For Prof. Ruth Okediji, ‘grievous’ Capitol insurrection holds hopeful lessons
Harvard Law Professor Ruth Okediji believes recent events can reinvigorate American democracy and serve as a lesson for the world.
Presidential picks
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.
Tribe and the other Lincoln
Reporter Lincoln Miller, 11, interviews Laurence Tribe ’66 on the Capitol riots and impeachment for his story in Scholastic Kids Press.
Looking back on ‘the future’: The Rev. Dr. King at the Harvard Law Forum
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.
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program blocks another Trump administration asylum rule
In a case brought by the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, a California District Court last week issued a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration rule that would gut protections for people fleeing persecution and torture.
Laying the groundwork for real-life lawyering
Students in independent clinicals are making the most of a digital world.
Natasha Onken appointed assistant dean for student financial services
An interview for a job she didn’t apply for turned out to be a career-defining opportunity for Natasha Onken, who has since devoted her life to helping students succeed.
Trusted to listen
After her first interview in Afghanistan, Nicolette Waldman ’13 realized she had found the career she was meant to pursue.
On the bookshelf
In the unusual year of 2020, Harvard Law authors continued to do what they always have: Write.
Political philosopher Christopher Lewis, a scholar of criminal law system, to join HLS
Christopher Lewis, a political philosopher and scholar of the criminal legal system, has been named an assistant professor of law at Harvard Law School, effective Jan. 1.