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New report by Harvard Law scholars presents road map for court fee and fine reform
September 23, 2019
A new report released earlier this month by researchers at Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Policy Program argues for eliminating court fees and making fines proportionate to offense and ability to pay.
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On Constitution Day, Klarman delivers a talk on the framers and the making of the Constitution
September 19, 2019
In commemoration of Constitution Day, Harvard Law School Professor Michael Klarman, an expert on constitutional law and constitutional history, delivered a talk titled "The Framers and the Making of the Constitution."
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Tillerson’s exit interview
September 19, 2019
During a daylong visit organized by the American Secretaries of State Project, former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered his take on global leaders and hotspots, from Iran and Saudi Arabia to North Korea and Syria.
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Clinic Stories: Democracy Brewing
September 17, 2019
With the help of Harvard Law School's Transactional Law Clinics, Democracy Brewing has become the first brewery in Massachusetts to launch as a worker-owned business.
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Harvard Law School Orientation 2019
September 13, 2019
As new Harvard Law students settle into life on campus, we feature highlights from the beginning of the academic year.
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Dean Manning welcomes new students to HLS
September 12, 2019
At Harvard University’s ornate Sanders Theatre, Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85 imparted several pieces of advice meant to help new students navigate law school, their careers in the law, and their lives beyond.
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New this year for HLS faculty
September 12, 2019
With the start of the academic year, four new scholars have joined the ranks of the Harvard Law School faculty and two have been promoted to professor of law.
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Like a fish out of a war zone
September 10, 2019
In an excerpt from her just-released memoir, Samantha Power recalls her experience going from Balkans war correspondent to Law School student — and her stumbles along the way.
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The man who killed Jim Crow: The legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston
September 5, 2019
Charles Hamilton Houston was an inspiring figure in American legal history, and a sometimes controversial one as well. Both sides of his legacy were examined in a lively lecture and Q&A discussion at Harvard Law School this week, to coincide with the 124th anniversary of his birth on September 3, 1895.
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If at first you don’t succeed…
August 30, 2019
Elena Kagan was 'petrified' when a Law School professor called on her on her first day of class. She blew her first exams, which situated her in 'the bottom third of the class.' And then, in her second semester at Harvard Law School, things started to change.
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In his work with Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic and beyond, Paras Shah '19 has always centered his approach to human rights on inclusion.
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Roxanne Armbruster joins HLS as chief human resources officer
August 29, 2019
Last month, Roxanne Armbruster joined Harvard Law School as assistant dean and chief human resources officer. In a conversation with Harvard Law Today, she talks about her wide-ranging career experiences, from tending buoys in Maine to building an HR business partner model in Boston.
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Common Knowledge
August 28, 2019
Harvard Law School’s new online course Zero-L helps prime incoming students for success
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Welcoming new students
August 23, 2019
On August 19, Harvard Law School’s Graduate Program officially welcomed the LL.M. Class of 2020 to campus, along with eight new S.J.D. candidates and 10 international students from six of the law school’s exchange partner schools.
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A look back at new beginnings
August 23, 2019
As new HLS students begin to move in this weekend for orientation next week, we take a look at how some past students began their lives at Harvard Law School.
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As Satter Fellow, Anna Khalfaoui LL.M. ’17 assisted in trial of Congolese militia leaders
August 23, 2019
The British-trained French attorney who chose Harvard Law School for its human rights training plans to continue working on international human rights and international humanitarian law litigation.
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Defending and promoting freedom of expression in Myanmar
August 21, 2019
As a Satter Human Rights Fellow, Jenny Domino LL.M. ’18 spent her fellowship year focused on how social media policy limits one's right to speak in the midst of democratic transition.
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JET-Powered Learning
August 21, 2019
1L January Experiential Term courses focus on skills-building, collaboration and self-reflection
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The Choosing People
August 13, 2019
Robert and Dale Mnookin never had any doubt that they areewish. But the question of who should be considered Jewish can be surprisingly tangled and fraught. That question is at the heart of Robert’s new book, “The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World.”
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Planting herself in the right career
August 12, 2019
Unhappy with what many would consider a plum job in corporate law, Nisha Vora ’12 decided to reset, and she has recently released her debut cookbook, “The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook,” which builds on her success as a chronicler of vegan recipes and photos on her popular site, Rainbow Plant Life.
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‘Broadsides’ and the history of the criminal mind
August 12, 2019
Students in Professor Elizabeth Papp Kamali’s seminar, Mind and Criminal Responsibility in the Anglo-American Tradition, spend the semester reading and analyzing primary and secondary sources—beginning with Jewish scriptures and excerpts from Roman law through the end of the 21st century—to study the history of mens rea in English common law.