Last Lecture: Naz Modirzadeh combines levity with earnestness
Harvard Law School Professor of Practice Naz Modirzadeh combines levity with earnestness in last lecture to the graduating class.
Last Lecture: “Every traumatic event is an opportunity to reset for greatness,” says Dehlia Umunna
On May 12, Harvard Law School Clinical Professor Dehlia Umunna urged students to maintain a sense of gratitude as she kicked off the Last Lecture series for the graduating Class of 2020.
Last Lecture: “Humility, humanity, integrity and imagination define truly great lawyers,” says Daphna Renan
In her Last Lecture on May 13, Harvard Law School Assistant Professor Daphna Renan emphasized her kinship with the Class of 2020. She had begun teaching only a few years before this year’s Harvard Law School J.D. class enrolled; her son, Nate, was born at the end of their first year; and she was just […]
Harvard Law School Last Lecture Series 2020
The 2020 Last Lecture Series is an HLS tradition where selected faculty members impart insight, advice, and final words of wisdom to the graduating class. Speakers this year include Dehlia Umunna, Daphna Renan, Ruth Okediji, and Naz Modirzadeh.
A warning on homeschooling
Nationally renowned child welfare expert Elizabeth Bartholet wants to see a radical transformation in homeschooling.
Bebchuk, Hirst study among top ten corporate and securities articles of 2019
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.
How do you protect against indirect discrimination?
A recent Harvard Law School Human Rights Program (HRP) workshop convened a group of experts for a discussion on indirect discrimination on the basis of religion.
Advocating for human rights in Myanmar during COVID-19
In a Q&A, Yee Htun, clinical instructor in the International Human Rights Clinic, talks about systemic discrimination and violence against ethnic Rohingya in Myanmar and how Rohingya refugees are coping in the midst of a global pandemic.
Minow helps steer 6th Circuit to recognize fundamental right to education
In late April, a federal appeals court handed an unprecedented win to schoolchildren, becoming the first appellate federal court in American history to conclude that children have a fundamental right to a minimum education that provides basic literacy.
Three Harvard Law professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Three Harvard Law School faculty members—Nancy Gertner, Tomiko Brown-Nagin and David Barron—have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.