The battle for the ballot box

“We were prepared for everything with regard to this last election cycle, except for the levels to which people would stoop to try to stop democracy and deny the voice of the people,” says Jocelyn Benson.

Training a new generation of election law lawyers

Harvard Law Today spoke with Ruth Greenwood about the new Election Law Clinic and why she thinks it is important to train a new generation of lawyers to practice in this burgeoning field.

Election Law Clinic launches at Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School has announced the launch the new Election Law Clinic, which will give students the opportunity to work on a broad range of cutting-edge issues in areas such as redistricting, voting rights, campaign finance, and party regulation.

COVID and the law: What have we learned?

The effect of COVID-19 on the law has been transformative and wide-ranging, but as a Harvard Law School panel pointed out on the one-year anniversary of campus shutdown, the changes haven’t all been for the worse.

‘A sense of duty and honor’

In a Q&A with Harvard Law Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin ’87, who served as lead House impeachment manager, reflects on a time of trauma and hope.

HLS scholars weigh in on the events in the U.S. Capitol

Scholars across Harvard Law School have been sharing their perspectives on issues of accountability and the peaceful transfer of presidential power after an unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol.

‘A grim form of political theater’

Harvard Law Visiting Professor Sanford Levinson puts the storming of the Capitol in historical perspective.

Did implicit bias lead to breach of U.S. Capitol?

Harvard Law School’s James Tierney says police would have treated Black Lives Matter protesters differently.

Constitutional scholar Guy-Uriel Charles, a leading expert on race, politics and election law, to join HLS

Guy-Uriel Charles will join the Harvard Law faculty as the inaugural Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, effective July 1. He will also serve as faculty director of HLS’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.

Transfer of power

Harvard Law School scholars weigh in on the transfer of presidential power and what the events in weeks prior mean for the future of democracy in America.