Spotlight
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- HLS alums working in New Orleans discuss the political struggles of putting the city back together
- When Becca O'Brien '05 and Ommeed Sathe '06 returned to HLS last October to talk about building partnerships in post-Katrina New Orleans, they gave a painstaking account of what should, but doesn't, work. [Wed, 02 Jul 2008]
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- Exit Interview: Six students from the Class of 2008 are profiled
- They took different paths to get here and are headed in different directions as they leave. Here, a look at six graduates in the Harvard Law School Class of 2008. [Wed, 25 Jun 2008]
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- Martha Minow discusses equality in education
- Harvard Law School Professor Martha Minow is co-editor of "Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference," a new book exploring ways to create more equal schools in an increasingly multicultural America. [Tue, 24 Jun 2008]
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- Berkman Center makes national headlines for its impact on public policy
- The Berkman Center for Internet and Society received some major media recognition this week with the pulbication of a June 10 article in USA Today headlined "Berkman pioneers steer the course of cyberspace." [Tue, 17 Jun 2008]
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- In 'I Dissent,' Tushnet looks at the great 'nays' in history
- In his most recent book, "I Dissent: Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases" (Beacon Press 2008), Professor Mark Tushnet offers an anthology of dissenting opinions, putting them in political context and examining their impact on constitutional law. [Thu, 05 Jun 2008]
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- As judicial review is questioned, Fallon offers an answer
- "For a long season," writes Professor Richard Fallon in a major article just published in the Harvard Law Review, the desirability of judicial review of legislation was "a complacent assumption" of American constitutional, political and moral thought. [Wed, 21 May 2008]
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- Dershowitz argues for post-9/11 paradigm shift in latest book
- In his new book, "Is There a Right to Remain Silent? Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment After 9/11," (Oxford University Press 2008), Professor Alan Dershowitz examines the status of the Fifth Amendment privilege in a post 9/11 "preventive" state. [Fri, 09 May 2008]
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- Student Spotlight: A young entrepreneur builds a startup to aid the neediest
- Last January, Andrew Klaber '09 was invited to Davos, Switzerland, to participate in the World Economic Forum with the world's elite business, political and intellectual leaders. In a panel discussion about innovations in leadership, Klaber brought his message of social entrepreneurship to the world stage. [Mon, 28 Apr 2008]
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- Clinical students assist in Supreme Court gun case
- When the U.S. Supreme Court took up a landmark case on the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban in March, a trio of Harvard Law students could claim modest credit for helping shape the argument. [Mon, 28 Apr 2008]
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- In new book, Feldman looks behind the calls for Sharia
- Professor Noah Feldman has done plenty of thinking about the intersection of religion and law, particularly in the Arab World. In his latest book, he seeks to explain the rapid growth of Islamist political parties calling for the establishment of religious Sharia as the governing law. [Wed, 02 Apr 2008]