In response to concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Harvard Law School Library is closed to visitors until further notice. We look forward to welcoming you back to Langdell Hall so you can view our two new exhibits in person. Until then, stay up to date by checking our exhibit website. Be well!
We are going to miss seeing you in the library and around campus. But we will still be here to help you with your research (we’ll all be zoom pros!), including access to our print collections. We’ll figure it out; we won’t leave you in the lurch.
The Harvard Law School Library respects the health and safety of our community. Due to our concern for your welfare and following the guidance set in place by University officials with respect to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for on-campus events with over 100 attendees, we will be postponing all further book talks scheduled for spring 2020. Thank you …
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The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy by Lawrence Lessig (Harper Collins, Nov. 5, 2019). Thursday, March 26, 2020, at noonHarvard Law School Milstein East A/B (Directions)1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MANo RSVP required About They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our …
Two exhibits are now on view in the HLS Library: “Centuries of Japanese Legal Tradition” and “Charles Hamilton Houston and the Harvard Law School.” Both exhibits are on display through January 15, 2021, weekdays 9 to 5 in the Caspersen Room, Langdell Hall. Centuries of Japanese Legal Tradition features rarely-seen treasures from the Japanese collection. Selected from over …
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The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court by Richard J. Lazarus (Harvard Univ. Press, Mar. 10, 2020). Thursday, March 12, 2020, at noon, with lunch Harvard Law School Milstein West A/B 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA …
Historical and Special Collections is pleased to announce the initial release of the Antonin Scalia papers. Approximately 48 linear feet of material (10-15% of the total collection) is now open for in-person research at the Harvard Law School Library. This material includes correspondence, speaking engagement and event files, photographs, pre-judicial career material such as teaching files, ABA files, …
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The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of Recognizing Wrongs by John C.P. Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky (Harvard University Press, Feb. 4, 2020). Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at noon, with lunchHarvard Law School Milstein West A/B 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MANo RSVP required About Recognizing Wrongs “Tort law …
The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of the recent publication of Comparative Capital Punishment edited by Carol S. Steiker & Jordan M. Steiker (Edward Elgar, Nov. 2019). Friday, February 14, 2020, at noon, with lunchHarvard Law School Milstein West B 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MANo RSVP required …
The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of the recent publication of a recently revised and updated edition of The World According to Star Wars by Cass R. Sunstein (Dey Street Books, Oct. 29, 2019). Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at noon, with lunch Harvard Law School Milstein West …