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Lawfare

Coveres actions taken or contemplated to protect the nation interact with the nation’s laws and legal institutions, including cybersecurity, Guantánamo habeas litigation, targeted killing, biosecurity, universal jurisdiction, the Alien Tort Statute, and the state secrets privilege. By Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith and Robert Chesney.

http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Jun 23
The Lawfare Podcast: Michael Hayden on 'The Assault on Intelligence'

The Lawfare Podcast: Michael Hayden on &#039;The Assault on Intelligence&#039;

Gen. Michael Hayden has served as the head of both the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency—and he says that intelligence is under attack. In his latest book, “The Assault on Intelligence: American National…
Jun 23
Summary: The Supreme Court Rules in Ortiz v. United State

Summary: The Supreme Court Rules in Ortiz v. United State

On Friday, in a 7–2 decision written by Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court held in Ortiz v. United States that Judge Martin Mitchell could simultaneously serve as a judge on the Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) and the Air…
Jun 23
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

The Justice Department Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email investigation continued to make headlines this week. On Saturday, Carrie Cordero, Quinta Jurecic, Marty Lederman, and Benjamin…

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Credit Slips

Discusses credit and bankruptcy. By Professors Bob Lawless, Angela Littwin, Katie Porter, John Pottow, Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren.

http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/

Jun 21
File This Under Calling BS on Bankruptcy Fearmongering

File This Under Calling BS on Bankruptcy Fearmongering

As anyone familiar with bankruptcy would have predicted, the dire predictions of disaster for municipalities seeking bankruptcy protection have proven to be ... let's just say exaggerated. Bloomberg is out with a notable story this morning on…
Jun 18
Combatting Fear of Abuse--A Sisyphean Task?

Combatting Fear of Abuse--A Sisyphean Task?

Over the past few weeks, at conferences with judges and policymakers in Varna (Bulgaria), Seoul, and Beijing, I've been confronted with a surprising degree of skepticism about personal insolvency systems and fear of opportunistic individuals…
Jun 14
CFPB Enforcement Paralyzed

CFPB Enforcement Paralyzed

Normally we say that a law is as strong as its enforcement. On February 7, however, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau raised questions about the enduring strength of the consumer financial laws in its third Request for Information…

Rank this Week: 81

John Palfrey's Blog

Covers intellectual property, politics and teaching. By Harvard Law Professor and Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society John Palfrey.

http://jpalfrey.andover.edu

May 3
Celebration of AfLatAm@50 at Phillips Academy

Celebration of AfLatAm@50 at Phillips Academy

John Palfrey Opening Remarks – Celebration of AfLatAm@50 April, 2018 Good evening. Let me please begin by thanking Emily Ndiokho, Class of 2018, for her leadership tonight in MC-ing this event and also for her leadership…
Apr 15
Head of School Bookshelf, 2017-2018

Head of School Bookshelf, 2017-2018

Each term as head of school at Phillips Academy, I’ve put out a series of books for the faculty to enjoy. Colleagues are free to keep the books, pass them along to others, or bring them back to the bookshelf … Continue…
Feb 26
School heads stand in solidarity, call for action against gun violence

School heads stand in solidarity, call for action against gun violence

Gun violence must be addressed urgently. I can think of no topic more worthy of our nation’s leaders’ time and focus. Today, I join with fellow heads of school comprising the Eight Schools Association in…

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Et Seq. - The Harvard Law School…

Et Seq. - The Harvard Law School Library Blog

Covers library legal issues, legal information sources, and notices for the Harvard Law community. From the law librarians of Harvard Law School.

http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/

Jun 22
852 RARE: From Paper Plates to Sticky Notes, Documenting Student Activism

852 RARE: From Paper Plates to Sticky Notes, Documenting Student Activism

Historical & Special Collections (HSC) has been working hard since the spring of 2016 to collect material that helps tell the story of student life at Harvard Law School (HLS), most recently in the form of the HLS Community Capture…
Jun 15
Renovations update and photo

Renovations update and photo

We promised you a peek at an architectural rendering of the spaces we are renovating (see here for an overview and FAQ). Here’s a rendering of a portion of the 3rd floor north, which will be home to our research librarians, Teaching,…
Jun 13
Thoughts on Library Research Guide

Thoughts on Library Research Guide

Since I came back to the law library from my professional development leave, I have been looking at and thinking about the research guides I have written here. (You can view the list of them…

Rank this Week: 90

The Harvard Law School Corporate…

The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog

Covers boards of directors, corporate elections, executive compensation, practice insights, legal developments, securities regulation, and Sarbanes-Oxley. Sponsored by the HLS Corporate Governance Program.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov

Jun 23
Chairman Clayton Testimony on the Oversight of the SEC

Chairman Clayton Testimony on the Oversight of the SEC

Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today [June 21, 2018] about the work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). With a workforce of over 4,500 staff…
Jun 23
REIT M&A in a Complex Market

REIT M&A in a Complex Market

We offer some quick observations from recent REIT deal activity, with a more fulsome discussion in our attached updated playbook: N A V are the three most misunderstood letters in the REIT lexicon, often viewed doubly incorrectly as both a…
Jun 22
Gender Quotas on California Board

Gender Quotas on California Board

California could become the first state in the nation to enact legislation promoting gender diversity in corporate boardrooms. On May 31, 2018, the State Senate of California passed a bill that would require public companies headquartered in…

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Info/Law

Covers information, law, and the law of information. By Professors William McGeveran, Derek Bambauer and Tim Armstrong.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw

Apr 10
Prof. Michael Risch on “Paths or Fences”

Prof. Michael Risch on “Paths or Fences”

Professor Michael Risch, of Villanova (congrats Wildcats, BTW!), has a review of “Paths or Fences: Patents, Copyrights, and the Constitution” up at Written Description. “Well-reasoned” is about the nicest thing one can…
Mar 29
Paths or Fences: Patents, Copyrights, and the Constitution

Paths or Fences: Patents, Copyrights, and the Constitution

I have a draft article up on SSRN, titled “Paths or Fences: Patents, Copyrights, and the Constitution” (forthcoming Iowa Law Review). Here’s the abstract: Congressional power over patents and copyrights flows from the same…
Feb 13
An American served >1 year in prison for conduct that is 100% legal in Europe. But it’s not drugs. It’s copyright. Here’s why it matters.

An American served >1 year in prison for conduct that is 100% legal in Europe. But it’s not drugs. It’s copyright. Here’s why it matters.

The Administration is receiving some unusual advice from the content industries as it undertakes to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It’s not surprising that content providers would weigh in, given the…

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Harvard JD Admissions

The Official JD Admissions Blog at Harvard Law School.

http://hls.harvard.edu/dept/jdadmissions/admission-hls/admission-hls-blog-posts/

Jun 6
Inside the Black Box: The Admissions Proce

Inside the Black Box: The Admissions Proce

This post is part of a series that will help to demystify the black box of HLS Admissions. In another post, you got to know the admissions team. In this post, you will learn more about the application review process. As promised, here is…
Nov 7
Getting to Know You: Memme Onwudiwe

Getting to Know You: Memme Onwudiwe

Memme Onwudiwe is a 2L at Harvard Law School. Born in Xenia, Ohio to Nigerian and Ghanaian parents, Memme graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2015. At HLS, Memme is involved with the Harvard Innovation Lab, the Harvard African Law…
Nov 7
Getting to Know You: Memme Onwudiwe

Getting to Know You: Memme Onwudiwe

Memme Onwudiwe is a 2L at Harvard Law School. Born in Xenia, Ohio to Nigerian and Ghanaian parents, Memme graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2015. At HLS, Memme is involved with the Harvard Innovation Lab, the Harvard African Law…

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Digital Media Law Project Blog

Covers defamation, anonymity, copyright, trademark, SLAPP and other online journalism legal topics. By the Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

http://www.dmlp.org/

Jun 24
Seven Years of Serving and Studying the Legal Needs of Digital Journalism

Seven Years of Serving and Studying the Legal Needs of Digital Journalism

We have some important news to share from the Digital Media Law Project. After seven years of providing legal assistance to independent journalism through various methods, the DMLP will soon spin off its most effective initiatives and cease…
Jun 24
Seven Years of Serving and Studying the Legal Needs of Digital Journalism

Seven Years of Serving and Studying the Legal Needs of Digital Journalism

We have some important news to share from the Digital Media Law Project. After seven years of providing legal assistance to independent journalism through various methods, the DMLP will soon spin off its most effective initiatives and cease…
Jun 24
Seven Years of Serving and Studying the Legal Needs of Digital Journalism

Seven Years of Serving and Studying the Legal Needs of Digital Journalism

We have some important news to share from the Digital Media Law Project. After seven years of providing legal assistance to independent journalism through various methods, the DMLP will soon spin off its most effective initiatives and cease…

Rank this Week: 632

Harvard Law and Policy Review

Focuses on promoting scholarship with practical application to societal challenges. Official Journal of the American Constitution Society.

http://harvardlpr.com/

May 29
Obama and the Good Old Days of Federal Prosecution?

Obama and the Good Old Days of Federal Prosecution?

By David Patton* These days as a federal public defender, I’m often asked some version of, “Aren’t federal prosecutions horribly unfair and draconian now that Jeff Sessions is heading the Department of Justice?” I…
May 22
Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions are Critical, but Are They Enough?

Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions are Critical, but Are They Enough?

By Melissa Garlick* Three militia members from southwest Kansas were recently convicted on federal civil rights charges and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction for targeting Somali Muslim immigrants for a plan of mass murder in…
May 17
Epistemic Humility as a Presidential Virtue

Epistemic Humility as a Presidential Virtue

By Mark Satta* There are a lot of traits worth wanting in a political leader—relevant experience, good public speaking skills, strong critical thinking skills, a charming personality, empathy, tact, wisdom, diligence, willingness to…

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MediaBerkman

Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Podcast.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman

Dec 15
Radio Berkman 238: Fake News & How To Stop It

Radio Berkman 238: Fake News & How To Stop It

Listen: or download | …also in Ogg Even before Election Day, 2016, observers of technology & journalism were delivering warnings about the spread of fake news. Headlines like “Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald…
Dec 15
Radio Berkman 238: Fake News & How To Stop It

Radio Berkman 238: Fake News & How To Stop It

Listen: or download | …also in Ogg Even before Election Day, 2016, observers of technology & journalism were delivering warnings about the spread of fake news. Headlines like “Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald…
May 31
Dalia Topelson Ritvo and Kira Hessekiel: Exploring Corporate Structures and Governance Models for the Open-Source Community

Dalia Topelson Ritvo and Kira Hessekiel: Exploring Corporate Structures and Governance Models for the Open-Source Community

Organizations that develop open source software are often inherently fragmented and loosely-networked, which can make governance and decision-making a challenge. In addition, as the open source community grows and becomes more global, so too…

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Law School Innovation

Covers teaching, curriculum, and classroom technology. Edited by Professors Douglas A. Berman, Anupam Chander, Gene Koo and Mark W. Osler.

http://lsi.typepad.com/lsi/

Sep 3
"Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment ..."

"Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment ..."

Though I have not blogged in this space for a very long time, my own long history here of discussing how I think technologies should be at the center of law school innovation prompted me to want to blog about...
Oct 20
Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budget

Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budget

Legal education is under strain: Fewer people are applying to law school, and those who apply are less qualified. One result of this dynamic is that law schools are admitting fewer students, in order to keep qualifications up, but that...
Sep 19
Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievable

Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievable

One of the things we do well here at St. Thomas is establish mentor relationships for our students with lawyers in the community-- every student has a mentor. Neil Hamilton and Verna Monson have done some significant and important work...

Rank this Week: 1027

Less than the Least

Covers crime and criminal justice (Stuntz), corporate governance, credit, and bankruptcy (Skeel), the culture wars, politics, literature and the arts, and other topics. By Professors David Skeel and William Stuntz.

https://www.law.upenn.edu/blogs/dskeel/

Feb 26
The Latest on Bill and his Work

The Latest on Bill and his Work

Here is a lovely article in the Boston Globe about Bill's rush to finish The Collapse of American Criminal Justice in the final months of his life.Adam Gopnik discusses Bill's book in some detail in the a New Yorker piece...
Feb 26
Odds and Ends--2012

Odds and Ends--2012

In case anyone might be interested, here are a few recent op-eds and articles:Op-Eds:A recent op-ed on the mortgage settlements is here.An op-ed from the beginning of the contraception crisis (before the more recent…
Jan 13
New Book of Essays on Bill's Work

New Book of Essays on Bill's Work

"The Political Heart of Criminal Procedure: Essays on Themes of William J. Stuntz" has just been published by Cambridge University Press: here.  The book is based on the papers written by a number of the…

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