Dispute Systems Design, or DSD, Clinic is helping address a pressing justice issue in Brazil — the forced removal of…
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Students gathered at Harvard Law School on Nov. 17 for the seventh annual Tortys, the Oscars-style film festival examining important issues of justice and tort law.
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The 2023 Ames Moot Court Competition Final Round
November 27, 2023
At Harvard Law, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told the 2023 Ames Moot Court competitors their “devotion to craft” inspired her
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Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic contributes to the development of novel mediation approach in Brazil
November 21, 2023
A project by Harvard Law School’s Dispute Systems Design Clinic is helping address the forced removal of vulnerable communities from occupied land in Brazil.
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Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law Ruth L. Okediji LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’96 has received a 2023 Barry Prize from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of her intellectual excellence and courage.
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In a Harvard Law School Library book talk, Professor Alan Jenkins ’89 discusses his graphic novel series about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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On Nov. 1, Stephen Sachs celebrated his appointment as the inaugural Antonin Scalia Professor of Law with a lecture titled “Life After Erie.”
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Celebrating National Pro Bono Week 2023 at Harvard Law
November 15, 2023
This October, Harvard Law School celebrated National Pro Bono Week 2023, an annual moment to recognize the tremendous pro bono contributions that law students and attorneys make in their local and global communities.