In Memoriam: Lani Guinier 1950 – 2022
Lani Guinier, the first African-American woman to be tenured at Harvard Law School and an influential scholar who devoted her life to justice, equality, empowerment, and democracy, died Jan. 7.
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.
Faculty on the move
With the start of the academic year, a look at nine faculty who have joined Harvard Law School, been promoted, or taken on new roles in 2021.
H.R.-1: Voting rights, or wrong for the country?
At the third Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum, experts debated the wisdom of a new bill that purports to address voting rights, campaign finance, and government ethics
President Biden appoints 16 Harvard Law School faculty and alumni to panel studying Supreme Court reform
President Biden appointed 16 members of the Harvard Law School community — seven faculty and nine alumni — to a new presidential commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Constitutional scholar Guy-Uriel Charles, a leading expert on race, politics and election law, to join HLS
Guy-Uriel Charles will join the Harvard Law faculty as the inaugural Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, effective July 1. He will also serve as faculty director of HLS’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.