Harvard Law School professors call potential abortion rights rollback ‘unprecedented’
The Petrie-Flom Center hosted ‘Roe in limbo: A town hall on the leaked Dobbs opinion.’
Overturning precedent? Harvard Law faculty weigh in on leaked draft Supreme Court opinion and future of abortion
Across major news outlets, Harvard Law scholars weighed in on the implications —for the Court and country — of a leaked draft of a majority Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court preview: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
The Supreme Court stands poised to decide whether a high school coach’s penchant for prayers with players poses First Amendment problems.
Training future women presidents of Africa
With the Women Heads of State Initiative virtual summit, Teresa Clarke J.D. ’87/M.B.A. ’88 and Professor Ruth Okediji LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’96 brought together four female African heads of state to explore opportunities for the continent’s future advancement.
Cases in Brief: Powell v. Alabama with Dehlia Umunna
In the first of the series, “Cases in Brief,” Harvard Law Professor Dehlia Umunna discusses the infamous “Scottsboro Boys” case, Powell v. Alabama (1932), in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that defendants in capital cases have the right to adequate legal counsel.
‘Lawyering and justice in a world that we know is riven by injustice’
“This is a unique moment, particularly to be a Black law student,” Harvard Law School Professor David B. Wilkins ’80, told an audience of students during a talk titled Black Lawyers Matter — Race, Obligation, and Professionalism from the Civil Rights Movement to BLM and Black Corporate Power.
President Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 for Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Biden. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.
Who we are
Jeffery Robinson ’81 has made challenging false narratives about racism his life’s work.
When Nixon went to China
On the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s visit, China experts William Alford and Mark Wu discuss whether the president may be getting too much credit for his history-making journey.
Constance Baker Motley
Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin ’89 once asked her mentor, Thurgood Marshall, why he had passed over Constance Baker Motley to succeed him when he stepped down as head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in 1961. “I asked [him] to his face why he chose Jack Greenberg as his successor,” recalled Cashin, who clerked […]