Kennedy, Minow, Sunstein found new American Journal of Law and Equality
Three Harvard Law School professors have teamed up with MIT Press to launch a new journal focused on issues of inequality.
Disinformation on trial
Tort law expert and Harvard Law Professor John C.P. Goldberg explains what election technology companies Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems must do to prove their claims of defamation against former former Trump allies, how likely they are to succeed, and whether these types of lawsuits might have an impact in the fight against disinformation.
Sitkoff appointed to chair Drafting Committee for Uniform Act on Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates
Robert H. Sitkoff, the John L. Gray Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, has been appointed chair of the Uniform Law Commission’s drafting committee for a Uniform Act on Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates.
Harvard International Law Journal honors Professor Alford
Scholars, alumni, and friends from around the world commemorate Alford’s legacy and impact.
Should smokers be prioritized for COVID vaccine?
Should smoking be among the pre-existing health risks that qualify people for priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine? Harvard Law public health expert Carmel Shachar says the answer is yes.
Food Law and Policy Clinic releases report evaluating Farmers to Families Food Box Program
In their new report, An Evaluation of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition highlight opportunities to make the program more equitable and effective amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Harvard and Yale health law centers partner for COVID-19 seminar series
The Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School is joining forces with the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, its counterpart at Yale Law School, to host a seminar series reflecting on ethical and legal issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Fallon receives 2021 Daniel J. Meltzer Award from American Association of Law Schools
Harvard Law Professor Richard H. Fallon, an award-winning scholar and teacher, has been recognized by the Association of American Law Schools with the 2021 Daniel J. Meltzer Award.
For Prof. Ruth Okediji, ‘grievous’ Capitol insurrection holds hopeful lessons
Harvard Law Professor Ruth Okediji believes recent events can reinvigorate American democracy and serve as a lesson for the world.