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Cyberlaw Clinic weighs in on warrantless device searches at the US border

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Two clinics at HLS— the Cyberlaw Clinic and the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic—partner on a case involving warrantless device searches at the U.S. border

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Human Rights, National and International Security, Clinical Practice, Cyberlaw

Human Rights Clinic team submits amicus brief in Chiquita Brands lawsuit

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After months of delays, the International Human Rights Clinic filed an amicus brief in June in Doe. et al. v. Chiquita Brands International, a suit that seeks accountability for Chiquita’s actions during the Colombian armed conflict from 1997 to 2004.

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Cass Sunstein tapped to chair WHO technical advisory group

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Cass Sunstein ’78, the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard, has been tapped by the World Health Organization to chair its Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
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Looking Back, Looking Forward

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After a health scare, William D. Zabel ’61 reflects on a life and career of making a difference for society and his clients—with more to come.

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After 18 years, Professor Alford completes his tenure as vice dean for the Graduate Program and ILS

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After 18 years as its faculty director, Professor William P. Alford ’77 completed his tenure as vice dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School on June 30.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning, Faculty Scholarship
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U.S. appeals court rules against former Bolivian president and defense minister over 2003 massacre

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On August 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a trial court judgment that had been entered in favor of Bolivia’s former president, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and former defense minister, José Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, for the massacre of unarmed Indigenous people in 2003.

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New report documents human rights abuses in Bolivia

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Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic and the University Network for Human Rights released a report Monday documenting widespread human rights abuses carried out under Bolivia’s interim president since she assumed power in November 2019.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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Research on trauma-sensitive schools offers timely insights

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A new report from Boston University confirms the transformational benefits of a trauma-sensitive school culture as developed by the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative at HLS.

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

Harvard Law students win release for two inmates with mental disabilities

Tabitha Cohen ’18

PLAP students secure release of two prisoners with mental disabilities, and set new judicial precedent under the Americans with Disabilities Act

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Human Rights, Public Service, Health Law & Policy, Disability Law

HLS Authors: Selected Alumni Books Summer 2020

Alumni Books (HLB SU2020)

From new takes on famous figures from American history to the stories of lesser-known figures, including two who resisted fascism in war-torn Europe and went on to become the authors’ parents

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