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    Putting the 2020 race in historical context and considering its impact on our democracy

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    Summer 2020

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

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    Winter 2020

    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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    Summer 2019

    How have U.S. presidents found ways to expand their powers to achieve their goals?

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    Bringing slavery's legacy to light

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    Celebrating Harvard Law School’s clinics and Students Practice Organizations

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After her first interview in Afghanistan, Nicolette Waldman ’13 realized she had found the career she was meant to pursue.

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In the unusual year of 2020, Harvard Law authors continued to do what they always have: Write.

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  • Topics: Constitutional, Human Rights, Public Service, National and International Security, Family, Gender & Children

Political philosopher Christopher Lewis, a scholar of criminal law system, to join HLS

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Christopher Lewis, a political philosopher and scholar of the criminal legal system, has been named an assistant professor of law at Harvard Law School, effective Jan. 1.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Criminal, Human Rights, Public Service, Ethics, Family, Gender & Children

Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program scores a victory for asylum seekers

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In recent court victory, students from the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program help safeguard the lives of countless asylum seekers by preventing more stringent federal immigration rules from going into effect.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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‘The Connected Parent’ offers guidance, insight into digital parenting

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“The Connected Parent,” a new book by John Palfrey ’01 and Urs Gasser LL.M. ’03  is a practical guide for addressing concerns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and navigating an increasingly digital world.

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Training the next generation of international women’s rights advocates

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Since joining Harvard Law School, Salma Waheedi, a clinical instructor and lecturer on law in the International Human Rights Clinic, has devoted a major part of her teaching and clinical legal practice to training students to become effective international women’s rights advocates.

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Alumni books that shed light on what formed a president, a vice-presidential candidate, and a barrier-breaking empire builder, among other topics.

  • Harvard Law Bulletin: Fall 2020
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Event series explores racial justice and human rights

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The Human Rights Program launches a series of talks exploring issues of racial justice and human rights. The inaugural event, “Advocating While Black,” takes place on Sept. 24 .

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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Harvard Law School remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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With the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harvard Law School affiliates share remembrances and testaments to her transformative presence on the Court.

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‘We have lost a giant’: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020)

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-58, whose lifelong fight for equal rights helped pave the way for women to take on high-profile roles in business, government, the military, and the Supreme Court, died on Sept. 18. She was 87.

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