Come visit, or revisit, the Library’s exhibit, “Visualizing Capital Punishment: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy,” before it closes at the end of July 2023. It’s on view weekdays 9 to 5 in the Library’s Caspersen Room, and is open to all HUID holders. If you can’t make it, visit the online version of the exhibit, which will remain up …
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When US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (aka RBG) passed away at age 87 on September 18, 2020, members of the HLS community came together to create a spontaneous memorial (link to Boston Globe article) on the front steps of Langdell Hall to express their grief, admiration, and gratitude for her pathbreaking life and work. Over the …
Get your summer legal research projects off to a good start with help from three of our recently updated research guides! Guide to Local Law Libraries Check out HLSL Research Librarian / Library Instruction Coordinator AJ Blechner’s newly updated Research Guide to Local Law Libraries. Whether you’re working at a law job, or need access to legal resources …
This is an updated version of an April 15, 2022 blog post, featuring updated research guides, links, and new animal pictures. It’s hard to believe the school year is almost over! As you prepare for exams, remember that your friends at the HLS Library are here to provide research support, exam prep tips, a building full of friendly …
A Harvard Law School Library Ideas Salon Monday April 3, 4-5 pm Langdell Hall Seminar Rooms 232/233 Learn about capital defense work and the HLS Capital Punishment Clinic in this student-led conversation. Current students – Robert Clinton, Kellen Dugan, Natalie Leitman, and Charles Sonenclar – will share their experiences with moderator and former Clinic student Fjora Arapi. This …
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Wednesday March 22, 4 to 5 pm WCC 2019 Milstein West Open to HUID holders Join the HLS Library for a fireside chat moderated by HLS’s Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law Carol Steiker, featuring professors Mugambi Jouet (Associate Professor, USC Gould School of Law), Corinna Barrett Lain (S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law, University …
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Tuesday March 7, 4 to 5 pm WCC 2019 Milstein West AB Open to HUID holders Join the HLS Library for a conversation moderated by Harvard’s 300th Anniversary University Professor Martha Minow, featuring professor John Bessler from the University of Baltimore Law School, Boston-based photographer Lou Jones, and painter/artist/writer Antonio Martorell. This event is part of the Library’s …
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Open to HUID holders in the Caspersen Room, Langdell Hall, weekdays 9 to 5 through June 2023; and open to all online. This Harvard Law School Library exhibit explores the power of visual imagery to change minds about the death penalty. Drawing from material in the Library’s Historical & Special Collections, the exhibit tells a story in three …
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Juan-Andrés Fuentes, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Research Librarian, has created a new Argentinian legal research guide. It includes information about the structure of Argentina’s government, judicial, and legal systems, and explains the country’s primary sources including its Constitution, legislation, treaties, regulations, and case law. Links to secondary sources, legal terms, and additional information are included as well. Find all our …
Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing break and that 2023 is getting off to a good start. The Library reopens Tuesday, January 3, 2023, and we look forward to seeing and working with you this semester. You can find the Library’s hours here. This charming illustration is a view of the Treasure Room (now called …