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Harvard Law School celebrates the Class of 2018

May 22, 2018

Members of the Harvard Law School Class of 2018 gathered this week for Commencement festivities, which featured an address by U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a send-off from Dean John Manning, and the presentation of various awards to students, staff and faculty.Continue Reading »

Steiker receives 2018 Sacks-Freund Award (video)
May 25, 2018
Filho receives staff appreciation award (video)
May 25, 2018
Camera-ready: Harvard Law School Commencement 2018
May 25, 2018
Sen. Flake challenges Class of 2018 to protect the rule of law (video)
May 23, 2018

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Highlights from a Bicentennial Year!

May 24, 2018

Harvard Law School celebrated its bicentennial year with events, festivals, and a summit that focused on the school's history and future.

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Students honored at 2018 Class Day ceremony

May 24, 2018

A number of Harvard Law students from the Class of 2018 received special awards during the Class Day ceremony on May 23. They were recognized for outstanding leadership, citizenship, compassion and dedication to their studies and the profession.Continue Reading »
Snapshots: Harvard Law School Class Day 2018

May 24, 2018

On Wednesday, May 23, under blue skies, the Class of 2018 celebrated with friends and family, faculty and staff, and special guests on Harvard Law School’s Holmes Field.Continue Reading »
Raj Salhotra ’18: A plan to pay it forward, each step of the way

May 22, 2018

Raj Salhotra, who will graduate with a J.D. from Harvard Law School, has always had mentors to show him the way — from his parents to professors to politicians in his native Houston.Continue Reading »
Volz, Jung win David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award

May 22, 2018

In recognition of their demonstrated excellence in representing clients and undertaking advocacy or policy reform projects, Amy Volz ’18 and Ha Ryong Jung (Michael) ’18 were named the 2018 recipients of the David A. Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award, named in honor of the late Clinical Professor David Grossman ’88.Continue Reading »
Tomiko Brown-Nagin on the Civil Rights lawyer who paved the path

May 17, 2018

On the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the Harvard Gazette sat down with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School and faculty director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, to discuss Houston’s role and influence in the Civil Rights Movement.Continue Reading »
Last Lecture: Alex Whiting on lessons from an unexpected relationship

May 21, 2018

Professor of Practice Alex Whiting chose a personal story for his Last Lecture to the class of 2018, one about the development of, and lessons learned from, an unexpected relationship.Continue Reading »
20 years of the Laws of Cyberspace

May 16, 2018

It’s been two decades since Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig published ‘The Laws of Cyberspace;’ recently, an event at the Berkman Klein Center celebrated how that groundbreaking paper provided structure to the Center’s field of study.Continue Reading »
Carol Steiker: ‘Choosing wisely is more important — and less important — than you might think it is’

May 17, 2018

Carol Steiker ’86 began her Last Lecture to the class of 2018 by sharing the questions she is frequently asked by students–what electives and classes to take, what summer job they should seek–and the advice she gives them: “It doesn’t matter that much.”Continue Reading »
Human Rights in a Time of Populism (video)

May 9, 2018

The global impact of populist movements was the topic of “Human Rights in a Time of Populism,” a two-day symposium held at Harvard Law School, where participants examined the challenges that current developments characterized as populist pose to the goals of the international human rights system.Continue Reading »
Three students win Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Awards

May 16, 2018

Three Harvard Law School students, Edith Sangueza ’18, Tabitha Cohen ’18 and Annie Manhardt ’18, received the 2018 Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award for exemplifying a pro bono public spirit and demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to improving and delivering high quality volunteer legal services in low-income communities.Continue Reading »

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