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

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    Putting the 2020 race in historical context and considering its impact on our democracy

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

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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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‘We have to spend more time on the inequalities that are embedded in the law itself’

By Brett Milano/HLS Correspondent, September 21, 2021

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.

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Justice for all

By Rachel Reed/HLS News Staff, June 9, 2021

A Harvard Law School clinic works to overturn a federal policy in D.C. that advocates say leads to racial injustice and contributes to mass incarceration.

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Supreme Court adopts Harvard Law professor’s reasoning in milestone DACA decision

By Lana Barnett ’15, June 25, 2020

Harvard Law Today spoke with Professor Benjamin Eidelson about the legal reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s surprising ruling on DACA and what the decision means moving forward.

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New this year for HLS faculty

September 12, 2019

With the start of the academic year, four new scholars have joined the ranks of the Harvard Law School faculty and two have been promoted to professor of law.

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Benjamin Eidelson, constitutional law and legal theory scholar, joins HLS faculty

July 1, 2019

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.

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