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Harvard Law School

HLS Dean of Students Condemns ‘Disturbing’ Mass Emails Sent to Students After Law Review Controversy

Harvard Law School Dean of Students Stephen L. Ball condemned a pair of mass emails sent to law students on Friday that accused the Harvard Law Review of discriminating against white authors and urged applicants to falsify their racial and gender identities on application materials.

Andrew Hayes
Student Life

Harvard Law Student Wins Big on Jeopardy

Andrew M. Hayes, a third-year student at Harvard Law School, won six consecutive games and $137,804 on “Jeopardy!”, qualifying for the Tournament of Champions, an annual all-star tournament.

Stephen Breyer Talk
Crime

Breyer Suggests Criminal Contempt Charges For Trump Officials at HLS Event

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the Trump administration could be held in criminal contempt over Kilmar Abrego’s deportation at a Harvard Law School speaker event on Friday, expressing optimism that Courts would hold the White House accountable.

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Events

Former Birzeit President Accuses Harvard of Bowing to Pressure by Cutting Ties with His University

Former Birzeit University President Beshara Doumani slammed Harvard’s decision to cut ties with the Palestinian university as an act of political appeasement after speaking at the History Department’s Palestinian History event on Friday.

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Student Groups

Satouri, Egi Elected as HLS Student Government Co-Presidents

Salah-Dean N. Satouri and Christopher E. Egi ’18 were elected Harvard Law School student government co-presidents on Tuesday night, marking a win for free speech activists at HLS.

Langdell Hall
Letters

300 Alums Call on HLS to Denounce Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms

More than 300 Harvard Law School alumni signed a letter asking Dean John C.P. Goldberg to speak out against the Trump administration’s efforts to penalize law firms for representing the president’s political adversaries in recent weeks.

Harvard Law School
Politics

More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students

Roughly 70 percent of Harvard Law School’s professors accused the federal government of exacting retribution on lawyers and law firms for representing clients opposed by President Donald Trump in a Saturday night letter to the school’s student body.

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Harvard Law School

HLS Admin Removes, Condemns Stickers Threatening Deportation of Pro-Palestine Student Activists

Harvard Law School officials took down two stickers that threatened pro-Palestine activists with deportation from a pole in the school’s main plaza, condemning them in a Thursday email to the full student body.

Harvard Law School
Central Administration

Harvard Law School Students Pass Referendum Urging University To Divest From Israel

The Harvard Law School student body voted on Thursday to call on the University to divest from Israel — delivering a decisive endorsement of language that Law School administrators harshly criticized before it went up for a vote.

Massachusetts Hall
Student Life

HLS Officials Disavow Student Government Divestment Referendum, Citing ‘Needlessly Divisive’ Phrasing

Harvard Law School administrators forcefully distanced themselves from an impending student government referendum on divestment from Israel, slamming the group for “needlessly divisive” phrasing in a Monday email to the full student body.

Belinda Hall
Harvard Law School

HLS Closes Student Lounge Before Planned Protest, Renewing Clash Between Activists and Admin

After Harvard Law School students announced plans to hold a protest on Wednesday in the Haas Lounge against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Israel’s war in Gaza, HLS administrators closed the space hours before the protest was set to start.

Griswold Hall
Student Life

Despite Law School Student Government Demands, No Move Toward Student Involvement in Dean Search

Harvard University declined to commit to add student members to the advisory committee for the ongoing Harvard Law School dean search after the Law School’s student government demanded the change in a December resolution.

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Harvard Law School

HLS Student Government Says Divestment Referendum Voting Will Begin in March

The Harvard Law School Student Government has scheduled a student-wide vote in March on a referendum to divest from companies involved in Israel’s war in Gaza.

Wasserstein Hall
Student Groups

Amid Fight with Administration, HLS Activists Introduce Divestment Referendum

Harvard Law School students have proposed a referendum urging the University to divest from companies involved in Israel’s war in Gaza and accusing Israel of committing a genocide.

Missile Terror in Ukraine Panel
Harvard Law School

HLS Clinic To File War Crimes Complaint With ICC Against Russia

HLS Professor Susan Farbstein, director of Harvard’s International Human Rights Law Clinic, announced plans to submit evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court at a Thursday panel. Farbstein said the clinic plans to submit an Article 15 complaint to the ICC, alleging crimes against humanity, after documenting Russian military actions against civilians for over two years.

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