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    From grappling with the challenges of an unprecedented health crisis to addressing longstanding racial injustices, HLS affiliates respond

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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: Disability Law

On the bookshelf, fall 2021

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Here are some of the latest from HLS authors to add to your reading list over the holiday break.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning, Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Disability Law, Election Law, Human Rights, International, Legal History

In their honor

Larry Vilord and Rhett Chalk

To mark Veterans Day, Harvard Law Today highlights a few of the profiles and stories that illustrate the profound commitment of those in the HLS community to service and the law.

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  • Topics: Business, Civil Rights, Constitutional, Disability Law, International, National and International Security, Public Service

Investigating mask mandate bans

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Michael Ashley Stein ’88, executive director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, says the Department of Education should go beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act in investigating state bans against mandating face coverings in schools.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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Harvard Law School Project on Disability provides legal support during pandemic

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Knowing that people with disabilities would be especially vulnerable during the pandemic to problems with healthcare access and other issues, the Harvard Law School Project on Disability turned its attention early on to COVID-related initiatives and advocacy.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Disability Law, Human Rights

A brilliant second act

Zack Weinstein ’21 (Commencement 2021)

Zachary Weinstein ’21 didn’t always want to be a lawyer. In fact, for most of his life, he was more likely to be found in front of a camera than in front of a judge.

  • Themes: Student Spotlights
  • Topics: Disability Law, Health Law & Policy, Public Policy

‘It changes you to see your dad carried away by the police’

Emma Hobbs ’21 (Commencement 2021)

From the time she was a little girl, Emma Hobbs ’21 watched her father shuttle back and forth to prison. She chose law so she could be in the room with those who need an advocate.

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  • Topics: Civil Rights, Criminal, Disability Law, Family, Gender & Children, Public Service
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Book on Taiwan and human rights, co-edited by William Alford, wins American Society of International Law award

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“Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation,” co-edited by Harvard Law School Professor William P. Alford ’77 was awarded the 2021 Certificate of Merit in a Specialized Area of International Law by the American Society of International Law In March.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Disability Law, Human Rights, International

Examining international, comparative, and foreign law

2021 Cravath Fellows

Seven HLS students were recently named Cravath International Fellows in recognition of the significant, internationally-focused independent clinical or research/writing projects they undertook during Winter Term in January.

  • Themes: Student Spotlights
  • Topics: Clinical Practice, Comparative Law, Disability Law, Human Rights, International, National and International Security

Harvard Law students win release for two inmates with mental disabilities

Tabitha Cohen ’18

PLAP students secure release of two prisoners with mental disabilities, and set new judicial precedent under the Americans with Disabilities Act

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  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Disability Law, Health Law & Policy, Human Rights, Public Service

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