HLS News

The 'X' Factor: Charting a new course in online education (video)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A new, experimental, Web-based Harvard Law School course is prioritizing the human dimension of online teaching. CopyrightX, the free, online, noncredit course for which students may receive a certificate of completion, is the brainchild of Professor William W. “Terry” Fisher III ’82, an intellectual property law professor and the director of HLS’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, who is committed to what he calls the democratization of higher education. It was offered this spring through edX, a Harvard and M.I.T. initiative that now has additional university partners. EdX provides MOOCs—massive open online courses—to millions of people across the globe.

Harvard Law School media roundup: From the NSA scandal to the regulatory battles of a new taxi cab app

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Over the past week, a number of HLS faculty members shared their viewpoints on events in the news. Here are some excerpts.

HLS alum fights for fair pizza

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

On May 30th, Shannon Liss-Riordan ’96 opened The Just Crust, a worker-owned pizza restaurant that came as a result of a class-action lawsuit against Boston chain, The Upper Crust Pizzeria.

Dukakis helps to teach session of HLS Negotiation Workshop

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis ’60, who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1988 and is now a professor of political science at Northeastern University, visited a session of Harvard Law School’s Negotiation Workshop in late April to lead discussion of a case study and answer student questions.

Two receive the Gary Bellow Public Service Award

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

In recognition of their commitment to public interest and social justice work, Harvard Law School alums Stephanie Davidson ’13 and Laurel Firestone ’04 were named this year’s recipients of the Gary Bellow Public Service Award.

Harvard Law School confers inaugural Public Service Venture Fund grants

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Sixteen public service visionaries and social entrepreneurs from Harvard Law School have been selected as the inaugural recipients of grants from the Public Service Venture Fund, a unique program which will award up to $1 million each year to help graduating Harvard Law students and recent graduates obtain their ideal jobs in public service—even if those jobs don’t yet exist. At the same time that it announced the recipients of the new Public Service Venture Fund, the Law School also announced the winners of three other fellowships for public service/public interest post-graduate work: the Skirnick Fellowships, the Kaufman fellowships, and the One Day's Work Fellowships.

Harvard Law School confers inaugural Public Service Venture Fund grants

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Author and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin ’86 named this year’s Class Day speaker

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Author, lawyer and Emmy Award-winning legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin ’86 will serve as Class Day speaker on May 29 at Harvard Law School.

Harvard Law School celebrates 2013 Commencement

Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Harvard Law School graduation festivities began on Class Day, Wednesday, May 29, and continued through Commencement Day on Thursday, May 30.

Harvard Law School celebrates 2013 Commencement

Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Harvard Law School graduation festivities began on Class Day, Wednesday, May 29, and continued through Commencement Day on Thursday, May 30.