Student Voices: Going against the government at the Office of the Federal Public Defender in D.C.
Alyssa Bernstein ’19 recounts her experience working for the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia.
Fantastic Voyage: In the words of Archibald MacLeish LL.B. 1919
A half century ago, Archibald MacLeish LL.B. 1919 served as a literary interpreter of events beyond the imagination of most observers.
For India, a New Era in LGBTQ Rights
Constitutional lawyer Menaka Guruswamy LL.M. ’01 successfully argued against a colonial-era law that criminalized gay sex in India. The ruling by India’s Supreme Court last year went beyond decriminalizing gay sex to acknowledge the individual rights of LGBTQ people and apologize for past mistreatment.
HLS Caselaw Access Project helps researchers draw new connections between ideas, people and organizations
In June, the Harvard Library Innovation Lab hosted an inaugural research summit to highlight the diversity of research that the Caselaw Access Project is making possible.
Ambassador Samantha Power appointed the William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School
Diplomat, academic, and human rights advocate Ambassador Samantha Power ’99 has been appointed William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. She has served as Professor of Practice at HLS since 2017.
The hidden labor supporting algorithms
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Fellow Mary Gray, senior researcher at Microsoft Research, talks about her book “Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass.”
Benjamin Eidelson, constitutional law and legal theory scholar, joins HLS faculty
Benjamin Eidelson, a scholar of constitutional law and legal theory, has joined the Harvard Law School faculty as an assistant professor, effective July 1. Trained in both law and philosophy, Eidelson specializes in questions at the intersection of the two disciplines.
Andrew Manuel Crespo ’08 appointed professor of law at Harvard Law School
Andrew Manuel Crespo ’08 has been promoted to full professor of law at Harvard Law School, effective July 1, 2019. Crespo, who joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 2015, is the first Latino to be promoted to a tenured position on the HLS faculty.
Frederick Douglass’ Fourth of July speech, then and now: A Q&A with David Harris
On July 2nd, people from across Massachusetts will gather at noon in Boston Common near the State House for the 11th annual public reading of Frederick Douglass’s historic address, “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
Legal history and constitutional law scholar Laura Weinrib ’03 will join HLS faculty
Laura Weinrib ’03, a leading scholar of legal history and constitutional law, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as professor of law, effective July 1, 2019.