Disability, Race Discussed

A multidisciplinary panel discussion addresses issues at the intersection of disability and race ranging from education, poverty, housing, economic opportunity, and civil rights.

Harvard, Stanford Students To Examine Internet in Course

The course—which connects two classrooms at Harvard and Stanford via video communication—is part of an effort between Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.

Keith Ellison on Muslim Radicalization

Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, speaks at the Harvard Law School about the recent Congress trials regarding the radicalization of Muslims.

HLS Gives Blum Tenure

Gabriella Blum, an expert in the laws of war and conflict resolution, has been given tenure and promoted from assistant professor to professor.

HLS Panel Discusses College Sports

In the midst of March Madness, sports enthusiasts from across the nation addressed the legal framework of intercollegiate sports at Harvard Law School’s third annual Sports Law Symposium, hosted on Friday by the Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law.

Today in Photos (03/25/11)

Photographs from the March 25, 2011 edition of The Harvard Crimson.

Ellsberg Discusses Government Secrecy

In a conversation last night between Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago, and lawyer-journalist, Scott Horton, Ellsberg said that most confidential government information is intended to be hidden, not from a country’s enemies, but rather from the population at large in order to avoid potential blame or embarrassment after decisions are made.

Panelist Randy Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse professor of legal theory at Georgetown University, discusses if President Obama’s health care reform is constitutional in front of an audience in Harvard Law School’s Austin Courtroom.

Law Professor William Stuntz Dies at Age 52

When Harvard Law School Professor William J. Stuntz laughed, he howled. His entire body—a small frame, smaller even when in his last years when he battled cancer—convulsed.

Clerkship Apps Rise Amidst Shaky Law Firm Hiring

In a continually-ailing job market, more Harvard Law School third year students applied to judicial clerkships this past fall, according to the Harvard Law School Office of Career Services.

U.S. News & World Report Releases 2012 Graduate School Rankings

The U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2012 rankings of graduate schools, and this year many of Harvard's graduate schools barely missed the top spot.

Professors' Spring Break Reading Recommendations

We asked Harvard professors for spring break reading recommendations—here's what they told us.

Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke Discusses Hockey Concussions

Toronto Maple Leafs President and General Manager Brian P. Burke hosted a conversation at Harvard Law School on Friday, telling a crowd of students and hockey fans that concussions were an inevitable “occupational risk” in hockey but that the National Hockey League was “ahead of the curve” in dealing with them.

Russell Simmons, Def Jam Creator, Speaks at HLS

Russell W. Simmons and two other record industry executives credited religion and God as the keys to their success in the entertainment industry at a discussion at the Harvard Law School Saturday.

Chibli Mallat answers questions after his talk on nonviolent revolutions and democratic strategy in the Middle East as part of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Middle East Seminar Series on Friday.

Boston Nightclub Apologizes For Alleged Discrimination

Cure Lounge has agreed to settle the complaint by paying a $30,000 fine, issuing a public apology, and sending its staff to anti-discrimination training.

Arnold Ho gives a talk about The Perception of Bi-Racials and the Maintenance of Group-Based Social Hierarchies at the Harvard Law School. He is one of ten speakers to give a presentation at the fifth Conference on Law and Mind Sciences, "The Psychology of Inequality."

Upper Crust

Two Law School student groups are organizing a boycott of The Upper Crust in response to allegations filed in court claiming the local chain violated labor laws.

Students Boycott Upper Crust

Two student groups at the Harvard Law School are organizing a boycott of The Upper Crust Pizzeria.

HLS Reduces Emissions

Harvard Law School reduced emissions of greenhouse gases by 19.1 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the Harvard University Office for Sustainability.

Two Law School student groups are organizing a boycott of The Upper Crust in response to allegations filed in court claiming the local chain violated labor laws.

Fawaz, Shapiro To Lead Overseers

Leila Fawaz, a Tufts University professor and Middle East scholar, will lead Harvard’s Board of Overseers, one of Harvard’s highest ...

My Israel

The Israel I experienced differed starkly from the fascist dystopia of which the panelists spoke. That Israel, my Israel, hopes for peace with its neighbors and respects the rights of minority groups, sometimes to a greater extent than the U.S. does.

Harvard Law School Grad Runs For Tibetan Office

Harvard Law School graduate and research associate Lobsang Sangay is hoping to lead a government with no borders and no jurisdiction in the country it says it represents. After an eight-month campaign traveling to settlements across the world, Sangay hopes to become the next prime minister of the Tibetan government in exile.

Harvard Law School Partners with Milbank

Harvard Law School announced last week that it would partner with prominent New York law firm Milbank to create an annual eight-day executive training program for associates.