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Teaching & Learning
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You’re getting a divorce. What happens to the frozen embryo?
August 6, 2026
Panelists dig into the fraught legal and ethical questions at heart of fertility cases.
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Former federal government official Susan M. Davies joins Harvard Law School as a professor of practice
July 15, 2026
Susan M. Davies, who served as deputy White House counsel to President Barack Obama, has been named a professor of practice at Harvard Law School.
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W. Tanner Allread, a legal historian whose research spans federal Indian law, tribal law, Indigenous legal history, and constitutional law, has been named an assistant professor of law at Harvard Law School.
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What Harvard Law School faculty are reading this summer
June 17, 2026
What do a bold new translation of “The Odyssey,” histories of Jerusalem and the Muslim world, and a graphic novel about a pygmy goat sanctuary have in common? They’re all on this year’s Harvard Law School faculty summer reading list.
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Columnist and author David French offers students advice on how to be heard by readers.
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Student-run Harvard Legal Aid Bureau partners with local, parent-led group to ensure rights.
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Noah Feldman on the struggle over the rule of law
April 23, 2026
Professor Noah Feldman examines how legal norms are faring under President Trump.
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Author and historian Jill Lepore works with her Harvard Law students to master case research, tapping everything from archives to AI.
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Harvard Law celebrates negotiation expert Sheila Heen’s appointment as the Thaddeus R. Beal Professor of Practice.
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‘We don’t know what the risks are’
April 21, 2026
A Harvard Law School course aims to explore the law’s role in regulating AI — before it’s too late
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Q&A: Peter Carfagna ’79
April 17, 2026
Peter Carfagna, the faculty supervisor of Harvard Law School’s Sports Law Clinic helps to prepare sports lawyers through classes and placements.
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When is it time to dissent?
April 17, 2026
Legal, constitutional scholar suggests looking to judges’ practices for wider lessons.
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Weighing anonymity for public officials
April 9, 2026
Speaking on an Animal Law Week panel, Professor Noah Feldman says circumstances can sometimes determine whether transparency or privacy should triumph.
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A new tool from the Berkman Klein Center helps researchers and individuals understand how social media policies are evolving.
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On the 250th anniversary of American independence, Harvard Law experts debate the law and governance challenges facing the nation today.
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At a Harvard Law event, experts debated the president’s power to control and fire federal officials.
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Khan on ‘finding strange coalitions’ at the FTC
March 6, 2026
Former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan discusses her advocacy for enforcing antitrust laws.
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Shedding light on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket
March 4, 2026
Legal scholars debate whether the surge in emergency orders is merely a response to rising presidential power or a threat to the rule of law.