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

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    Deception spreads faster than truth on social media. Who — if anyone — should stop it?

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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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    Winter 2020

    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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Professor Guy-Uriel E. Charles, the Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Overturning precedent? Harvard Law faculty weigh in on leaked draft Supreme Court opinion and future of abortion

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Across major news outlets, Harvard Law scholars weighed in on the implications —for the Court and country — of a leaked draft of a majority Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Inspiring change

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On Earth Day, we highlight some of the work being done by Harvard Law students, scholars, clinics, and programs to address some our most pressing environmental issues.

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Supreme Court preview: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

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The Supreme Court stands poised to decide whether a high school coach’s penchant for prayers with players poses First Amendment problems.

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‘I’d love it if poetry was required reading for law school’

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In celebration of National Poetry Month, HLS lecturer and poet Jessica Fjeld reads a passage from a poem by Terrance Hayes, and discusses the importance of poetry in building empathy and connection.

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Current electric vehicles subsidies fail to reduce overall emissions, says Harvard Law study

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Subsidies offered by the federal government for the purchase of new electric vehicles (EVs) may actually increase total greenhouse gas emissions without similar aid for secondhand buyers, concludes a new study led by Ashley Nunes, Ph.D., a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program.

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Cases in Brief: Powell v. Alabama with Dehlia Umunna

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In the first of the series, “Cases in Brief,” Harvard Law Professor Dehlia Umunna discusses the infamous “Scottsboro Boys” case, Powell v. Alabama (1932), in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that defendants in capital cases have the right to adequate legal counsel.

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  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Criminal, Legal History

Limiting lessons

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Alexander Chen of Harvard Law’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic says Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill likely will face First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause challenges.

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  • Topics: Civil Rights, Family, Gender & Children

Digital Treasury accounts would expand banking access for financially vulnerable

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In recent paper, Howell Jackson and Timothy Massad propose that the U.S. Treasury Department implement a new mechanism to improve financial services for financially vulnerable households and expedite delivery of government benefits.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Business, Family, Gender & Children, Fiduciary Law, Public Policy

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Sports law expert  Peter Carfagna discusses Major League Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement and the impact it will have on the game of baseball.

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