Senator Mike Lee delivers talk at Harvard Law Federalist Society
HAVARD LAW TODAY — But according to United States Senator Mike Lee of Utah, the constitutions of repressive dictatorships often contain as many or more civil liberties than the United States. Lee made the comparison and offered his perspective on the current state of constitutional law in America at an event organized by the Harvard Federalist Society.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Ben Miller-Gootnick ’21 has won the Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition, an annual writing competition sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. The award, which includes a $5,000 cash prize, recognizes students who write on any topic relating to administrative law. On Nov. 19, Miller-Gootnick traveled to…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Research using the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society’s Lumen database shows the problem is larger than previously understood. Through Lumen — an online database of takedown requests related to online content, containing approximately eleven million notices referencing over four billion URLs — Volokh was able to access thousands of relevant…
Read More about Harvard Law Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society creates database to tackle falsified court ordersHarvard Law professor Jon Hanson showcases student films on tort law and justice
HARVARD LAW TODAY — On the evening of November 14, students in Professor Jon Hanson’s 1L torts class gathered in a transformed Ames Courtroom to celebrate the third annual Torty Awards. The award ceremony celebrated the student-created short video documentaries about how tort law might apply to social issues.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — In Harvard Law School Library’s Fall 2019 book talk series, faculty shared and discussed their recently published works on topics including the American Constitution, “the guilty mind” and Jimmy Hoffa. In past years, faculty have presented books on authoritarianism in America, the Supreme Court of India, and a citizen’s guide to impeachment, among…
Read More about Harvard Law Library hosts faculty book discussion seriesHarvard Law International Human Rights Clinic studies the effect of privatizing the U.S. Postal Service on rural communities
THE HARVARD GAZETTE — Madelyn Petersen worked with Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic to determine what effect postal service changes would have on rural Iowa. As a member of Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, she and several other students traveled to northwest Iowa to study how the federal government’s plan to potentially privatize…
Read More about Harvard Law International Human Rights Clinic studies the effect of privatizing the U.S. Postal Service on rural communitiesFormer Harvard Law dean Martha Minow publishes book on the role of forgiveness in the U.S. legal system
THE HARVARD GAZETTE — Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary Professor, discusses her recently released book, “When Should Law Forgive?,” in which she argues for more forgiveness in the law and a “jurisprudence for forgiveness.”
Read More about Former Harvard Law dean Martha Minow publishes book on the role of forgiveness in the U.S. legal systemUniversity of Houston Law professor Zachary D. Kaufman presents research on prevention of genocide and sexual assault to Australian law schools
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman has completed a series of speaking engagements this week in Australia. Kaufman delivered multiple presentations highlighting two of his articles.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson will explain how forensic science in Houston has dramatically changed during the past decade in a lecture presented in partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Thompson, the author of “Cops in Lab Coats,” will explain how Houston’s forensics lab has…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The country’s top law school moot court teams will square off in January to determine the best of the best in the 12th annual Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship hosted by the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. Sixteen programs qualified for the tournament based…
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