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Topic: Family, Gender & Children

Free Britney?

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Lecturer on Law James Toomey ’19, on how conservatorships work and what rights are afforded to those who — like Britney Spears — wish to extricate themselves from their constraints.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Family, Gender & Children, Fiduciary Law, Health Law & Policy

Polyamory and the law

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Harvard Law Lecturer on Law Alexander Chen ’15, founding director of the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at HLS, is working with students in the recently-formed Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition to offer legal protections for people in polyamorous relationships.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Clinical Practice, Family, Gender & Children, Human Rights, Local Government Law

A Q&A with homeschooling reform advocates Elizabeth Bartholet and James Dwyer

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Homeschooling reform advocates Elizabeth Bartholet and James Dwyer discuss meaningful homeschooling regulations to prevent abuse and promote higher educational standards.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Family, Gender & Children

What Betsy built

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Betsy showed that advocacy can be married with academia and modeled how to unapologetically take a stand.

  • Harvard Law Bulletin: Summer 2021
  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
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The alchemist

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Keyon Lo LL.M. ’21 hopes to combine his legal and artistic skills to promote fairness and diversity

  • Topics: Business, Civil Rights, Family, Gender & Children, Human Rights, Intellectual Property, International, Public Service

Susan Cole: 1948-2021

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Harvard Law School Lecturer on Law Susan Cole made it her life’s work to help schools and policymakers understand the impact of trauma on learning.

  • Harvard Law Bulletin: Summer 2021
  • Topics: Clinical Practice, Family, Gender & Children, Human Rights

‘I am a different person than what I was a few months ago’

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For Iqra Saleem Khan LL.M. ’21, the journey to Harvard Law School has been filled with significant obstacles. But overcoming tough challenges is second nature for Khan, a resilience for which she credits her fiercest champion: her mother.

  • Themes: Student Spotlights
  • Topics: Family, Gender & Children, International, Islamic Law

‘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.

  • Themes: Student Spotlights
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Criminal, Disability Law, Family, Gender & Children, Public Service
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Harvard Law School’s 2021 Last Lecture Series

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The Last Lecture Series at Harvard Law School, sponsored annually by the 3L and LL.M. class marshals, is an HLS tradition in which selected faculty members impart insight, advice, and final words of wisdom to the graduating class.

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Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days: Children and families

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In evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days, Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet says the president has been a champion for children and families, but she hopes he will also reform the current homeschooling regime .

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  • Topics: Civil Rights, Family, Gender & Children, Health Law & Policy, Public Service

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