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Low-profile, but not for long: Tracking trends ahead of the Supreme Court’s new term
October 4, 2024
Harvard Law emeritus professor Mark Tushnet explains why decisions are getting longer even as there are fewer of them — and how the election will affect the Court’s work.
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Breyer discusses constitutional interpretation, originalism, textualism, and pragmatism
October 3, 2024
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer shares advice on being a judge and a lawyer with Harvard Law students while discussing his recent book, “Reading the Constitution.”
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‘Give yourself grace’
October 3, 2024
Four Harvard Law faculty share stories and tips for managing mental health and reducing stress
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Experts preview the new Supreme Court term, at Harvard Law
October 3, 2024
Professor Stephen Sachs discusses high-profile cases on terrorism and medical care for transgender minors at an event sponsored by the Harvard Federalist Society.
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Did the administrative state die with Chevron?
October 1, 2024
At Harvard Law’s Rappaport Forum, experts debated the limits of the federal agency’s ability to regulate American industry, health, and safety, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo.
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Social media experts discuss moving beyond ‘discourse dumpster fires’
September 25, 2024
A daylong conference hosted by Harvard’s Applied Social Media Lab focused on strategies for fostering healthier, more satisfying civil discourse online.
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Harvard Legal Aid Bureau pioneers medical-legal partnership to defend families in the community
September 25, 2024
HLAB aims to change the dynamic between DCF and families by educating mandated reporters.
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NFL general counsel talks game growth and league litigation, offers advice
September 25, 2024
At Harvard Law School, NFL General Counsel Jeff Pash ’80 discusses Sunday Ticket litigation and offers advice for aspiring sports lawyers.
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Harvard Law expert addresses the ‘untenable amount of harm’ caused by the criminal system
September 19, 2024
Premal Dharia discusses where efforts to transform the carceral system in the United States are heading.
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Harvard’s Transactional Law Clinics help local citizens move from incarceration to entrepreneurship
September 19, 2024
A Boston-area collaboration supported by Harvard’s Transactional Law Clinics is bringing business skills to returning citizens.
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Then & Now: Hastings Hall
September 18, 2024
Built in 1889, Walter Hastings Hall is the oldest residence hall at Harvard Law School.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘unlikely path’ to Supreme Court
September 17, 2024
During an event at Sanders Theatre, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 discussed her new memoir, "Lovely One," and her "unlikely journey" from South Florida to Harvard to nation’s highest court.
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You’re not imagining things: contracts are getting longer, says Harvard Law professor
September 16, 2024
Corporate law expert Guhan Subramanian discussed his new book on deal-making obstacles and solutions at an event sponsored by Harvard Law’s Program on Negotiation.
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The framers of the Constitution didn’t want you to choose the president
September 16, 2024
Michael Klarman, an expert in American constitutional law and history at Harvard, says that early elites wrote anti-populism into the U.S.’ founding document.
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Speech is never totally free
September 12, 2024
Cass Sunstein suggests universities look to the First Amendment as they struggle to craft rules in the wake of disruptive protests.
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GALLERY: Back to school, then and now
September 12, 2024
As the school year gets underway, several students share their first day of school photos, past and present.
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An economic soft landing is very plausible — but not guaranteed, says Harvard Law expert
September 12, 2024
Daniel Tarullo, a law professor and former Federal Reserve Bank member, says interest rates are coming down, but maybe not the cost of groceries.
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Studying the law — and making it
September 11, 2024
Incoming Harvard Law students are serving their Boston-area communities while becoming a part of a new one.
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Truth in advertising, and now in politics
September 11, 2024
“TrueViews,” a new public opinion data tool designed by Harvard experts, could reduce political polarization by educating politicians about what their constituents actually believe.
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Did lawmakers know role of fossil fuels in climate change during Clean Air Act era?
September 11, 2024
According to a new paper by a team of science historians, more was known at mid-20th century about the dangers of human-caused climate change.
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During a series of fireside chats, accomplished graduates representing an array of career paths and legal fields shared words of wisdom for law students and budding lawyers.