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A special responsibility

The Voices of September 11

As special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, or VCF, Rupa Bhattacharyya ’95 is working to ensure that fair compensation goes to the victims of the attacks.

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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.

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

A Q&A with Mason Marks on new psychedelics law and regulation initiative

Psilocybin and Magic Mushrooms

Mason Marks, POPLAR project lead and Petrie-Flom senior fellow, explains how the initiative will fill a gap in research on the ethical, legal, and social implications of psychedelics law and policy, and previews some of the initiative’s topics of inquiry.

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‘We have the common ground of all getting through this together’

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Health law has become especially timely in this year of COVID-19 vaccines and revitalized Obamacare. But for graduating student Phebe Hong ’21, it’s a passion that began in high school.

  • Themes: Student Spotlights
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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.

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  • Topics: Disability Law, Health Law & Policy, Public Policy

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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Evaluating President Biden’s first 100 days: Health care and the pandemic

Getting vaccinated before winter

I. Glenn Cohen ’03 and Carmel Shachar J.D./M.P.H. ’10 of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics discuss the Biden administration’s healthcare agenda.

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Sick and tired

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What are the ramifications of this pandemic year for medical practitioners? And how might the future of health care be shaped by the wounds inflicted on those we entrust with our lives?

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning, Faculty Scholarship
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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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