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Harvard Law School provides an astonishing array of opportunities to learn about and experience the world’s law. A student might take a class with a renowned South African jurist co-taught with an eminent American comparativist, organize a conference on international arbitration, spend a semester in Switzerland, conduct a winter term project in China, carry out cutting edge research on international human rights, or enter into what will be lifelong dialogue with classmates from more than 80 nations.

Recent Highlights

Harvard Law grads share prestigious Gruber Foundation Prize for International Justice

Harvard Law grads share prestigious Gruber Foundation Prize for International Justice
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.
Michael Waibel LL.M. '08 wins prestigious Deak Prize

Michael Waibel LL.M. '08 was awarded the Francis Deak Prize by the American Society of International Law for his paper entitled "Opening Pandora's Box: Sovereign Bonds in International Arbitration."
HLS grad is elected president of Taiwan

Running on a promise to improve relations with mainland China, former Taipei mayor and Harvard Law graduate Ma Ying-jeou S.J.D. '81 was elected president of Taiwan this weekend.
Lawyers for the Damned

For students and faculty in an HLS clinic, human rights and environmental law flow together.