Harvard Law School Faculty Votes to Establish Faculty Senate Planning Body

Harvard Law School faculty members voted to support the creation of a University-wide faculty senate planning body during a meeting on Thursday.

Harvard Law Student Government Spars With Admin Over Referendum on Study-in Protests

The Harvard Law School student government is embroiled in a bitter feud with Dean of Students Stephen L. Ball over a proposed referendum to condemn the administration for taking disciplinary action against students who participated in pro-Palestine study-in protests.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ’92 Judges Ames Moot Court Final at HLS

A dozen Harvard Law School students argued before U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ’92 in the final round of the Harvard Law School Ames Moot Court competition.

Harvard Law School Students Protest in Library, Leave Before ID Checks

More than 50 Harvard Law School students quietly protested in Langdell Hall’s library Friday afternoon, the third study-in protest to occur at HLS this semester.

Harvard Law School Denies Student Appeals to Reverse Library Bans

Harvard Law School administrators rejected appeals from students to reverse temporary suspensions from the school’s library in Langdell Hall over their participation in pro-Palestine “study-ins” last month.

Is the Next JD Vance Sitting in Your Philosophy Seminar?

Ask them, and they might insist that theirs is not so much a political project as is a philosophical one. But this same insistence on deep questions has also informed a rising conservative political movement — the so-called “New Right” — which eschews traditional Republican party politics in favor of more philosophical, and often more radical, views.

Garber Announces Advisory Committee for Harvard Law School Dean Search

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 formed a 13-member faculty advisory committee to provide input on the search for Harvard Law School’s next dean, the University announced on Thursday.

HLS Banned 60 Students From Its Library for a ‘Study-In.’ Dozens Just Did It Again.

Harvard Law School temporarily banned at least 60 students from its library on Thursday, prompting more than 50 other students to protest the suspensions by staging another “study-in” protest at the library.

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Ballot Question 4 to Legalize Psychedelics Draws National Attention — and Dollars

Medical professionals, billionaires, and activists from around the country are watching Massachusetts voters closely as they decide Ballot Question 4 — a complex proposal on the legalization of psychedelic substances.

HLS Students Hold Langdell Library ‘Study-in’ to Protest War in Gaza

More than 100 Harvard Law School students protested the war in Israel and Gaza and “Harvard’s complicity in Israel’s genocide” at a silent “study-in” in HLS’ Langdell Library on Thursday.

Inside the Century-Old HLS Program That Quietly Churns Out World Leaders

Every year at Harvard Law School, less than 200 students graduate with a Master of Laws, or LL.M., the exclusive HLS degree that has quietly shaped governments, courts, and legal systems around the world.

Derek Penslar and Noah Feldman Discuss Jewish Identity at HLS Event

History professor Derek J. Penslar and Harvard Law School Professor Noah R. Feldman ’92 discussed Jewish identity at Harvard and shifting discourse on Israel over the past year in an event on Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Mass. Hall Misses September Target for Harvard Law School Dean Search Launch

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has yet to announce an advisory committee to help select the next dean of the Harvard Law School, passing his own September deadline for providing an update.

Harvard Law School Admin, Activists Clash Over Protest Rules

More than 200 students met in Wasserstein Hall at Harvard Law School on Monday to discuss the history of the HLS’ student activist movements — but it also served as an act of protest against the administration.