News and Events

HLS program convenes U.S. and Chinese leaders to discuss international financial issues
Henry E. Smith to join HLS faculty in 2009
Adriaan Lanni examines Sarah Palin's working-class appeal
Sunstein makes a case for Obama as 'visionary minimalist'
New students arrive from all over the world
HLS alumni play prominent role in presidential nominating conventions
Sunstein advocates for further disclosure in credit industry
Professor Noah Feldman discusses the possibility of a war with Iran

The following article, Buildup to the next war, written by Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman, was published in the New York Times Magazine on August 8, 2008.
John Goldberg to join HLS faculty

Vanderbilt University Law School Professor John Goldberg, an expert in tort law, tort theory, and political philosophy, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a tenured professor this fall.
Kagan is honored for her work to encourage public service

Dean Elena Kagan ’86 has been awarded the 2008 John R. Kramer Outstanding Law Dean Award from Equal Justice Works for her extensive efforts to promote and support public service.
Sunstein studies partisanship on the Supreme Court

The following article, "Judicial Partisanship Awards," written by Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein '78, was published in the Washington Independent on July 31, 2008.
An op-ed by Professor Laurence Tribe: The Supreme Court is Wrong on the Death Penalty

The following op-ed, The Supreme Court is Wrong on the Death Penalty, written by Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe '66, was published in the Wall Street Journal on July 31, 2008.
Two HLS grads the focus of vice presidential speculation

As presidential candidates Barack Obama '91 and John McCain prepare for their parties' nominating conventions, rumors are swirling around two Harvard Law graduates as likely vice presidential candidates.
Bartholet testifies before Congress about arbitration laws

Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet '65 testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today about mandatory pre-dispute arbitration, a practice often used in workplaces and by credit card companies to ensure that employees and consumers agree to resolve all conflicts through arbitration instead of through the court system.
HLS grad nominated to top UN Human Rights post

Navanethem Pillay LL.M. ’82 S.J.D. ’88 is expected to become the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will announce Pillay’s nomination, which requires the approval of the General Assembly, early this week.
In dispatches from Iraq, Erik Swabb '09 describes dramatic changes in security situation