Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab preserves federal data being removed from government sites

March 31, 2025

LIBRARY JOURNAL — The Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab (LIL)—a team of librarians, technologists, and lawyers—has created a data vault to download, authenticate, and provide access to copies of public government data that may be in danger of disappearing.

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Podcast: Harvard Law professor emeritus Mark Tushnet discusses his book on judicial craft

March 31, 2025

LEGAL TALK NETWORK — What if we are asking the wrong questions when selecting American judges? Mark Tushnet thinks our current criteria might be off.

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Harvard Law Education Law Clinic files lawsuit against Kentucky for failing to provide equitable education

March 31, 2025

HARVARD LAW TODAY — On a chilly day in January, a group of high school students stood outside the Franklin County Courthouse in Frankfort, Kentucky, to explain why they had just filed a major lawsuit against their home state.

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Harvard Law hosts conference exploring indigenous legal concerns

March 31, 2025

HARVARD LAW TODAY — When Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese ’16 teaches tribal law at Stanford University, she sometimes feels “really depressed.”

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Harvard Law hosts panel discussing White House plans to reshape executive power

March 31, 2025

HARVARD LAW TODAY — President Donald Trump’s moves to stymie, purge, and even dismantle administrative agencies represent an unprecedented assertion of presidential power over both Congress and the administrative apparatus of the federal government, argued four experts at Harvard Law School on Monday.

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Hofstra Law professor Eric Freedman speaks at Cardozo Law social justice symposium

March 31, 2025

HOFSTRA LAW NEWS — Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Rights Eric M. Freedman was an invited panelist at the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice symposium earlier this month.

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Hofstra Law team advances to finals in national trial advocacy competition

March 31, 2025

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — A team of Hofstra Law students have advanced to the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) National Finals after winning the virtual regional tournament in early March. 

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Hofstra Law professor Elizabeth Nevins advocates against changes to New York discovery laws

March 27, 2025

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — Elizabeth Nevins, clinical professor and Attorney-in-Charge of the Defender Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has helped lead the effort of more than 80 New York law professors in writing a letter to legislative leaders to reject a proposal in Governor’s Hochul budget that would effectively…

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Lewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin publishes article on colonialism and climate law and policy

March 27, 2025

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The article is part of a special Wisconsin International Law Journal issue on Racial Capitalism and Climate Change that Professor Benjamin was invited to contribute to.

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Loyola Law Los Angeles Project for the Innocent’s volunteer night offers part-time students with pro bono opportunities

March 27, 2025

LMU NEWSROOM — Huddled in a trial advocacy classroom on LMU Loyola Law School’s downtown L.A. campus early in the spring spring semester, a cadre of evening students took a break from their jobs, studies, and families to do something truly transformative: pursue justice for wrongfully convicted defendants. 

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