Is democracy in peril?
The state of American democracy will be examined in a lecture series, “Democracy,” which had its first session this week and will continue through the fall and spring.
Pay no attention to the justices behind the curtain
Charles Fried, Richard Lazarus ’79, Tejinder Singh ’08, and Carol Steiker ’86 discuss the Supreme Court’s increasingly important emergency powers known as its “shadow docket.”
Harvard beyond the Yard
Harvard Law faculty and staff reveal beloved spots for work and play at America’s oldest institution of higher learning.
‘We have to spend more time on the inequalities that are embedded in the law itself’
September 2021 saw the publication of the inaugural issue of The American Journal of Law and Equality, a project developed by Professors Martha Minow, Randall Kennedy, and Cass Sunstein, in collaboration with MIT Press.
Remembering Naomi Ronen: 1937-2021
When she retired in 2006, a plaque was put up in the library in honor. It hangs by the reference area today, a rare tribute, memorializing someone former colleagues and patrons remember as exceptional.
Electric slide
Helping key players across Massachusetts — including the City of Boston and environmental nonprofits — reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 is a focus for the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School.
‘Where else but Harvard Law School?’
Get to know some of our first year J.D students and new LL.M.s — and why they chose HLS!
‘Our original Constitution was both brilliant and highly flawed’
Harvard Law Professor Alan Jenkins discusses the U.S. Constitution and its treatment of race, how to guarantee fundamental rights, and why lawyers should be better communicators.
Gantt named executive director of Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies at HLS
L.O. Natt Gantt, II ’94 has been appointed the inaugural executive director of the Harvard Law School Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies and a lecturer on law at HLS.
Investigating mask mandate bans
Michael Ashley Stein ’88, executive director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, says the Department of Education should go beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act in investigating state bans against mandating face coverings in schools.