Mark Wu appointed professor of law
Mark Wu, a leading expert on international trade and international economic law, was promoted to full professor, effective July 1. He was named the Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law.
Harvard Association for Law and Business leads student delegation to Europe
A student delegation from the Harvard Association for Law and Business (HALB) visited business, legal, and government leaders in London and Brussels, Belgium, in late August, as part of HALB’s second-annual International Trek.
On the Bookshelf: HLS Library Book Talks, Spring 2018
The Harvard Law School Library hosted a series of book talks by HLS authors, with topics including Authoritarianism in America, the Supreme Court of India, and Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict. As part of this ongoing series, faculty authors from various disciplines shared their research and discussed their recently published books with a panel of colleagues and the Harvard Law community.
Bringing Blockchain to the Cowboy State
Caitlin Long ’94 left Wyoming for Harvard Law School and the career on Wall Street that followed, but she’s never forgotten her home state or its only university.
Faculty Books in Brief: Summer 2018
HLS Professor Mnookin, who for many years chaired the school’s Program on Negotiation, joins two other Harvard-affiliated professors in a study of the former secretary of state’s public and private deal-making, based on extensive interviews with Henry Kissinger on negotiation strategy and tactics.
Harvard Law team wins All American Regional Round in WTO moot court competition
A team of Harvard Law students won the North American regional competition at the European Law Students Association (ELSA) Moot Court Competition on WTO Law. The team will advance to the final round at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland later this spring.
Crossing over from a legal to a financial career
Kicking of the Harvard Association for Law & Business’ seventh annual symposium on Feb. 26, a panel of top-level executives in the financial world explored the possibilities of crossing over from a legal to a financial career.
The Holberg Prize names Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein as 2018 Laureate
The Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law or theology—named U.S. legal scholar Cass Robert Sunstein as its 2018 Laureate. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University.
The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization
In early December, the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession (CLP) hosted two major events in India to celebrate the publication of ‘The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of the Corporate Legal Sector and its Impact on Lawyers and Society.’
David Wilkins on globalization, lawyers and emerging economies
Prof. David Wilkins, vice dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession and faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession (CLP), recently sat down to discuss CLP’s project on Globalization Lawyers and Emerging Economies (GLEE) and what lies ahead for the innovative program.