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    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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Topic: Criminal

‘Comfort is overrated’

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Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch ’84 implores the class of 2022 to be ‘the change we have been waiting for.’

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal, Public Policy

Cara Mund receives the Kristin P. Muniz Memorial Award

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Cara Mund ‘22 is the winner of the second annual Kristin P. Muniz Memorial Award. Mund is recognized for her commitment to justice, her advocacy, compassion for her clients, and stellar representation of each of those clients.

  • Themes: Student Spotlights
  • Topics: Clinical Practice, Criminal
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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.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
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Loretta Lynch is Harvard Law School’s 2022 Class Day speaker

65 Years, Countless Stories: Loretta Lynch ’84

The Hon. Loretta Lynch ’84, who was Attorney General of the United States from 2015 to 2017, will be this year’s speaker for the Class Day ceremonies at Harvard Law School.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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The International Criminal Court: Explaining war crimes investigations

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Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Alex Whiting, deputy specialist prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in The Hague, outlines the path from investigation to trial, and ultimately to justice.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Comparative Law, Criminal, International, National and International Security

President Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 for Supreme Court

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Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Biden. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.

  • Themes: Alumni Focus
  • Topics: Constitutional, Criminal, Legal History, Public Service

Justice for all

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For the past two years, students in Harvard’s Prison Legal Assistance Project have helped prisoners they say were targeted for retaliatory violence.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning, Student Spotlights
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Criminal, Human Rights

Andrew Manuel Crespo elected to American Law Institute

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HLS Professor Andrew Crespo was one of 59 members elected to the American Law Institute this year. Thirteen Harvard Law School alumni were also elected.

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  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Criminal, Public Policy, Public Service
  • Student Orgs & Journals: Harvard Law Review

Weighing President Biden’s first year: Criminal justice reform

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“This administration needs to get out of its own way, … take action where it can, and create pathways for others to take action where it cannot or will not,” says Premal Dharia, executive director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Criminal

Crimmigration Clinic helps score First Circuit victory for asylum-seeker, Boston-area immigrants

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In a case that could have national implications, the Harvard Law School Crimmigration Clinic recently convinced judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to discredit the use of controversial municipal gang databases in immigration proceedings.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Criminal, Human Rights

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