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Does America need an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution?
October 8, 2026
Scholars, legislators, and members of the public gather at Harvard Law School to debate a never-used path for amending the Constitution at the VthePeople conference
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Will gerrymandering decide the midterms?
October 7, 2026
Harvard Law Professors Ruth Greenwood and Nicholas Stephanopoulos assess the recent redistricting battle and what could come next
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How to prioritize mental health in a demanding career
October 7, 2026
These are some of the ways that Harvard Law School faculty members prioritize their well-being in a demanding profession.
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Harvard Law scholars debate constitutionalism, democracy, and the limits of judicial power
October 6, 2026
As part of a panel on his new book, Professor Emeritus Mark Tushnet and his co-author weigh the pros and cons of the elastic governing principle.
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What’s ahead for the new Supreme Court term?
October 2, 2026
Harvard Law’s Stephen Sachs and Institute for Justice attorneys preview the Supreme Court's October 2026 Term, featuring disputes over forfeiture, prisoner rights, administrative power, climate litigation, and public funding in religious schools.
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Can investment treaties apply retroactively? Not generally.
October 1, 2026
Delivering the annual Gaillard Lecture, international arbitration expert Sean D. Murphy outlines the complex legal issues in play regarding temporal jurisdiction.
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VthePeople Conference explores possibility of unprecedented path to Constitutional change
September 16, 2026
A conversation with Lawrence Lessig about the VthePeople conference, the risks an Article V convention could present, and the range of perspectives of event participants.
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You’re getting a divorce. What happens to the frozen embryo?
August 6, 2026
Panelists dig into the fraught legal and ethical questions at heart of fertility cases.