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Overturning precedent? Harvard Law faculty weigh in on leaked draft Supreme Court opinion and future of abortion

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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.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Administrative Law, Ethics, Family, Gender & Children, Legal History, Local Government Law

Former secretary of housing and urban development Julián Castro named Klinsky Professor of Practice for Leadership and Progress

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Former San Antonio mayor and HUD secretary Julián Castro ’00 was named the Klinsky Professor of Practice for Leadership and Progress. He will teach a course next fall on leadership in urban communities.

  • Themes: Alumni Focus, Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Housing Law, Local Government Law, Public Policy, Public Service

Supreme Court preview: Shurtleff v. Boston

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Sanford Levinson speaks with Harvard Law Today on the question before the Supreme Court: Whether Boston can deny a religious group permission to fly a Christian flag on a Boston City Hall flagpole it labeled a “public forum” for “all applicants.”

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Constitutional, Local Government Law

January 6, 2021: Harvard Law experts reflect a year later

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Harvard Law Today asked experts from across Harvard Law School to share their perspectives on January 6, 2021, the events that have unfolded since, and the implications for American democracy going forward.

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Faculty on the move

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With the start of the academic year, a look at nine faculty who have joined Harvard Law School, been promoted, or taken on new roles in 2021.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional, Election Law, Housing Law, Human Rights, Intellectual Property, Land Use Law, Legal History, Local Government Law, Mediation & Negotiation, Property Law, Public Service

Property law scholar Maureen ‘Molly’ Brady named to the tenured faculty at Harvard Law School

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Maureen E. “Molly” Brady, an expert in property law, was named a professor of law, effective July 1.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Administrative Law, Constitutional, Intellectual Property, Land Use Law, Local Government Law, Property Law

Polyamory and the law

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Harvard Law Lecturer on Law Alexander Chen ’15, founding director of the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at HLS, is working with students in the recently-formed Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition to offer legal protections for people in polyamorous relationships.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Clinical Practice, Family, Gender & Children, Human Rights, Local Government Law

Going public

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Harvard Law School students are working to create a Massachusetts public bank to help minority-owned businesses, small farms, and gateway cities.

  • Themes: Student Spotlights
  • Topics: Administrative Law, Business, Food Law, Law and Economics, Local Government Law, Public Policy, Public Service

Cities & the teacher

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Few have looked at cities with as much care or creativity as Jerry Frug has.

  • Harvard Law Bulletin: Summer 2021
  • Themes: Alumni Focus
  • Topics: Local Government Law

Justice for all

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A Harvard Law School clinic works to overturn a federal policy in D.C. that advocates say leads to racial injustice and contributes to mass incarceration.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Clinical Practice, Constitutional, Criminal, Legal History, Local Government Law, Public Policy, Public Service

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