Criminal Law and Procedure

English medieval law expert Elizabeth Papp Kamali explores the roots of modern criminal procedure through papal precedent and the story of Saint Veronica.

Harvard Law expert Carol Steiker explains how the Eighth Amendment will impact a Supreme Court decision on homelessness.

A study co-authored by Harvard Law expert Crystal Yang shows that an innovative new jail education program reduces recidivism and may improve lives in Flint, Michigan.

At a lecture celebrating his appointment as the Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law, Andrew Crespo outlined a path for lawyers and organizers to end mass incarceration.

At a Harvard Law School Library book talk, author Daniel Medwed outlines the tangle of legal rules and procedures that keep wrongly convicted people behind bars.

Crystal S. Yang brings her love for economics to the study of the law and the pursuit of justice

On the occasion of her appointment as Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, criminal justice expert Alexandra Natapoff delivered a lecture titled "Redistributing Law: A View from Below."

At a daylong symposium cohosted by Inquest and the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, formerly incarcerated members of the Visiting Room Project sought to bridge the experiences of incarcerated people and the law students and lawyers who may one day represent them, or prosecute them.

Ricardo Jimenez Solis ’23 is the recipient of the 2023 David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award.

Ryan Gunderman ’23 was named the 2023 winner of the William J. Stuntz Memorial Award for Justice, Human Dignity, and Compassion

Army Captain Ryan Gunderman '23 hopes to use his legal training to bring restorative justice to military adjudication.

Hannah Shaffer ’21, whose research interests focus on criminal procedure, criminal law, and law and economics, will join Harvard Law School as an assistant professor of law.

Professor Carol Steiker ’86, the Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

At an event hosted by the Harvard Law School Library, several students discussed their experiences working with capital defense offices across the country as part of the Capital Punishment Clinic.

Harvard Law School expands the ranks of its faculty with four appointments.

Philip Torrey, managing attorney of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, and director of the Crimmigation Clinic, was named an assistant clinical professor.

In her Last Lecture, Harvard Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff urges graduating students to think hard about the choices they make.

The American Law Institute has announced that it will award its Early Career Scholars Medal to Professor Crystal S. Yang ’13 and Professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School.