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Civil Rights
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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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Faculty Voices: Crystal Yang ’13 on fear and the safety net
January 31, 2020
Professor Crystal Yang ’13 discusses her paper "Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities," which examines the link between tougher immigration enforcement in the United States and the lack of participation in government safety-net programs by Hispanic citizens.
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LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic launches at Harvard Law School
January 28, 2020
Harvard Law School has announced the launch of the new LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, to be led by HLS Lecturer and Clinical Instructor Alex Chen '15, a tireless advocate in recent years in efforts to protect and expand LGBTQ+ civil rights.
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Harvard Law’s Labor and Worklife Program releases major report aimed at reforming American labor law
January 23, 2020
The Harvard Gazette sat down with Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs of Harvard's Labor and Worklife Program to talk about their report "Clean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Democracy and Economy," and about what they envision for the future of labor law in the United States.
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Harvard Law expert says Supreme Court case poses major threat to school voucher programs
January 21, 2020
On January 22, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a case that may dramatically impact the ability of states to provide public funding to private, religiously-affiliated schools. In advance of the arguments, Harvard Law Today sat down with Professor Mark Tushnet to preview the case.
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Brianna Rennix ’18
January 7, 2020
In a small trailer, surrounded by hundreds of other trailers, encircled by a fence, in the middle of South Texas scrubland, Brianna Rennix does her…
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Mark Fleming ’97
January 7, 2020
Five cases argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Twenty-two years of work as a lawyer. And still, Mark Fleming will never forget the woman from…
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Geehyun Sussan Lee ’15
January 7, 2020
It helped that she was a first-generation immigrant herself. Sussan Lee could settle into a conversation with her client, a West African immigrant, about the…
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Gianna Borroto ’11
January 7, 2020
Every week, the woman from Guatemala would bring her children. First, she would settle them into chairs to play with their toys. Then the woman,…
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HLS Authors: Selected Alumni Books Winter ’20
January 7, 2020
From Imani Perry’s “Breathe” to Ben Shapiro’s “The Right Side of History”
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Pursuing justice, freedom and peace
January 7, 2020
Nasredeen Abdulbari LL.M. ’08 discusses the significant role he has now undertaken as Sudan's Minister of Justice. In September, he was sworn in as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Sudan’s new Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok.
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To Serve Better: Benet Magnuson ’09
December 23, 2019
When Benet Magnuson joined Kansas Appleseed in 2013 as its executive director he pretty much had only himself to supervise. But within a couple of years the social justice nonprofit had a dozen staffers working all over the state.
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Martha Minow on the power of forgiveness
December 12, 2019
The Harvard Gazette recently sat down with Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary University Professor and former dean of Harvard Law School, to talk about her book new book, "When Should Law Forgive?," and why she thinks forgiveness could make the law more just.
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Video: Feldman testifies on the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment
December 4, 2019
On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, testified before the House Judiciary Committee at a public hearing on the constitutional grounds for impeaching the president.
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Focus on Justice
November 25, 2019
At a packed Brattle Theatre last week, five short films created by 12 Harvard Law students from eight countries debuted. The documentaries, ranging across topics from gentrification to climate change, are the results of an innovative January term workshop taught by Martha Minow, former Harvard Law dean and 300th Anniversary University Professor.
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Forgiveness in an age of ‘justified resentments’
November 6, 2019
At a recent Harvard Law School Library book event, Martha Minow and panelists discussed her recent release, "When Should Law Forgive?", which explores the complicated intersection of the law, justice, and forgiveness.
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Veterans of war and service
November 5, 2019
Four of the 26 current and former members of the U.S. armed forces in this year’s entering class at Harvard Law School share their experiences in the military and at HLS.
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Israeli Supreme Court Justice on combatting propaganda in elections
October 29, 2019
Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel Hanan Melcer, who chaired Israel's Central Elections Committee, shared his experience protecting Israel's elections from online manipulation and cyber threats.
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A global look at LGBT violence and bias
October 23, 2019
The Harvard Gazette recently spoke with Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the U.N. independent expert who is now a visiting researcher in residence at Harvard Law School, in advance of the presentation of his report on the adverse effects of laws and cultural norms on LGBTQ individuals to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday.
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A Q&A with Robert Greenwald on ‘getting to zero’ and the success of PEPFAR, 15 years later
October 22, 2019
Clinical Professor Robert Greenwald discusses PEPFAR’s impact at home in the United States, policy barriers to "getting to zero," and ways to address the epidemic head-on.