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Harvard Thought It Had a 1327 Copy of the Magna Carta. Then British Scholars Discovered It’s an Original.

British researchers have determined that a “copy” of the Magna Carta owned by the Harvard Law School Library is a rare original issued by England’s King Edward I in 1300. The copy, previously thought to date back to 1327, was purchased by Harvard in 1946 for $27.


Federal Agencies Launch Title VI Investigation Into Harvard Law Review

Two federal agencies launched investigations Monday into Harvard and the Harvard Law Review for discriminating based on race and gender in article selection and journal membership, according to a joint press release.


HLS Dean of Students Condemns ‘Disturbing’ Mass Emails Sent to Students After Law Review Controversy

Harvard Law School Dean of Students Stephen L. Ball condemned a pair of mass emails sent to law students on Friday that accused the Harvard Law Review of discriminating against white authors and urged applicants to falsify their racial and gender identities on application materials.


Experts Say Harvard Has a Strong Case in Legal Battle Against Trump

After Harvard sued the Trump administration Monday afternoon, legal experts and scholars say Harvard’s legal team has a strong case that may secure the University quick relief from the administration’s order to freeze federal funding.


Breyer Suggests Criminal Contempt Charges For Trump Officials at HLS Event

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the Trump administration could be held in criminal contempt over Kilmar Abrego’s deportation at a Harvard Law School speaker event on Friday, expressing optimism that Courts would hold the White House accountable.


Jodi Kantor Talks Investigative Journalism at Harvard Law School Discussion

Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the The New York Times who exposed allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein in 2017, discussed the differences between journalism and legal careers at a Harvard Law School event on Wednesday.


At Rally on Cambridge Common, Hundreds Call On Harvard To Defy Trump

More than 500 demonstrators attended the rally, which was organized by Harvard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the Cambridge City Council, and the national 50501 movement.


Harvard AAUP Sues Trump Administration To Stop $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Federal Funding

The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration on Friday to end its ongoing review of the University’s federal funding, alleging the review was coercive and unlawfully undermined academic freedom.


Former Acting Secretary of Labor Calls On Students to 'Fight For Federal Government Employees' at HLS Talk

Julie Su, the former U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Joe Biden, condemned President Donald Trump’s attempts to slash the federal civil service. She challenged attendees of Tuesday’s Harvard Law School discussion to stand up against the Trump administration’s efforts.


Harvard Professor Questions Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Application at HLS Talk

Harvard Law School professor W. Neil Eggleston — former President Barack Obama’s White House Counsel and a member of President Bill Clinton’s Counsel Office — discussed President Donald Trump’s executive authority to trigger the Alien Enemies Act without following due process at a Tuesday lunch talk.


300 Alums Call on HLS to Denounce Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms

More than 300 Harvard Law School alumni signed a letter asking Dean John C.P. Goldberg to speak out against the Trump administration’s efforts to penalize law firms for representing the president’s political adversaries in recent weeks.


Utilities May Charge Public to Offer Discounts for Big Tech, HLS Report Finds

Members of the public pay a portion of energy bills for the world’s largest tech players as electric utility companies aim to subsidize the rapid growth of data centers from corporations including Meta and Amazon. The findings were reported by the Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative last month.


More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students

Roughly 70 percent of Harvard Law School’s professors accused the federal government of exacting retribution on lawyers and law firms for representing clients opposed by President Donald Trump in a Saturday night letter to the school’s student body.


HLS Admin Removes, Condemns Stickers Threatening Deportation of Pro-Palestine Student Activists

Harvard Law School officials took down two stickers that threatened pro-Palestine activists with deportation from a pole in the school’s main plaza, condemning them in a Thursday email to the full student body.


‘A Ludicrous Decision’: Legal Experts Discuss Trump v. U.S. Immunity Ruling at HLS Talk

Legal experts gathered Wednesday at Harvard Law School to discuss the causes and effects of Trump v. U.S., a case that granted U.S. presidents immunity from prosecution for all administrative acts after the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in favor of Trump in July.


Former Indian Supreme Court Justice Reflects on Her Career at HLS Lunch

Indu Malhotra, the former Indian Supreme Court Justice, dissected her legal career and past rulings during a lunch discussion at the Harvard Law School on Monday.


Harvard Law School Students Pass Referendum Urging University To Divest From Israel

The Harvard Law School student body voted on Thursday to call on the University to divest from Israel — delivering a decisive endorsement of language that Law School administrators harshly criticized before it went up for a vote.


United Nations Investigator Asks Universities To Fight Against Trump at HLS Talk

United Nations Special Rapporteur Gina Romero urged Harvard to stand by free speech principles and protect international students against deportation threats from the Trump administration at a Harvard Law School talk on Tuesday.


Scholars Debate Unitary Executive Power at HLS Rappaport Forum

As president Donald Trump tests the boundaries of the power of the presidency, law professors debated the merits of concentrating executive power in the U.S. federal government at the Harvard Law Rappaport Forum on Wednesday.


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