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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: Election Law

Training a new generation of election law lawyers

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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.

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Election Law Clinic launches at Harvard Law School

Voting Booths with no people

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.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning, Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Clinical Practice, Election Law, Public Policy, Public Service

COVID and the law: What have we learned?

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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.

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‘A sense of duty and honor’

Congress Holds Joint Session To Ratify 2020 Presidential Election

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.

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

NY: Pro-Trump riot in Washington DC

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.

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‘A grim form of political theater’

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

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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Did implicit bias lead to breach of U.S. Capitol?

Electoral College Vote

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

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

Guy-Uriel Charles

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.

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  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Election Law, Legal History

Transfer of power

Joe Biden Sworn In As 46th President Of The United States At U.S. Capitol Inauguration Ceremony

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.

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Political discourse and the 2020 U.S. Election

political discourse and the 2020 U.S. election

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society researchers Yochai Benkler and Robert Faris document how polarized media in the United States shape political discourse and the 2020 election.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Business, Cyberlaw, Election Law, Public Service, Science & Technology

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