HLS News and Events

Anker receives prestigious immigration law teaching award
Deborah Anker, director of the HLS Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and a clinical professor of law, received the Elmer Fried Award for Excellence in Teaching on June 28 at the annual meeting of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in Vancouver. [Thu, 03 Jul 2008]
Sunstein: Court's gun ruling is a departure from historical interpretations of the Constitution
The following article, "America's 21st-century gun right," written by Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein '78, was published in the Boston Globe on June 26, 2008. [Mon, 30 Jun 2008]
Tushnet analyzes landmark gun ruling
Professor Mark Tushnet is a leading expert in constitutional law and history, and he is the author of "Out of Range: Why the Constitution Can't End the Battle over Guns." Here, he comments on yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court ruled that a ban on owning guns in Washington, DC, is unconstitutional. [Fri, 27 Jun 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain explains why the Internet's "dark energy" is in danger
The following article, "The web's dark energy," written by Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Zittrain, was published in the July/August edition of the MIT Technology Review. [Wed, 25 Jun 2008]
Professor Noah Feldman explores prejudice against immigrants in Europe
The following article, The new pariahs?, written by Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman, was published in the New York Times Magazine on June 22, 2008. [Mon, 23 Jun 2008]
HLS International Human Rights Clinic co-releases report assessing apartheid-era crimes
The International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) have joined together to release "Prosecuting Apartheid-Era Crimes? A South African Dialogue on Justice," a report examining recently intensified questions about prosecuting crimes committed during apartheid. [Fri, 20 Jun 2008]
Harvard Law grads share prestigious Gruber Foundation Prize for International Justice
Judge Thomas Buergenthal LL.M. '61 S.J.D. '68 and Jerome Shestack '49 are co-recipients of the Gruber Foundation’s International Justice Prize for 2008. [Tue, 17 Jun 2008]
Alford honored for contributions to 2007 Special Olympics Summer Games
On May 19, Professor William Alford '77 was honored for his contributions to the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, held in Shanghai, China. [Mon, 16 Jun 2008]
Leaders to gather at Harvard Law School to discuss Latin American and U.S. financial markets
This weekend, public and private sector financial leaders from Latin America and the U.S. will gather at Harvard Law School to examine the financial relationships between the two regions at a symposium entitled Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Latin America and the United States. [Fri, 13 Jun 2008]
Bartholet argues in favor of multiethnic adoptions during briefing
On June 10, Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet '65, faculty director of the Child Advocacy Program, delivered remarks at a Washington, D.C. briefing on adoption policies. [Thu, 12 Jun 2008]