HLS in the World: Harvard Law School's Bicentennial Summit

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  From law and forgiveness to politics and the integrity of the Supreme Court to an insider’s view on foreign policy, HLS faculty tackle big issues with scholarship, candor, and compassion
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  How have U.S. presidents found ways to expand their powers to achieve their goals?
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  Bringing slavery's legacy to light
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  Celebrating Harvard Law School’s clinics and Students Practice Organizations
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  Commemorating the Bicentennial of Harvard Law School
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  They don’t all want to be immigration lawyers, but this year, hundreds of Harvard Law School students have made immigrant rights their business.
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Lighting the Way

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At HLS, a conversation with six Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

The opening event of Harvard Law School’s Bicentennial summit was one for the history books. Gathering at Sanders Theater were six Supreme Court justices (five current and one retired): Neil Gorsuch ’91, Elena Kagan ’86, David H. Souter ’66, Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Anthony M. Kennedy ’61, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’79. In a roundtable discussion with Dean John F. Manning ’85, the justices shared memories and more than a few priceless anecdotes.

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HLS in the World Gallery — Read Caption Langdell Hall was illuminated in red for Harvard Law School's Bicentennial Summit, "HLS in the World," on Oct. 26-27.

HLS in the World Gallery 1 — Read Caption As part of Harvard Law School's Bicentennial Summit Opening Event, six Supreme Court justices -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’79; Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy ’61, Stephen G. Breyer ’64 and Elena Kagan ’86; Neil Gorsuch ’91; and Retired Associate Justice David H. Souter ’66-- took part in a bicentennial procession prior to their historic talk at Harvard's Sanders Theatre.

HLS in the World Gallery 3 — Read Caption Faculty, students, alumni, staff and Supreme Court justices joined a bicentennial procession from Langdell Library to Memorial Hall.

HLS in the World Gallery 4 — Read Caption A panel of five Senators in the 115th United States Congress discussed leadership in America and the need for active bipartisanship. (L-R) Moderator David Gergen ’67 with Senators Tom Cotton ’02 (R-Ark.), Mark Warner ’80 (D-Va.), Tim Kaine ’83 (D-Va) Elizabeth Warren (D- Ma), a former HLS professor, and U.S. Jack Reed ’82 (D-R.I.).

HLS in the World Gallery 6 — Read Caption The "Harvard Law School and Governing" panel featured former Massachusetts Governors William Weld ’70 and Michael Dukakis ’60, and former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm ’87, with faculty host Ken Mack ’91.

HLS in the World Gallery 7 — Read Caption Former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power ’99 and Yale Law School Professor Harold Koh ’80 for a panel on their careers, examining what it means to be a professor and a government official. Harvard Law School Professor Martha Minow moderated.

HLS in the World Gallery 8 — Read Caption HLS Clinical Professor Dehlia Umunna, deputy director of the law school's Criminal Justice Institute, hosted a session on criminal justice reform and advocacy through storytelling.

HLS in the World Gallery 9 — Read Caption Race, punishment, and the law were the focus of a bicentennial summit talk by Bryan Stevenson ’85, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative.

HLS in the World Gallery 10 — Read Caption [L-R] Sang-Hyun Song, president of UNICEF/Korea joined International Criminal Court Judge Raul Pangalangan LL.M.’86 S.J.D. ’90 for a panel titled "International Criminal Law from Nuremberg to the ICC and Beyond."

HLS in the World Gallery 14 — Read Caption Former Attorney General of the United States Loretta Lynch ’84, left, and Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School Annette Gordon-Reed ’84 looked back on their time together at Harvard Law School and discussed their subsequent careers.

HLS in the World Gallery 15 — Read Caption An all-star quartet of HLS alumni [L-R] Judge Patricia Millett ’88 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Chief Judge Merrick Garland ’77 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Judge Joseph Greenaway Jr. ’81 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; and Judge Jane Kelly ’91 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, served as judges for reargument of the landmark 1803 case Marbury v. Madison, in the Ames Courtroom.

HLS in the World Gallery 16 — Read Caption The professor and *protégé*: Supreme Court advocates and constitutional law scholars Laurence Tribe ’66, Harvard’s Carl M. Loeb University Professor, and Kathleen Sullivan ’81, former dean of Stanford Law School, reargued the landmark 1803 case Marbury v. Madison, in the Ames Courtroom.

HLS in the World Gallery 22 — Read Caption "God on Mass Ave," a panel discussion that explored topics of religion and law, featured Harvard Law School Professors [L-R] Intisar Rabb, director of HLS' Islamic Legal Studies Program, Charles Donahue, and Noah Feldman, director of HLS' Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law.

HLS in the World Gallery 23 — Read Caption A session, titled “Harvard Law School and ‘The Oldest Colony in the World’: An Unsettled Century of U.S.-Puerto Rico Relations,” included panelists (L-R) Rafael Cox-Alomar ‘04, assistant professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law; Pedro Reina-Pérez, a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; Andrés W. López ‘95, president of the Law Offices of Andrés W. López; and Christopher Landau ‘89, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. HLS Assistant Professor Andrew Crespo ’08 moderated.

HLS in the World Gallery 24 — Read Caption In a panel titled "Harvard Law School and Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Lawyering: Examining the Past, Charting the Future,"[L-R] Professor Ken Mack ’91 joined Raheemah Abdulaleem ’01, chair of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, Associate Dean of IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law Felice Batlan ’90, and Fordham Law Professor Jennifer Gordon ’92.

HLS in the World Gallery 25 — Read Caption Alumni dancing the night away at the Rock 'n' Roll After Party.

HLS in the World Gallery 2 — Read Caption Harvard Law School Professor Richard Lazarus ’79, faculty chair of the Harvard Law School Bicentennial Planning Committee, with Nancy Boccia, who organized the event.

HLS in the World Gallery 28 — Read Caption (L-R) Supreme Court Justices David H. Souter ’66 (Ret.), Elena Kagan ’86, David H. Souter ’66, Anthony M. Kennedy ’61, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’79, Stephen G. Breyer ’64, and Neil Gorsuch ’91.

HLS in the World Gallery 29 — Read Caption Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy ’61, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’79 and Stephen G. Breyer ’64 shared memories, advice and more than a few priceless anecdotes during their bicentennial talk at Sanders Theatre.

HLS in the World

Revisiting Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison, Professor v. Protégé

Tribe and Sullivan team up for a reargument of the landmark 1803 case at Harvard Law

Laurence H. Tribe ’66 and Kathleen Sullivan ’81 have teamed up on many cases since she was a student in his constitutional law class; now, for the first time, they will face off as adversaries in a reargument of the landmark case Marbury v. Madison, part of the Harvard Law School bicentennial celebration on Oct. 27. Continue Reading

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HLS in the World: Harvard Law School’s Bicentennial Summit

Lighting the Way

In Session

All rise!

At HLS, a conversation with six Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

Featured Gallery

HLS in the World

For politics, a ray of hope

Loretta Lynch and Annette Gordon-Reed: A conversation

Professors and government officials: Samantha Power and Harold Koh

A World (Dis)order

In a league of their own

The challenge of counseling the commander in chief

Revisiting Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison, Professor v. Protégé

Tribe and Sullivan team up for a reargument of the landmark 1803 case at Harvard Law