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    Putting the 2020 race in historical context and considering its impact on our democracy

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    Summer 2020

    From grappling with the challenges of an unprecedented health crisis to addressing longstanding racial injustices, HLS affiliates respond

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    Winter 2020

    From law and forgiveness to politics and the integrity of the Supreme Court to an insider’s view on foreign policy, HLS faculty tackle big issues with scholarship, candor, and compassion

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    Summer 2019

    How have U.S. presidents found ways to expand their powers to achieve their goals?

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    Bringing slavery's legacy to light

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    Summer 2018

    Celebrating Harvard Law School’s clinics and Students Practice Organizations

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Presidential picks

Joe Biden

Harvard Law Today has compiled the names of just a few of the HLS graduates who are expected to fill some of the most high-profile posts in the new Biden administration.

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  • Topics: Constitutional, Public Service, National and International Security, Legal History, Public Policy

Looking back on ‘the future’: The Rev. Dr. King at the Harvard Law Forum

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In October 1962, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on “The Future of Integration” as a featured speaker at the Harvard Law School Forum.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Public Service, Legal History

Trump impeached

President Trump Delivers Update On Operation Warp Speed At White House

Five Harvard Law faculty react to the unprecedented second impeachment of President Donald J. Trump.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Constitutional, Legal History

‘A grim form of political theater’

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Harvard Law Visiting Professor Sanford Levinson puts the storming of the Capitol in historical perspective.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Constitutional, Criminal, Legal History, Election Law

Constitutional scholar Guy-Uriel Charles, a leading expert on race, politics and election law, to join HLS

Guy-Uriel Charles

Guy-Uriel Charles will join the Harvard Law faculty as the inaugural Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, effective July 1. He will also serve as faculty director of HLS’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Legal History, Election Law

Transfer of power

Joe Biden Sworn In As 46th President Of The United States At U.S. Capitol Inauguration Ceremony

Harvard Law School scholars weigh in on the transfer of presidential power and what the events in weeks prior mean for the future of democracy in America.

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Online courts: reimagining the future of justice

Some judges still work from afar amid pandemic concerns

Even if there was no COVID-19, online courts would still be the wave of the future: This idea was the starting point for a recent webinar, “Online Courts: Perspectives from the Bench and the Bar,” a half-day event convened by the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
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All the president’s pardons

Donald Trump In Grand Junction

Can President Donald J. Trump pardon himself before his term ends in January? This hotly debated legal question was given new urgency by the president’s recent decision to pardon Michael T. Flynn, his first national security adviser who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about his contacts with Russia.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
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Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Court of Ames

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In the history of HLS’ Ames Moot Court Finals, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-’58 presided over four competitions. Former Ames advocates reflect on the unique experience of arguing before RBG.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Human Rights, Public Service, Legal History

Harvard Law class games out worst-case election scenarios—and ways to remedy them

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Given the strong possibility that Tuesday night’s presidential election will not go off without a hitch, a group of Harvard Law School students have launched a website that explores every other possible election scenario.

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