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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.


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.


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.


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.


‘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.


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.


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