Debating the future of Roe
At the recent Rappaport Forum, panelists discussed abortion rights and whether the Supreme Court should honor precedent — or jettison Roe v. Wade.
Berkman Klein Center welcomes Susan Hendrickson as executive director
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has announced the appointment of Susan Hendrickson ’93 as its new executive director.
On the bookshelf, fall 2021
Here are some of the latest from HLS authors to add to your reading list over the holiday break.
The Tortys return
Oscars-style event back in person for its fifth year, celebrating student short films on tort law and justice.
‘Don’t just be a lawyer. Be a strategist’
The Center on the Legal Profession convenes experts from public and private sectors for a day-long symposium on crisis lawyering.
In a potentially precedent-setting case, Veterans Clinic students work to help LGBTQ widower secure VA benefits
Members of the Veterans Legal Clinic at Harvard Law School are representing a same-sex widower in his appeal before the VA and in federal court in a potentially precedent-setting case.
Friends and advocates
Passionate human rights advocates Anoush Baghdassarian ’22 and Sondra Anton ’22 find friendship and solidarity at HLS.
Investigating mask mandate bans
Michael Ashley Stein ’88, executive director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, says the Department of Education should go beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act in investigating state bans against mandating face coverings in schools.
Jamie Gorelick ’75: ‘The need for both vigilance and imagination remains high’
A co-author of the 9/11 Commission report, who served on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, says engaged citizenry united in its efforts will make this country safer.
Making connections — and a difference — through Student Practice Organizations
Each year, half of HLS’ first-year J.D. students and around a quarter of LL.M. students participate in at least one of HLS’ 11 Student Practice Organizations, with some involved in multiple organizations at once.