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What’s the Deal with Stock Buybacks?
February 19, 2019
Harvard Law Professor Jesse Fried ’92 first became interested in the use and misuse of repurchases as an Olin Fellow at HLS in the mid-1990s. He has recently co-written several articles on the topic, including “Are Buybacks Really Shortchanging Investment?” with Charles C.Y. Wang in the Harvard Business Review. Here, Fried offers perspective on a complex, and increasingly political, topic.
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Can President Trump lawfully build the wall by declaring a national emergency? Harvard Law School faculty weigh in
February 15, 2019
Does President Donald Trump have the legal authority to declare a national emergency, and order the military to build a wall between Mexico and the United States? Does he have the constitutional authority to spend money on a wall that Congress hasn’t specifically allocated? Over the past several weeks, HLS scholars have weighed in on the matter.
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In ethics lecture, Linda Greenhouse discusses the Supreme Court’s role in threatening civil society
February 14, 2019
Linda Greenhouse, the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence at Yale Law School, delivered the Kissel Lecture in Ethics at Harvard Law School on Feb. 7. In her lecture, Greenhouse discussed the role of the Supreme Court in threatening civil society and looked critically at recent Supreme Court decisions.
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Video: The Bauhaus at Harvard Law School
February 14, 2019
2019 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, the highly influential school of art and design in Germany. In this video, curators at the Harvard Art Museums highlight the legacy of the Bauhaus at Harvard Law School.
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Europe’s Culture Crisis
February 13, 2019
Europe’s crisis—the challenges to liberal democracy across the continent, the rise of right-wing nationalist parties, the backlash against the European Union—isn’t a rebellion of economic have-nots, according to former HLS professor Joseph Weiler, who delivered the Herbert W. Vaughan Memorial Lecture, “The European Culture War 2003-2019,” on Feb. 6.
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Bringing Slavery’s Legacy to Light, One Story at a Time
February 13, 2019
Bryan Stevenson ’85 creates a memorial and museum to foster conversation on America's original sin.
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Jenny S. Martinez ’97 appointed dean of Stanford Law School
February 8, 2019
Jenny S. Martinez ’97, a scholar of international law and constitutional law, has been named dean of Stanford Law School. She will assume her new position April 1.
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Lauren Beck ’20 elected 133rd Harvard Law Review president
February 7, 2019
The Harvard Law Review has elected Lauren Beck ’20 as its 133rd president. Beck succeeds Michael Thomas ’19.
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A call for a kinder capitalism
February 6, 2019
Speaking at Harvard Law School, U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III '09 (D., Mass.) called Monday for a new national economic agenda based on “moral capitalism” that addresses the needs of embattled workers.
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Student Voices: Working in community to counter the weight of the criminal legal system
February 5, 2019
Frantic phone calls from family and friends facing life-altering legal challenges were Felipe Hernandez' primary motivation for leaving a career in the non-profit world to attend Harvard Law School, and they continue to fuel his involvement in clinics and student practice organizations at HLS, as he hones the skills he needs to keep answering them.
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Generations of Impact
February 1, 2019
Harvard Law School community members are engaged in exciting and impactful work on issues of large import—work that is framing national conversations among leaders and…
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Bryan Stevenson ’85 discusses the legacy of slavery and the vision behind creating the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery Alabama.
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Tackling a Big Job
January 31, 2019
Megha Parekh ’09 is in charge of all legal matters for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Three faculty evaluate Department of Education proposed rule for Title IX enforcement
January 30, 2019
Harvard Law School Professors Jeannie Suk Gersen ’02 and Janet Halley, and Senior Lecturer on Law Nancy Gertner have issued a Comment on the Department of Education’s Proposed Rule on Title IX enforcement.
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A ’60s Experiment with a Ripple Effect
January 30, 2019
Celebrating a legal services experiment run by Harvard Law School more than 50 years ago—at a time when clinical education did not exist at the school and change was in the air.
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Supreme Viewing: A Deep Bench
January 30, 2019
Although arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court are not video-recorded, you can watch many of its justices questioning oralists and presiding over cases—within the State of Ames. Visit Harvard Law School’s archive of video recordings of the final rounds of the Ames Moot Court Competition.
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HLS in Congress
January 30, 2019
Harvard Law School graduates across the country won political victories in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the nation’s 2018 midterm elections.
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Student Voices: Humanizing the incarcerated in Massachusetts
January 30, 2019
I joined the Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP) the fall of my 1L year at a time when I knew very little about the criminal justice system. I knew, however, that PLAP provided important services to prisoners in Massachusetts, including representing them in disciplinary hearings and in their bids for parole.
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Three faculty evaluate Department of Education proposed rule for Title IX enforcement
January 30, 2019
Harvard Law School Professors Jeannie Suk Gersen ’02 and Janet Halley, and Senior Lecturer on Law Nancy Gertner have issued a Comment on the Department of Education’s Proposed Rule on Title IX enforcement.