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People with disabilities must be included in climate planning and responses, say Harvard researchers
April 5, 2024
‘Inclusive climate-resilient development benefits the diverse global population, including people with disabilities,’ says Michael Ashley Stein of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability.
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With March Madness in full swing, Harvard Law lecturer and sports law expert Peter Carfagna explains how the the latest lawsuits challenging NCAA rules are reshaping college sports in, and on, the court.
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Alan Jenkins encourages students to embrace their inner Spider-Man and tap their own superpowers as part of the annual Last Lecture series at Harvard Law.
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Faculty share stories of an intellectual about-face
April 4, 2024
Harvard Law experts Janet Halley, Juliette Kayyem, and Ruth Okediji share moments of reckoning when they changed their minds, at an event moderated by Jonathan Zittrain.
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IP expert Gary R. Greenstain says Taylor Swift singlehandedly shifted copyright considerations by recording "Taylor's Version" of her early albums.
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A study co-authored by Harvard Law expert Crystal Yang shows that an innovative new jail education program reduces recidivism and may improve lives in Flint, Michigan.
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2024 Scalia Lecture: Aditya Bamzai on statutory interpretation and the separation of powers
April 2, 2024
At Harvard Law’s Scalia Lecture, Aditya Bamzai says the Supreme Court should create a practicable analytical structure on judicial deference to administrative agencies.
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Amanda Watson appointed new assistant dean for library and information services at Harvard Law School
April 1, 2024
Amanda Watson will join the Harvard Law School Library as assistant dean for library and information services in August 2024.
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Spring break pro bono work across the country
March 29, 2024
While classes took a pause, legal work continued for students participating in spring break pro bono trips to San Diego, California and Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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‘No obstacle is insurmountable for a determined heart’
March 27, 2024
Jesus Carreon ’25 discusses his journey to HLS and his commitment to immigrant advocacy.
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Andrew Crespo explores the origins of mass incarceration and how lawyers can fight back
March 27, 2024
At a lecture celebrating his appointment as the Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law, Andrew Crespo outlined a path for lawyers and organizers to end mass incarceration.
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Treat addiction with psychedelics?
March 26, 2024
Despite promise of success stories from patients in recovery, a Harvard Law School panel cautions that research is lacking on benefits vs. risks of using psychedelics in addiction treatment.
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Space law: The final frontier
March 26, 2024
Harvard Law expert Memme Onwudiwe explains the biggest extraterrestrial issues and controversies in space law — and why lawyers should pay attention.
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Two legal scholars, stunned by the Jan. 6 insurrection, game out a half-dozen possible schemes that exploit and spotlight flaws in system.
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Professor Randall Kennedy sits in conversation with Martha Minow on his book of essays on a broad range of controversial topics.
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Does ChatGPT violate New York Times’ copyrights?
March 22, 2024
Mason Kortz, a Harvard Law expert in technology and the law, says the New York Times lawsuit against ChatGPT parent OpenAI is the first big test for AI in the copyright space.
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From far and wide to master the law
March 20, 2024
Students from across the globe come to Harvard Law School to engage in graduate studies in law as part of Harvard Law School's LL.M. and S.J.D. programs.
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Covering the ‘complexity’ of federal Indian affairs
March 20, 2024
Matthew L.M. Fletcher surveys the landscape of federal Indian law and explores the sometimes complicated relationship between Indigenous Americans and the federal government.
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Harvard Law's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation represents five families challenging a Louisiana ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
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First Lady of Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio is working to end gender-based violence, and empower women.
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Sunstein, Kethledge examine separation of powers at Federalist Society National Student Symposium
March 14, 2024
Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein and federal judge Raymond Kethledge argue that maintaining three separate branches of government is vital for American democracy.