Last year, the Supreme Court ruling in the SFFA prohibited race-conscious affirmative action in higher education. Accepting arguments that consideration of race in admissions...

Sep 21, 2023 · According to Harvard University’s “Our Mission and Culture” page, the mission of Harvard Law School is to “advance[] the cause of justice all over the world through excellence and leadership in legal education and scholarship.”However, according to the class of 2022 employment report, of the 590 law students who graduated, only 8% worked in public interest—down about 3-4% from the ...

Dec 17, 2024 · Last year, the Supreme Court ruling in the SFFA prohibited race-conscious affirmative action in higher education.Accepting arguments that consideration of race in admissions was a sin equal to historical segregation, the majority wrote that without affirmative action, students will not be judged by the “color of their skin” and instead only by their “unique ability to contribute to the ...

The Harvard Law Record is the oldest law school-affiliated newspaper in the United States. An independent and nonpartisan paper, it has been published since 1946, and its contributors have included President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, presidential candidate Ralph Nader, notable law professors such as Alan Dershowitz and Duncan Kennedy and writers who have gone ...

2 days ago · The Systemic Justice Project (SJP) hosted its third annual public interest oriented conference last weekend. This year, SJP partnered with four other organizations – the [F]law, the Law and Political Economic Project, the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Journal, and the People’s Party Project – to co-sponsor and co-organize this event.

May 2, 2003 · Kramer '38, dean, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, scholar Robert Kramer '38, professor, legal scholar, Dean of the George Washington University National Law Center for 18 years, and Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Office of Legal Counsel during the latter years of the Eisenhower administration, died of natural causes at his home in the Collington Episcopal Life Care Community ...

11/29/2023 Correction: a previous version of this article described the intervening student as wearing a yarmulke, that was incorrect and the article has been updated to reflect this. 12/29/2023 Correction: a previous version of this article described the “die-in” as occurring in Harvard Yard, when it in fact occurred at Harvard Business School’s campus. The […]

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Mar 31, 2023 · “Best intentions do not necessarily lead to positive outcomes.” These were the words of a Harvard Black Law Student Association (HBLSA) member characterizing the actions of the Harvard Law School’s administration in response to the Harvard Legacy of Slavery Report. Released on April 26, 2022, the Harvard Legacy of Slavery Report described in detail the […]