MacKinnon recognized as a ‘Woman of Vision’

Catharine A. MacKinnon, longtime visiting professor at Harvard Law School, has been recognized by the National Association for Women with their Woman of Vision Award.

Property law scholar Molly Brady joins Harvard Law faculty

Maureen E. “Molly” Brady, an expert in property law, land use law, local government law, legal history and intellectual property law, has joined the Harvard Law School faculty as assistant professor of law.

HLS Caselaw Access Project helps researchers draw new connections between ideas, people and organizations

In June, the Harvard Library Innovation Lab hosted an inaugural research summit to highlight the diversity of research that the Caselaw Access Project is making possible.

Legal history and constitutional law scholar Laura Weinrib ’03 will join HLS faculty

Laura Weinrib ’03, a leading scholar of legal history and constitutional law, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as professor of law, effective July 1, 2019.

Crystal Yang ’13 named professor of law at Harvard Law School

Crystal Yang ’13, a law and economics scholar who focuses her teaching and research on empirical law and economics, was promoted to professor of law at Harvard Law School effective July 1, 2019.

Uncharted legal territory

Harvard Law scholars are weighing in on recent decisions made by the White House, the Department of Justice and Congress that mark a significant escalation in the protracted conflict over the Mueller report.

The work of pioneering civil rights lawyers evinces hope and resilience in today’s political landscape, says Klarman

For his ‘last lecture’ to graduating J.D.s and LL.M.s, Professor Michael Klarman invoked two inspiring figures in legal history: Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

HLS Mock Trial Team competes at National Student Trial Advocacy Competition

The Harvard Law School mock trial team of Kaitlyn Beck ’19, Tiffany Li ’21, Rahul Garabadu ’19, and Jillian Tancil ’19 competed at the National Student Trial Advocacy Competition April 11-14 in Philadelphia, PA.

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.