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Civil Rights Attorney Kiah Duggins Among Victims In Midair Collision

Learn about the life and impactful career of Kiah Duggins, a Harvard Law School graduate and civil rights attorney tragically lost in a midair collision at...

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Reese Witherspoon reveals how Legally Blonde role landed her real life jury part

In the 2001 comedy, the Hollywood actress portrayed sorority girl Elle Woods who gains admittance to Harvard Law School.

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Black, Latino Enrollment at Harvard Law Falls by Half After Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ban

Harvard reps noted that they remain committed to "fostering an on-campus community and a legal profession that reflect numerous dimensions of human experience"

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Comparing Trump's Pardon of Arpaio and Biden's Pardon of Biden

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

Reason

Why are America’s elite universities so afraid of this scholar’s paper?

The Columbia Law Review website was temporarily shut down after it published a Palestinian human rights lawyer’s article proposing a new way to understand Palestinian life under Israeli rule

The Guardian - US

A former Miss America is running for Congress as a pro-choice – and anti-Trump – Republican in North Dakota

Miss America 2018 Cara Mund created shockwaves during her reign after publicly taking pageant leadership to task for bullying and other bad behavior. Now she’s tackling another challenge: running for Congress in her home state of North Dakota as a pro-choice Republican who will not “bow to” Trump, she tells…

The Independent UK

‘Battlelines’ drawn as jury hears opening remarks in Trump hush money case

Opening arguments deliver starkly different portraits of the former US president in historic criminal trial.

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Sneakers and Bibles: What's behind Trump's growing merch trove

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is facing a cash crunch.

Axios

Supreme Court will hear challenge to EPA's 'good neighbor' rule that limits pollution

The justices will consider whether to hit pause on a federal rule designed to reduce air pollution that drifts across states and can cause health troubles.

WEKU

Universal Injunctions, Congressional Capacity, and Filibuster Reform

Today I participated in a Rappaport Forum discussion at Harvard Law School titled "Rule by One Judge: The Question of Universal Injunctions." My fellow participant was Professor Mila Sohoni, and our moderator was Professor Guy-Uriel Charles. It was an excellent discussion, and you can watch it here. Two of the…

Reason

Antisemitism Lawsuit Filed against Harvard University, Includes Allegations re Harvard Law School

The complaint contains detailed allegations of hostile environment, breach of contract, and disparate treatment. Here is the entire complaint: Kestenbaum v. Harvard (D. Mass. 1-11-24) (complaint) (1) As in previous complaints related to university antisemitism, I find that the strongest claims are that (a) the university refuses to enforce its…

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How managers can issue a return to office making employees feel untrustworthy

Harvard Law School's Sheila Heen says employers need to think intentionally about why they want staff back in the office.

Fortune

Even bad Constitution turns out to be good if those running it are good, says CJI; quotes Ambedkar

However bad a Constitution may be, it may turn out to be good if those responsible for its functioning happen to be a “good lot,” Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud said while citing B. R. Ambedkar and hailing his idea of constitutionalism as being responsible for dismantling deeply…

The Hindu

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

Charles Ogletree taught Barack and Michelle Obama and represented Tupac Shakur, Anita Hill and survivors of the 1921 massacre of Tulsa’s Black community.

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Noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree dies

Harvard Law School professor and noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree has died at age 70.

The Independent UK

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

Law professor and civil rights scholar Charles J

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FCC Chair Names New Chief Counsel

Other staff changes include the departure of Umair Javed

The Independent UK

Ex-Trump lawyer says evidence in indictment is like ‘a gun with Trump’s fingerprints on it’

Former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz says that he will not represent Trump in this case

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Beyond Textualism? on SSRN

A few months ago I linked to a lecture called "Beyond Textualism?" that I gave at Harvard Law School in the "Scalia Lecture" series -- on what the core insight of textualism is and how we might extend it even in cases where the text itself is silent. I now…

France 24

Does Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stand a chance against Donald Trump?

It was one of Washington’s worst-kept secrets and on Wednesday it finally became official: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has joined the field of Republican presidential candidates challenging Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination. But will DeSantis, who has cast himself as a more electable version of Trump, be able to…

The Guardian - AU

Jacinda Ardern takes up leadership and online extremism roles at Harvard

Former prime minister will likely be overseas during the period of New Zealand’s election in October

Reason

The 2023 Scalia Lecture: Beyond Textualism?

On Monday, I delivered the 2023 Scalia Lecture at Harvard Law School. My title was "Beyond Textualism?" and I discussed "the reductio ad Bostock"; the role of substantive canons and the major questions doctrine; Erie, legal realism, and the common law; and the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities…

Evening Standard

Our pick of the 12 best court room dramas on film, from Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a Fall to Saint Omer

From John Grisham adaptations, to black-and-white classics, we select the court room classics

WEKU

The Supreme Court is weighing a theory that could upend elections. Here's how

How federal elections are run across the U.S. could be upended if the Supreme Court adopts even a limited version of a once-fringe idea known as the "independent state legislature theory."

Axios

The downfall of higher education rankings

Top schools are increasingly boycotting the U.S. News and World report ranking system.

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