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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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Gina Starfield ’22 wins 2022 David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award

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Gina Starfield ’22, a committed advocate for immigrant rights, is the recipient of the 2022 David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award.

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LGBTI communities from around the world affirm their right to health

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At a recent public consultation, the U.N. Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity Victor Madrigal-Borloz, a senior visiting researcher at Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program, gathered testimonies on the well-being of LGBTI communities around the world.

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HLS team advances in the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition

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Harvard Law School’s team has won the national round of the 2021-2022 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition and will advance to the international round, to be held from March 24 through April 10.

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Supreme Court preview: Garland v. Gonzalez

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Two Harvard Law School scholars explain why the Garland v. Gonzalez case could have broader implications for immigrants and advocates.

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An academic home for a global mandate

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At Harvard Law School, where UN Independent Expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz has spent the past two years as a visiting researcher with the Human Rights Program, he has undertaken another role: mentor.

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After her first interview in Afghanistan, Nicolette Waldman ’13 realized she had found the career she was meant to pursue.

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Pursuing U.S. accountability for child slavery abroad

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In October, the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of legal historians in the consolidated cases against two U.S.-based chocolate companies alleged to have aided and abetted child slavery in West Africa.

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Yuji Iwasawa LL.M. ’78 re-elected to the International Court of Justice

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On Nov. 12, Japan’s Yuji Iwasawa LL.M. ’78  was re-elected to the International Court of Justice, the U.N.’s principal judicial body, with overwhelming support from the U.N. member states. He will serve a 9-year term.

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Training the next generation of international women’s rights advocates

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Since joining Harvard Law School, Salma Waheedi, a clinical instructor and lecturer on law in the International Human Rights Clinic, has devoted a major part of her teaching and clinical legal practice to training students to become effective international women’s rights advocates.

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Confronting conflict pollution

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A new report from the HLS International Human Rights Clinic and the Conflict and Environment Observatory establishes a new framework for addressing human harm resulting from the environmental consequences of conflict.

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