Fed up with inflation
Former Federal Reserve Bank member Daniel Tarullo says the Fed has “fallen behind the curve” in raising interest rates to help tame rising inflation and “needs to play some catch-up.”
Andrew Manuel Crespo elected to American Law Institute
HLS Professor Andrew Crespo was one of 59 members elected to the American Law Institute this year. Thirteen Harvard Law School alumni were also elected.
In Memoriam: Lani Guinier 1950 – 2022
Lani Guinier, the first African-American woman to be tenured at Harvard Law School and an influential scholar who devoted her life to justice, equality, empowerment, and democracy, died Jan. 7.
January 6, 2021: Harvard Law experts reflect a year later
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.
‘Talent is equally distributed; opportunity is not’
Future-L, a pilot collaboration between Harvard Law School and the National Education Equity Lab, introduces high-achieving high school students from historically underserved backgrounds to the legal field.
In their honor
To mark Veterans Day, Harvard Law Today highlights a few of the profiles and stories that illustrate the profound commitment of those in the HLS community to service and the law.
In a potentially precedent-setting case, Veterans Clinic students work to help LGBTQ widower secure VA benefits
Members of the Veterans Legal Clinic at Harvard Law School are representing a same-sex widower in his appeal before the VA and in federal court in a potentially precedent-setting case.
Veteran perspectives
Harvard Law students who have served in the various branches of the Armed Forces represent a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, but all share a profound dedication to serving the nation.
Boston Mayor-elect Michelle Wu ’12 joins long line of Harvard Law educated city leaders across the nation
In a historic victory, Michelle Wu ’12 was elected mayor of Boston on Tuesday, making her the first woman and the first person of color elected to lead Boston.
‘The journey is the whole point. You can’t just look at the end point, you have to love everything in the middle.’
In the fall of 2010, Brad Carney ’24 couldn’t stand what he saw in the mirror. Then he discovered that he could go further than he thought he could.