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Leading scholar of civil procedure, constitutional law, Stephen Sachs joins HLS faculty

Stephen Sachs

Stephen E. Sachs, a leading scholar of civil procedure and constitutional law, will join the faculty of Harvard Law School as the inaugural Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, effective July 1.

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President Biden appoints 16 Harvard Law School faculty and alumni to panel studying Supreme Court reform

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President Biden appointed 16 members of the Harvard Law School community — seven faculty and nine alumni — to a new presidential commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella appointed Pisar Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School

Justice Rosalie Abella

Harvard Law School announced today the appointment of Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella as the Samuel LL.M. ’55 S.J.D. ’59 and Judith Pisar Visiting Professor of Law effective July 1, 2022.

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer cautions against ‘the peril of politics’

Breyer_2021-04-06 at 4.17.48 PM_1

At Harvard Law School’s annual Scalia lecture, Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer ’64 warned that changes to the nation’s highest court could erode public confidence in a trusted institution.

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Is the Supreme Court broken?

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Is the Supreme Court in crisis, and if so, how can it be fixed? Three distinguished Court-watchers from across the ideological spectrum debated these questions at the Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum, a recurring speaker series established last year thanks to a gift from the Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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Charting the course on Latino civil rights

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging AZ Voter Registration Law

Nina Perales has spent 25 years fortifying and advancing civil rights for Latinos, and this semester, is teaching a course at Harvard Law School about their ongoing struggle for equality in the United States.

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Filibuster or bust?

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Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack ’91 discusses the origins and history of the filibuster, a controversial and powerful political tool.

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A journal dedicated to promoting ‘revolutionary law’

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On its 55th anniversary, Harvard Law Today takes a look back at the founding of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.

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Kennedy, Minow, Sunstein found new American Journal of Law and Equality

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Three Harvard Law School professors have teamed up with MIT Press to launch a new journal focused on issues of inequality.

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‘Our job is to bring accountability, and oversight, and transparency to government’

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Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz ’87 recently spoke to Harvard Law Today about his work to ensure the integrity of the DOJ and beyond.

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