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    Four programs pursue research and address current topics at the intersection of religion and the law

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    Deception spreads faster than truth on social media. Who — if anyone — should stop it?

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    Summer 2020

    From grappling with the challenges of an unprecedented health crisis to addressing longstanding racial injustices, HLS affiliates respond

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    Winter 2020

    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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More than 1,200 empirical studies apply an index developed by HLS Professors Bebchuk, Cohen and Ferrell

March 11, 2021

“What Matters in Corporate Governance,” a 2009 study by Harvard Law Professors Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, and Allen Ferrell continues to have enormous influence on present-day research

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Professor Alma Cohen receives award for research ‘that has stood the test of time’

July 13, 2020

A study co-authored by Harvard Law School Professor Alma Cohen, has received the American Risk and Insurance Association’s 2020 Robert I. Mehr Award, presented each year to research published ten years earlier in the Association’s journal that has remained relevant in the decade since.

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Bebchuk, Hirst study among top ten corporate and securities articles of 2019

May 14, 2020

A study by Professor Lucian Bebchuk and Boston University Professor Scott Hirst, “Index Funds and the Future of Corporate Governance: Theory, Evidence, and Policy,” was selected in an annual poll of corporate and securities law professors as one of the ten best corporate and securities articles of 2019.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Business, Corporate Governance

Harvard Law excels in SSRN citation rankings

April 6, 2020

Statistics released by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) indicate that, as of the beginning of 2020, Harvard Law School faculty members featured prominently on SSRN’s list of the most-cited law professors.

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More than 1,000 empirical studies apply the Entrenchment Index of professors Bebchuk, Cohen and Ferrell

March 25, 2020

A study by professors Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, and Allen Ferrell that puts forward a corporate governance index—the Entrenchment Index (E Index)—for assessing the quality of corporate governance in public companies has been applied and used over 1,000 times in empirical analyses as of the end of 2019.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Business

HLS faculty maintain top position in SSRN citation rankings

January 18, 2019

Statistics released by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) indicate that, as of the end of 2018, Harvard Law School faculty members have continued to feature prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law professors.

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  • Topics: Behavioral Economics, Business, Law and Economics, Taxation and Finance

HLS faculty maintain top position in SSRN citation rankings

January 24, 2018

Statistics released by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) indicate that, as of the end of 2017, Harvard Law School faculty members have continued to feature prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law professors.

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HLS faculty maintain strong presence in SSRN rankings

January 19, 2017

Statistics released by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) indicate that, as of the end of 2016, Harvard Law School faculty members have continued to feature prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law professors.

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Twelve Harvard Law School faculty among SSRN’s 100 most-cited law professors

March 22, 2016

Statistics released by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) indicate that, as of the start of 2016, Harvard Law School faculty members featured prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law professors, capturing twelve slots among the top 100 law school professors (in all legal areas) in terms of citations to their work.

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  • Topics: Business, Contracts

HLS faculty awarded Climate Change Solutions Fund grants for multidisciplinary research

March 3, 2016

Ten research projects driven by faculty collaborators across six Harvard Schools will share over $1 million in the second round of grants awarded by the Climate Change Solutions Fund, an initiative launched last year by President Drew Faust to encourage multidisciplinary research around climate change.

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  • Topics: Environmental, Science & Technology

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