Debating the future of Roe
At the recent Rappaport Forum, panelists discussed abortion rights and whether the Supreme Court should honor precedent — or jettison Roe v. Wade.
Berkman Klein Center welcomes Susan Hendrickson as executive director
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has announced the appointment of Susan Hendrickson ’93 as its new executive director.
On the bookshelf
Here are some of the latest from HLS authors to add to your reading list over the holiday break.
‘Talent is equally distributed; opportunity is not’
Future-L, a pilot collaboration between Harvard Law School and the National Education Equity Lab, introduces high-achieving high school students from historically underserved backgrounds to the legal field.
The Tortys return
Oscars-style event back in person for its fifth year, celebrating student short films on tort law and justice.
A kaleidoscope of views on globalization
At a Harvard Law School book talk and discussion on “Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses and Why It Matters,” panelists discussed the authors’ major narratives for and against the economic phenomenon.
Catherine Peshkin appointed assistant dean for Harvard Law School’s Graduate Program and International Legal Studies
Catherine Peshkin has been appointed assistant dean for the Harvard Law School Graduate Program and International Legal Studies.
‘The algorithm has primacy over media … over each of us, and it controls what we do’
Social media’s business model of personalized virality is incompatible with democracy, agreed experts at a recent Harvard Law School discussion on the state of democracy.
‘Don’t just be a lawyer. Be a strategist’
The Center on the Legal Profession convenes experts from public and private sectors for a day-long symposium on crisis lawyering.
Reading the law
Harvard Law School’s upper-level reading groups give students the opportunity to dig into unique subjects connected directly — or not — to the law.