Areas of Interest
Administrative and Regulatory Law
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2024 Scalia Lecture: Aditya Bamzai on statutory interpretation and the separation of powers
April 2, 2024
At Harvard Law’s Scalia Lecture, Aditya Bamzai says the Supreme Court should create a practicable analytical structure on judicial deference to administrative agencies.
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Space law: The final frontier
March 26, 2024
Harvard Law expert Memme Onwudiwe explains the biggest extraterrestrial issues and controversies in space law — and why lawyers should pay attention.
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Previewing Supreme Court arguments about ozone pollution and the Good Neighbor Plan in shadow docket case Ohio v. EPA
February 13, 2024
Harvard Law expert Richard Lazarus believes that the outcome of Ohio v. EPA could say a lot about U.S. future efforts to regulate air pollution.
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Samuel Levine ’12: ‘Even my most stressful days are deeply fulfilling’
November 15, 2023
Every work day is unique for Samuel Levine ’12, who serves as director of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection.
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Ahead of the holiday travel season, Harvard Law graduate Ganesh Sitaraman argues in a new book that deregulating the airline industry has led to higher costs, less choice, and more misery for the flying public.
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Minow awarded Freedom of the Press Career Achievement Award
October 20, 2023
Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard and former dean of Harvard Law School, was honored with a Career Achievement Award by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Ben Eidelson appointed professor of law
October 12, 2023
Benjamin Eidelson, a leading legal theorist with a body of work that spans the central areas of public law, has been named a professor of law at Harvard Law School.
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What critics get wrong — and right — about the Supreme Court’s new ‘major questions doctrine’
April 19, 2023
Oren Tamir, a post-doctoral fellow, says that many of the critiques of the major questions doctrine tend to miss the mark — and that, with some changes, the doctrine could be fixed in ways that would make it a valuable contribution for our law and democracy.
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‘In the eye of the storm – in a good way’
April 10, 2023
Harvard Law’s Semester in Washington Program celebrates 15 years of helping students become government lawyers
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Will the US ban TikTok?
February 23, 2023
Timothy Edgar, a former national security and intelligence official and lecturer at Harvard Law School, says a full ban of the video-sharing app isn’t likely, but regulation may be needed.
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National security expert Elena Chachko argues that the Russia's war against Ukraine has given both NATO and the European Union new purpose and energy.
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How inflation act may help rescue greenhouse-gas goals of repealed Clean Power Plan
November 16, 2022
Harvard Law School professors Richard Lazarus and Jody Freeman discuss the importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in light of the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.
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Florida blues
September 6, 2022
In the wake of the FBI’s raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, former White House counsel and Harvard Law lecturer Neil Eggleston reveals how departing presidents have typically preserved official records.
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Larry Schwartztol, White House lawyer focused on voting rights and democracy reform, has been named a professor of practice. He will serve as the faculty director of the Democracy and the Rule of Law Clinic.
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Ryan D. Doerfler ’13, who focuses his research on critically examining the place of the federal judiciary in the American legal and political order, has joined the Harvard Law faculty as a professor of law.
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Justice Stephen Breyer returns to Harvard Law School
July 2, 2022
Retired United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ’64 is returning to Harvard Law School, where he will teach seminars and reading groups, write, and produce scholarship.
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Supreme Court preview: West Virginia v. EPA
February 28, 2022
Harvard Law expert Shaun Goho explains how a complicated Supreme Court case could have major implications for government agencies and the environment.
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Breyer retires
January 28, 2022
Harvard Law Today offers a look back at Justice Stephen Breyer's career and his legacy, and his lifelong connection to Harvard Law School.