Spotlight
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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]
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- New HLS curriculum includes more clinical opportunities at home and abroad
- There are now 16 clinics at HLS, enabling students to do fieldwork at home and abroad. Here are some examples, taking students inside inner cities and inner sanctums. [Mon, 24 Mar 2008]
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- Tushnet: Court likely to recognize individual right to bear arms
- Professor Mark Tushnet is a leading expert in constitutional law and history as well as the author of "Out of Range: Why the Constitution Can't End the Battle over Guns." Here, he comments on the Supreme Court oral argument for the case District of Columbia v. Heller, which considers whether or not a D.C. gun ban is unconstitutional. [Tue, 18 Mar 2008]
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- HLS expands interdisciplinary opportunities across Harvard University
- With the help of Harvard Law School's new curriculum reforms and other university-wide changes, it's getting easier for students to pursue more than one passion-and to become better lawyers. [Mon, 10 Mar 2008]
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- Harvard Negotiation Law Review to hold symposium about dispute resolution
- On March 7-8, the Harvard Negotiation Law Review will host a symposium entitled "Dispute Systems Design Across Contexts and Continents." Organizers say they hope the symposium will give scholars, lawyers, and consultants the tools they need to approach complex problems in a systematic and holistic way. [Thu, 06 Mar 2008]
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- HLS Project on Law and Mind Sciences to host annual conference
- On March 8, the Harvard Law School Project on Law and Mind Sciences will host its second annual conference focusing on the intersection of psychology and law. At this year’s conference, entitled "Ideology, Psychology, and Law," leading social scientists will join law professors in discussing the role of ideology in the law. [Tue, 04 Mar 2008]
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- Palfrey and Zittrain edit first comprehensive study of Internet censorship
- Next month, the MIT Press will publish "Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering," which presents the first comprehensive study of the practice of Internet censorship in various countries around the world. The book is edited by Harvard Law School Professors John Palfrey '01 and Jonathan Zittrain '95 along with Ronald Deibert of the University of Toronto and Rafal Rohozinski, who is a principal with the SecDev Group. [Tue, 26 Feb 2008]