Plessy v. Ferguson at 125
One hundred and twenty five years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack ’91 says there are still lessons to be gleaned from the case.
Faith and fellowship
Growing up with a father in the Air Force, Mark Gillespie ’21 moved around a lot as a child. But far from this being a negative, Gillespie says it gave him the sense that life’s possibilities were endless.
Premal Dharia urges pretrial change to ‘address our country’s addiction to incarceration and punishment’
Premal Dharia of Harvard Law School’s Institute to End Mass Incarceration testified before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on reforming the pretrial process as a way to reduce the injustices she says plague the criminal justice system.
Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days: The courts
Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Mark Tushnet says Biden’s Supreme Court commission relieves ‘pressure on the administration from the progressive wing,’ and advises the new administration to increase the number of federal judges.
Harvard Law professors discuss the Derek Chauvin trial, its implications, and potential paths forward
A panel of Harvard Law professors discussed the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, which proved an occasion for cautious optimism, a bit of anxiety, and questions about what comes next.
H.R.-1: Voting rights, or wrong for the country?
At the third Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum, experts debated the wisdom of a new bill that purports to address voting rights, campaign finance, and government ethics
A focus on the environment
In recognition of Earth Day, we highlight some recent work and perspectives of Harvard Law’s students and scholars committed to environmental change.
Leading scholar of civil procedure, constitutional law, Stephen Sachs joins HLS faculty
Stephen E. Sachs, a leading scholar of civil procedure and constitutional law, will join the faculty of Harvard Law School as the inaugural Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, effective July 1.
President Biden appoints 16 Harvard Law School faculty and alumni to panel studying Supreme Court reform
President Biden appointed 16 members of the Harvard Law School community — seven faculty and nine alumni — to a new presidential commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Breyer cautions against the ‘peril of politics’
To retain the public’s trust, Justice Breyer argued, changes should come not from political reform, but in recommitment to ideals within the Court itself and in the American people.