Gaining power, losing control
As the 2020 Tanner Lecturer on Human Values at Clare Hall, Cambridge, Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain explores the clash of free speech and public health online.
2020 in pictures
A look back at the year at HLS.
On the bookshelf
In the unusual year of 2020, Harvard Law authors continued to do what they always have: Write.
‘The Connected Parent’ offers guidance, insight into digital parenting
“The Connected Parent,” a new book by John Palfrey ’01 and Urs Gasser LL.M. ’03 is a practical guide for addressing concerns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and navigating an increasingly digital world.
Simulating responses to election disinformation
In an effort to combat multiple potential vectors of attack on the 2020 U.S. election, two Berkman Klein Center affiliates have published a package of “tabletop exercises,” freely available to decisionmakers and the public to simulate realistic scenarios in which disinformation threatens to disrupt the 2020 election.
‘We need to be more imaginative about cybersecurity than we are right now’
In the “good old days” of cybersecurity risk, we only had to worry about being hacked or downloading malware. But the stakes have ramped up considerably in the past decade, say Berkman Klein directors James Mickens and Jonathan Zittrain.
The law is ‘tested and illuminated during this pandemic’
In the first colloquium of a sweeping new series, “COVID-19 and the Law,” five Harvard Law faculty members grappled with the challenges, limitations, and opportunities of governmental powers during a public health crisis.
HLS librarians, remote but not distant: ‘We’re here for you’
Since going remote in March, the Harvard Law School Library has reimagined what it means to provide services to the HLS community.
João Marinotti ’20 wants to know how the world works
“I’ve always had a passion for engaging in my curiosity,” says João Marinotti ‘20, a linguist turned lawyer whose work focuses on sustainability, business, property, and private law.
Summations: Reflections from the Class of 2020
Members of the Class of 2020 reflect on their interests and share experiences they will take from their time at Harvard Law.