Areas of Interest
Legal History
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Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella appointed Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
April 7, 2021
Harvard Law School announced today the appointment of Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella as the Samuel LL.M. ’55 S.J.D. ’59 and Judith Pisar Visiting Professor of Law effective July 1, 2022.
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Breyer cautions against the ‘peril of politics’
April 7, 2021
To retain the public’s trust, Justice Breyer argued, changes should come not from political reform, but in recommitment to ideals within the Court itself and in the American people.
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Is the Supreme Court broken?
March 25, 2021
Is the Supreme Court in crisis, and if so, how can it be fixed? Three distinguished Court-watchers from across the ideological spectrum debated these questions at the Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum, a recurring speaker series established last year thanks to a gift from the Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation.
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Charting the course on Latino civil rights
March 25, 2021
Nina Perales has spent 25 years fortifying and advancing civil rights for Latinos, and this semester, is teaching a course at Harvard Law School about their ongoing struggle for equality in the United States.
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A history of corruption in the United States
September 23, 2020
Anti-corruption law expert Matthew Stephenson focuses his recent scholarship on anticorruption reform in U.S. history.