A Law Day look at a new biography of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
This Law Day, we reflect on the theme of “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society” with two writers’ takes on Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s life and impact.
Parsing the Mueller report: A Q&A with Alex Whiting
Hours after the Mueller report was released, the Harvard Gazette spoke with former prosecutor Alex Whiting, a professor of practice at Harvard Law School who teaches issues and procedures related to domestic and international criminal prosecutions.
Benkler, faculty experts discuss the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Nearly a decade after Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning shared classified materials with WikiLeaks, the site’s founder, Julian Assange, was arrested in London for his role in the disclosures. The Harvard Gazette recently spoke with three faculty members, including Yochai Benkler, the Harvard Law professor who has publicly defended the disclosure as whistleblowing.
Video: Unexampled Courage
Harvard Law School recently hosted Judge Richard Gergel, U.S. District Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, for a talk on his book, “Unexampled Courage,” and a discussion with HLS professors Randall Kennedy, Kenneth Mack and Mark Tushnet.
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau gets landmark win in attorney’s fees case
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau has received a major win in a case that may change the standard for determining attorney’s fees in wage lawsuits in Massachusetts.
Video: Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority
The Harvard Law School Library recently hosted Claire Finkelstein, professor of law and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, for a discussion on “Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority,” a volume of essays exploring the growing struggle to maintain the legal and ethical boundaries surrounding executive authority in the post- 9/11 United States.
From Fiji to New Delhi, Cravath International Fellows pursue projects around the globe
During Winter Term, 12 Harvard Law School students traveled to 12 countries as Cravath International Fellows to pursue clinical placements or independent research with an international, transnational, or comparative law focus. Four of them share their experiences.
In ethics lecture, Linda Greenhouse discusses the Supreme Court’s role in threatening civil society
Linda Greenhouse, the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence at Yale Law School, delivered the Kissel Lecture in Ethics at Harvard Law School on Feb. 7. In her lecture, Greenhouse discussed the role of the Supreme Court in threatening civil society and looked critically at recent Supreme Court decisions.
Europe’s Culture Crisis
Europe’s crisis—the challenges to liberal democracy across the continent, the rise of right-wing nationalist parties, the backlash against the European Union—isn’t a rebellion of economic have-nots, according to former HLS professor Joseph Weiler, who delivered the Herbert W. Vaughan Memorial Lecture, “The European Culture War 2003-2019,” on Feb. 6.
Lauren Beck ’20 elected 133rd Harvard Law Review president
The Harvard Law Review has elected Lauren Beck ’20 as its 133rd president. Beck succeeds Michael Thomas ’19.