Areas of Interest
Environmental Law and Policy
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In soda tax fight, echoes of tobacco battles
February 19, 2020
Amid rising rates of diabetes and obesity in the nation, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School recently hosted a panel discussion concerning levies—those enacted, those proposed and those failed—on sugary beverages in jurisdictions nationwide.
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‘Game Changers’ puts muscle behind its message at HLS
February 14, 2020
The old-fashioned notion that tough guys—and tough women—must eat meat was challenged by a panel of athletes and experts at Harvard Law School, following a screening of the popular documentary “The Game Changers.”
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Leading scholars bring new expertise
February 2, 2020
Effective Jan. 1, three faculty members were promoted and two new scholars joined the HLS faculty.
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Eloise Lawrence named assistant clinical professor of law and deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
February 1, 2020
Eloise Lawrence, a community lawyering advocate, was named assistant clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
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Emily Broad Leib named clinical professor of law
January 28, 2020
Emily Broad Leib ’08, founder and director of Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, has been named clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School.
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To Serve Better: Alexis Wheeler ’09
January 7, 2020
In 2018, avid hiker Alexis Wheeler '09 founded the Harvard Club of Seattle's Crimson Achievement Program (CAP), an initiative that helps illuminate the path to college for high-potential ninth- and 10th-graders from Western Washington school districts in low-income areas.