New and noteworthy books, publications, research and honors
Andrew Manuel Crespo ’08 has been promoted to full professor of law at Harvard Law School, effective July 1, 2019. Crespo, who joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 2015, is the first Latino to be promoted to a tenured position on the HLS faculty.
Laura Weinrib ’03, a leading scholar of legal history and constitutional law, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as professor of law, effective July 1, 2019.
New report from Facebook summarizes next steps in a plan to establish an independent content oversight board. For Noah Feldman, who first proposed the idea, helping develop a new approach to one of the most vexing challenges confronting social media has been one of the most exciting things in his professional life.
Crystal Yang ’13, a law and economics scholar who focuses her teaching and research on empirical law and economics, was promoted to full professor at Harvard Law School effective July 1, 2019.
Many faculty members at HLS focus their research on aspects of consumer law and protection.
A single person cannot change a social norm; it requires a movement from people who disapprove of the norm, writes Sunstein. He explores how those movements, ranging from the fight for LGBTQ rights to white nationalism, take shape and effect change.
In a lecture titled “The Second Reproductive Revolution,” I. Glenn Cohen, the faculty director of the Petrie-Flom Center, marked his appointment as the first James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law.
The European Corporate Governance Institute awarded its 2019 prize for best working paper in law to a paper by Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. ’80 S.J.D. ’84.
Harvard Law scholars are weighing in on recent decisions made by the White House, the Department of Justice and Congress that mark a significant escalation in the protracted conflict over the Mueller report.
Recent announcements by the White House and Congress mark a significant escalation in the protracted conflict over the Mueller report. On Wednesday, May 8, President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege over the entirety of special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on the Russia investigation, including the materials used to prepare it. He also invoked privilege […]
