This article was written by Law & Social Change Fellows Kayleigh Hasson ([email protected]), Katherine Owojori ...

Langdell Hall, by Danielle Mikaelian, HLS '25. (February, 2025). This summer, I found myself at a big law firm with one of the top real estate practices in the country. During the summer program, I ...

In five days, Senator Barack Obama ’91 could become the the first African-American and the second Harvard Law School graduate (after Rutherford B. Hayes, Class of 1845) to be elected President of the ...

You know, I’m just very blessed to be here. I just want to let the world know our status, solidarity with my precious Palestinian brothers and sisters. Through we have a magnificent gathering for the ...

As a doctrine more focused on form than substance, Civil Procedure is generally regarded as “separate from politics” or without controversy by law students. Ibrahim Bharmal, HLS/HKS ‘25, saw something ...

The Harvard Law Record has permitted the author to publish anonymously due to credible risks to their safety in the current political climate. Long before I enrolled in law school, I opened my notes ...

Excerpts of remarks by Prince Aviunce Williams, BA ’25, at an April 5, 2024 rally in protest of the ongoing atrocities in Gaza. Some statements may be lacking context, these were not editorial choices ...

In the late 1970s, I had lunch with the head of the Internal Revenue Service. I broached a subject long on my mind: “I have been told that the section on insurance in the tax code is so complex that ...

At their best, academic institutions are spaces that facilitate the free flow of ideas, debate, and dissent. At their worst, academic institutions foreclose the possibility of these fruitful exchanges ...

Various players, from left to right: “Law-nguini” (in a red hat, slightly cut off, Dennis Ronel, HLS ’26), Cold Collette (Scarlett Neely, HLS ’25) and the “lambda trio” (Nora Clancy, HLS ’27, Carlos ...

Paul Stephan, a plaintiff-side litigator with Sher Edling LLP, discusses his journey through the law, and why it's okay not to have a plan. I’m a sixth-year associate at Sher Edling, representing ...

Attending Harvard Law School has provided me with numerous mentorship opportunities. Clubs routinely provide mentorship pairings between students and alumni. For instance, I was paired with a lawyer ...