Emily M. Broad Leib ’08, faculty director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic, discusses food insecurity and the challenges and crises in the U.S. food system, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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‘If the world’s a stage, then being a lawyer is a tremendous role to play’
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Subramanian, Barzuza, other Harvard Law affiliates recognized by Corporate Practice Commentator
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Did Facebook’s Oversight Board get the Trump decision right?
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Book on Taiwan and human rights, co-edited by William Alford, wins American Society of International Law award
Harvard Law Bulletin
The Authority of the Court
At Harvard Law School’s 2021 Scalia Lecture, Stephen G. Breyer ’64, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, warned against alterations to the nation’s highest court that could erode the public’s longstanding confidence in the judiciary, instead inviting the American people, and the Court itself, to work together to maintain and build trust in the rule of law.
Recent Highlights
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Emily Broad Leib ’08 on the rise in food insecurity and the need for a national food strategy
Emily M. Broad Leib ’08, faculty director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic, discusses food insecurity and the challenges and crises in the U.S. food system, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Harvard Law School’s 2021 Last Lecture Series
The Last Lecture Series at Harvard Law School, sponsored annually by the 3L and LL.M. class marshals, is an HLS tradition in which selected faculty members impart insight, advice, and final words of wisdom to the graduating class.
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Waiving COVID vaccine patent rights? It’s complicated
Harvard Law Today recently spoke to Professors Terry Fisher and Ruth Okediji about COVID-19 vaccine challenges in the global south, waiving drug-maker patents, and what they propose to reform the system in time for the next pandemic.
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Premal Dharia urges pretrial change to ‘address our country’s addiction to incarceration and punishment’
Premal Dharia of Harvard Law School’s Institute to End Mass Incarceration testified before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on reforming the pretrial process as a way to reduce the injustices she says plague the criminal justice system.
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Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days: Immigration
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program's Phil Torrey weighs in on the Biden administration's efforts to address the nation's immigration policies.
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Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days: Children and families
In evaluating President Biden's first 100 days, Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet says the president has been a champion for children and families, but she hopes he will also reform the current homeschooling regime .
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Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days: Climate change policy
Hannah Perls ’20 and Hana Veselka Vizcarra of the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program assess the new administration’s efforts to address climate change.
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Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you don’t have a lawyer
A study led by HLS Professor Jim Greiner shows that low-income Philadelphians have a hard time accessing a divorce without an attorney — a problem that is likely widespread.
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Bears, Bulls and the fusion of stocks and sports
First-year Harvard Law Student Deven Hurt introduces Wall Street to the world of fantasy sports through his company PredictionStrike.
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Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days: Labor and employment
Harvard Law Today asked Professor Benjamin Sachs to tell us if the Biden administration is keeping its promises on labor and employment, how it’s doing — and what problems it may encounter down the road.
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Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days
As President Joe Biden approached his 100th day in office, Harvard Law Today asked faculty members and researchers from across Harvard Law School to weigh in on the new administration’s agenda, actions, accomplishments, and failures to date.
Frederica Brenneman ’53: A trailblazer at HLS and in the field of juvenile justice
April 2, 2021Frederica Brenneman ’53, a member of the first Harvard Law School class to include women, went on to a long career in the Connecticut judiciary focused on child welfare. She was the inspiration for the television show “Judging Amy.” Brenneman died March 15, 2021. Continue Reading
Mary Mullarkey ’68: The first woman to serve as Colorado Supreme Court chief justice
April 2, 2021Mary Mullarkey ’68, the longest-serving justice in Colorado history who spent 23 years on the state’s highest court, including 12 years as its chief, and wrote hundreds of opinions, died March 31, 2021. She was 77. Continue Reading
In Memoriam: Gustave M. Hauser ’53 (1929 – 2021)
February 22, 2021Gustave Hauser ’53, a cable television pioneer and a dedicated supporter with his wife Rita Hauser ’58 of Harvard Law School, died on February 14. He was 91. Continue Reading