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Tag: Martha Minow
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Human rights — ‘vision and reality’
Scholars reflect on movement 75 years after landmark document adopted by U.N.
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Committing to good, for good
Martha Minow, chair of the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery implementation committee, talks about the work begun to fulfill the report’s recommendations.
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Time of ‘democracy in crisis’
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund leader urges steps to rescue democracy.
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Dual message of slavery probe: Harvard’s ties inseparable from rise, and now University must act
University leadership accepts recommendations of report with $100 million pledge.
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Revealing webs of inequities rooted in slavery, woven over centuries
Harvard vows long-term commitment to improve lives, futures of descendant communities through research, education, service.
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Lewis, Ong named Carnegie Fellows
Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and Jonathan Corpus Ong were named Andrew Carnegie Fellows today.
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How the government can support a free press and cut disinformation
Harvard Law’s Martha Minow says there are plenty of steps the federal government could take to clean up the flood of disinformation and misinformation.
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An instrumental scientist
Jerome Kagan taught at Harvard for 36 years. He died May 10.
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Initiative on legacy of slavery at Harvard picks up steam
Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery is a new research effort that will drive scholarship and dialogue around the history and enduring legacy of slavery at the University.
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A plea for mercy
Martha Minow discusses her book, “When Should Law Forgive?,” in which she argues for more forgiveness in the law.
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If at first you don’t succeed…
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan came to HLS to impart words of wisdom and encouragement to first-year law students as one of the highlights of the orientation week.
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Minow named University Professor
Human rights expert Martha Minow, the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School and a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, has been named a University Professor, Harvard’s highest faculty honor.
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Time off from Harvard helped her thrive
Jee always knew she would take time off from her studies. What she didn’t know was how her time away from Cambridge would help her “fall back in love with Harvard,” and define her future path.
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Thurgood Marshall: The soundtrack of their lives
Five former law clerks of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall took part in a panel discussion at Harvard Law School about his life and legacy.
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Diplomacy in a changing world
At a time when American commitments to major global institutions and agreements are a hot issue around the world, the Harvard Marshall Forum celebrated the legacy of one of America’s greatest humanitarian outreach efforts: the Marshall Plan, $13 billion in U.S. aid to a faltering Western Europe after World War II.
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John Manning to lead Harvard Law School
John Manning, the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law and deputy dean at Harvard Law School, an eminent public-law scholar with expertise in statutory interpretation and structural constitutional law, will become the School’s next dean on July 1.
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Stepping down and speaking up
In an interview with the Gazette, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow reflects on her eight years leading the School.
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An active role for the Divinity School
A panel at Harvard Divinity School included the deans of the Law School, Business School, and Ed School. The focus was how the Divinity School could be of assistance.
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Fake news is giving reality a run for its money
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow moderated a Berkman Klein forum titled “Fake News, Concrete Responses: At the Nexus of Law, Technology, and Social Narratives.”
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Law School receives Scalia papers
The family of the late, influential Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has donated his papers to the Harvard Law School Library.
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Minow to step down as Law School dean
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow announced she will step down at the end of this academic year. With a focus on access to justice, public service, and entrepreneurship, Minow guided the School in new directions to prepare lawyers for challenges and opportunities brought by globalization and a changing legal profession.
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The makings of Merrick Garland
Addressing the incoming class at Harvard Law School on Friday, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland ’74, J.D. ’77, recalled how, as a federal prosecutor, he helped convict the Oklahoma…
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Justice in moderation
In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe explains how Merrick Garland’s long service as a U.S. appeals court judge makes him a well-vetted candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Death of a judicial giant
Harvard reacts to the death of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
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A national wave hits Harvard
Issues of race and inclusion prompted fresh discussion across the University last week, and police probed an act of vandalism at the Law School.
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An inside view from Powell, complete with regrets
Retired four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell expanded on the “intensely human experience” of high-level negotiations in a conversation at HLS.
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‘Free the Law’ will provide open access to all
A collaboration between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law has created a program called “Free the Law,” which will make American law open and publicly available to anyone with Internet access for the first time in history.
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Kennedy assails prison shortcomings
During an appearance at Harvard Law School, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy criticized the shortcomings of the American prison system, citing its “ongoing injustice.”
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A focus on food
The Harvard Food Law Society and the Food Literacy Project hosted the “Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System” at Harvard Law School (HLS).
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After Ferguson, the ripples across Harvard
Students across Harvard channel energy and anger from last semester’s “Black Lives Matter” protests into a call for discussions and changes at home.
