Harvard Law School
HLS Clinic Partners with City of Boston to Assist Formerly Incarcerated Citizens
Harvard Law School’s Transactional Law Clinics launched the Fresh Start Entrepreneurship and Financial Capability Program in collaboration with First Step Alliance and the City of Boston to offer formerly incarcerated individuals entrepreneurial skills for financial stability as they re-enter society.
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Partners With Boston Medical Center for Child Abuse Reporting Training
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau launched a partnership with the Boston Medical Center in April to educate medical residents at the hospital about their legal responsibilities as mandated reporters of child abuse.
HLS, HKS Professors Launch New Tool To Assess Local Public Opinion
Professors from Harvard and George Washington University launched a data visualization tool early last month to help legislators better assess local opinions on policies.
Anti-Abortion Lawyer Defends Crisis Pregnancy Centers at Federalist Society Event
Lawyer Erin M. Hawley spoke about her work representing anti-abortion organizations against recent legal challenges at a Tuesday event organized by the Harvard Law School Federalist Society, a conservative student group.
Derek Penslar and Noah Feldman Discuss Jewish Identity at HLS Event
History professor Derek J. Penslar and Harvard Law School Professor Noah R. Feldman ’92 discussed Jewish identity at Harvard and shifting discourse on Israel over the past year in an event on Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Gottheimer Asks Harvard to Publish Plan to Protect Jewish Students
Rep. Josh S. Gottheimer (D-N.J.) demanded that Harvard publicly outline its plan for protecting Jewish students from campus antisemitism in a Friday letter to University President Alan M. Garber ’76.
Harvard Law School Admin, Activists Clash Over Protest Rules
More than 200 students met in Wasserstein Hall at Harvard Law School on Monday to discuss the history of the HLS’ student activist movements — but it also served as an act of protest against the administration.
Mass. Hall Misses September Target for Harvard Law School Dean Search Launch
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has yet to announce an advisory committee to help select the next dean of the Harvard Law School, passing his own September deadline for providing an update.
HLS Black Law Students Association Endorses Candidates to Serve as Next Dean
Harvard Law School’s Black Law Student Association endorsed professor David B. Wilkins ’77 and controversial former Winthrop House Faculty Deans Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. and Stephanie R. Robinson in the search for a new dean.
Enrollment of Students of Color Drops 8 Percentage Points at Harvard Law School
The share of students of color enrolled in Harvard Law School’s J.D. Class of 2027 dropped by eight percentage points compared to last year, according to data released by HLS on Thursday.
HL Central Awards New Scholarship to 1L Student to Celebrate Group’s 25th Anniversary
HL Central — an unofficial nonprofit student organization at Harvard Law School — has pledged at least $500,000 to fund a $25,000 annual scholarship for one incoming first-year student over the next 20 years.
‘On The Threshold Of History’: Ketanji Brown Jackson Talks Memoir at Harvard Event
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ’92 discussed her new memoir “Lovely One,” recounting her life journey from childhood to being the first Black female Supreme Court justice, at a Thursday evening event in Sanders Theatre.
Harvard Law School Is Looking for a New Dean. Here’s What You Need To Know.
As Harvard prepares to choose a new dean of the Law School, HLS faculty expressed support for a wide range of candidates, including interim Dean John C. P. Goldberg. But they all agreed on one thing: the next dean should come from within their own ranks.
Former Penn President Liz Magill Appointed HLS Visiting Fellow
Former University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill will join Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession as a visiting senior fellow this fall, according to a recently updated copy of Magill’s curriculum vitae.
John Manning ’82 Will Serve as Harvard’s Next Permanent Provost
John F. Manning ’82 will remain in his role as provost, Harvard announced on Thursday, a move that concludes a monthslong effort to stabilize the University’s top administration.
‘Ask the Big, Hard Questions’: HLS Professor Christopher Edley Jr. Dies at 71
Christopher F. Edley Jr., a former Harvard Law School professor who advised U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton on affirmative action, died earlier last month. He was 71.
Debra Haaland Touts Biden Climate Agenda, Celebrates HLS Grads in Class Day Speech
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Debra A. Haaland addressed Harvard Law School’s Class of 2024 during the school’s Class Day ceremony on Holmes Field Wednesday afternoon
‘Our Forever President’: Black Harvard Graduates Celebrate Claudine Gay at Affinity Ceremony
Two Harvard graduates presented an award for faculty who show “a strong commitment to social justice” to former Harvard President Claudine Gay during the University-wide celebration of Black graduates on Tuesday evening in Sanders Theatre.
Harvard Grad Students Charged Following Confrontation at October Pro-Palestine Protest
Two Harvard graduate students are facing criminal charges and up to 200 days in jail following their involvement in a confrontation with an Israeli student at a Pro-Palestine protest at the Harvard Business School in October.
Two Harvard Law School Clinics Sign Statement to Protect Campus Speech
Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Entrepreneurs Clinic signed onto a joint statement calling on university administrators to protect free speech during the nationwide surge in campus protests, citing several Harvard policies as examples of problematic protest restrictions.
Harvard Law Faculty Letter Calls for Protection of Speech From Administrative Action
More than 30 Harvard Law School faculty signed onto a statement affirming their “commitment to protecting student speech” after some HLS student groups have been investigated for hosting gatherings in student spaces.
10 HLS Faculty Members Sign Letter Condemning House Republicans’ Investigation into Rutgers University
Ten Harvard Law School faculty members signed a letter condemning the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for their recent investigation into the Rutgers University Newark Center for Security, Race, and Rights.
Interior Sec. Deb Haaland To Speak at Harvard Law School’s 2024 Class Day
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Debra A. Haaland will be Harvard Law School’s 2024 Class Day speaker, the school announced Monday.
Harvard Researchers Say Jail Educational Programs Reduce Recidivism, Violence
An education program at a county jail in Flint, Michigan significantly reduced recidivism, misconduct, and the harms of incarceration, according to a new study co-authored by two Harvard professors.
Harvard Law School Professor Ties English Felony Law to Ancient Veil in Lecture
Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth P. Kamali ’97 lectured on the development of 13th century English felony law through the lens of historical artifacts during her Chair Lecture on Tuesday.