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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
9 months
The HLS community mourns the passing of Charles Ogletree '78, a tireless advocate for civil rights, equality, human dignity and social justice, and a long-serving faculty member who made a monumental impact on Harvard Law School. We send our condolences to his family and friends.
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@Harvard_Law
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Welcome to campus, LL.M. Class of 2024! 👋
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
10 years
You are all nerds who are going to make some serious bank -- @mindykaling #HLS2014
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@Harvard_Law
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2 years
Lani Guinier was the first African-American woman to be tenured and a monumental presence at Harvard Law School. She devoted her life to justice, equality, empowerment, and democracy.
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@Harvard_Law
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Before coming to Harvard Law, Destiny Ogedegbe LL.M. '23 founded a non-profit focused on stimulating intellectual endeavors and promoting education in Africa.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
"There are times when circumstances may call on you to risk your career in favor of your principles. But you--and our country--will be better for it. You can go elsewhere for a job, but you cannot go elsewhere for a soul." -- @JeffFlake #HLS2018
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@Harvard_Law
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@Harvard_Law
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3 years
President Biden appointed 16 members of the Harvard Law School community — seven faculty and nine alumni — to a new presidential commission on the Supreme Court
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
4 years
The Harvard Law School community mourns the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-’58, whose lifelong fight for equal rights helped pave the way for women to take on high-profile roles in business, government, the military, and the Supreme Court
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
HLS Student Government, @HarvardBLSA and @WLAHarvard hosted a confirmation watch party for Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 this afternoon
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Happy New Year 🎊
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
4 years
This Maryland man was a sanitation worker. Now he is accepted to Harvard Law School.
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Harvard Law School
2 years
“Don't spend your life doing things that don't move your soul. Moving your soul is totally worth it.” — Senator Elizabeth Warren #hls2020 #hls2021
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
9 years
HLS is digitizing its entire collection of U.S. case law, will be available for free online
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
Ziwe Fumudoh, a comedian, writer, and TikTok celebrity, headlined a campus-wide talk, replete with humor and challenging questions. Touching on the current state of media and news consumption, Ziwe asked students: “In a post-truth culture, what is the truth?”
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
Bright, beautiful day for the last day of classes 📚
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
10 months
It’s a perfect day for a stroll by Langdell Hall ☀️
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
Happy birthday to James Bass ’34, Harvard Law School’s oldest living alumnus! Mr. Bass turned 108 yesterday and last month celebrated the birth of his first great-great grandchild.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
First snow of the season ❄️
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Congratulations Harvard Law School Class of 2022 🎓 🎊
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
4 years
Zero-L—Harvard Law's pre-term course designed to provide incoming students with the foundational knowledge that will enable them to thrive at HLS—will be made available to law schools around the country for free this year
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
4 years
In a new book, @jacklgoldsmith and Bob Bauer analyze the Trump administration and propose the first major reform agenda for the nation’s highest office since Watergate
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Get outside today for a study break, or to study, or to celebrate the end of the semester 😎
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
January snow in Cambridge ❄️ Photos: Martha Stewart
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@Harvard_Law
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3 years
Hints of spring at Harvard Law School
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
7 years
Scalia family donates late justice’s papers to Harvard Law School Library @hlslib
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
9 months
Banners are going up across campus as we get ready to start welcoming new students on Monday!
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@Harvard_Law
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5 years
In a talk at HLS, U.S. Rep. @joekennedy ’09 called for a new national economic agenda based on “moral capitalism” that addresses the needs of embattled workers
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
Fighting for the underdog: In a single day last semester, students in HLS’s Consumer Protection Clinic helped eliminate $10,000 in debt for community members.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Welcome LL.M.s!!! #HLS2023
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Another beautiful fall day in Cambridge #HarvardInAutumn
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Austin Hall #HarvardInSpring
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@Harvard_Law
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3 years
Scenes from move in — welcome first year students!!
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@Harvard_Law
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2 years
Congratulations to Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96, sworn in today as the 116th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Harvard Law School
2 years
Spring has blossomed outside Langdell #HarvardInSpring
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@Harvard_Law
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5 years
Watch: Bryan Stevenson ’85 discusses the legacy of slavery and the vision behind creating the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery Alabama
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
The Class of 2018, on its way to Harvard Yard for Commencement 🎓 #HLS2018 #Harvard18
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2 years
Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96, a D.C. appeals court judge and Harvard Law School alumna, would be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
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Harvard Law School
2 years
Post-blizzard snow scenes ❄️
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
“If we want to ensure that people have access to justice, that means that we have to ensure that they have access to cases. The text of cases is the law.” via @thecrimson @caselawaccess
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Scenes from J.D. orientation #HLS2024
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
Supreme Court Cases Support Obstruction Charges Against the President: @alexgwhiting via @just_security
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Still celebrating the Class of 2022 🎊
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@Harvard_Law
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3 years
Spectacular fall day in Cambridge ☀️ #HarvardInAutumn
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
5 years
Algorithms and their unintended consequences for the poor @BKCHarvard
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
7 years
Congratulations to ImeIme Umana ’18, the 131st president of @HarvLRev
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
8 years
The roots of America’s mass-incarceration policies are tangled in history, politics, social conflict & inequality
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will teach seminars and reading groups, write, and produce scholarship
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Social media is hurting people, society, even entire systems of government in ways unforeseen 20 years ago. What, if anything, can or should be done?
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Celebrating #HLS2020 and #HLS2021 🎊
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Julián Castro ’00 has been named the Klinsky Professor of Practice for Leadership and Progress. This fall he'll teach a class on the challenges and opportunities of urban communities. Castro stopped by HLS earlier this week to meet with students.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Weekend snow outside Austin Hall
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Spring still blooming outside Hastings Hall #HarvardInSpring
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
Spotted over HLS 🌈🌈
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Happy #PiDay 🥧
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
10 years
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
“If you want to continue living in a democracy, that is not a spectator sport...You need to act as if your contributions will make a difference because collectively, I think that is very true.”
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
It's move-in day for 1Ls! Welcome to HLS!
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Good morning 💻 📚 ☕️
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
5 years
At HLS, @zittrain and @facebook 's Mark Zuckerberg discuss encryption, ‘information fiduciaries’ and targeted advertisements (VIDEO)
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
Academy-award winning actress, advocate, and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh, whose performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” is this year’s Class Day speaker.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
Enjoy a look back at 2022 with our year in photos at Harvard Law School.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
It's starting 🍁 🍂 #FirstDayOfFall
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@Harvard_Law
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1 year
Commencement 2023 is here! #hls2023
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@Harvard_Law
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1 year
"Today you graduate … stay loose, be smart, and go with love ... and then leap. And then leap again. And then leap again." Harvard Law School enjoyed spending the afternoon with actress and activist Michelle Yeoh at Class Day 2023. #hls2023 @HLSAPALSA
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
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“Charles was a tireless advocate for civil rights, equality, human dignity, and social justice. He changed the world in so many ways, and he will be sorely missed in a world that very much needs him."
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
9 months
A friendly competition between four Harvard Law students in 1960 has grown into the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
One week ago 🎓 #HLS2022
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
9 months
We’re thrilled to welcome new students from around the globe this week who are joining our one-year Master of Laws graduate program. Check out some quick facts about the incoming LL.M. Class of 2024!
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
"Law school is still, and I hope will continue to be, less a trade school and more an intellectual journey that aims to prepare students for doing law in a way worthy of a society we want to live in"
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Congratulations to Hassaan Shahawy ’22, the 135th president of the @HarvLRev
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
If you're in the Northeast, you might need this today 🥶
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
10 years
Has the US legal system always been such a joke? @VICE asks @NoahRFeldman http://t.co/FfAmXZNIS6
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
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Holmes Field was filled with new J.D. and LL.M. students this week for a sunny welcome picnic! ☀️
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
That's a wrap on Commencement 2023! Congratulations to our 700+ J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. graduates. Take a look back at just a few of the highlights in our photo gallery. #hls2023
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
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Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein '78 has written on topics ranging from behavioral economics and impeachment to the Beatles and Star Wars.
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Harvard Law School
1 year
From the archives: Ice skating outside the student center ⛸
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More than 200 students, faculty, and administrators gathered to celebrate the convergence of Passover, Ramadan, and Lent. The Jewish, Muslim and Catholic law students associations co-hosted an Interfaith holiday dinner where they shared their respective traditions together.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
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Michelle Yeoh, Oscar-winning actress, advocate, and UN Goodwill ambassador, offered the Class of 2023 some advice during the Class Day celebration. “Learning how to fall teaches you how to land. And learning to land gives you the courage to jump higher.”
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
5 years
It's Commencement Day! #HLS2019
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Harvard Law School
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Happy first day of winter at Harvard Law School! #HarvardInWinter
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@Harvard_Law
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9 months
Incoming graduate students represent a historic landmark as we commemorate 100 years of the Harvard Law School LL.M. program.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Dean John F. Manning ’85 today announced a new law school shield. The new design features Harvard’s traditional motto, veritas (Latin for truth) and the Latin phrase lex et iustitia, or law and justice.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
1 year
Happy winter break ❄️ ☕️ 🍪
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Property law scholar @mollyxbrady named a professor of law. She joined the Harvard Law School faculty as assistant professor of law in 2019.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Early December afternoon #HarvardInAutumn 🍁
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
5 years
Fall classes begin today. Welcome back!!
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@Harvard_Law
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🎥 From “The Paper Chase” to “Legally Blond,” Harvard Law School has played a part in many popular movies over the years ...
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
9 years
Thousands enroll in Charles Fried’s online contracts class. Watch the intro video! http://t.co/07IGqpG3Bj http://t.co/B0xSj92uvO
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
5 years
Welcome to the new students checking in (and moving in) today! There are 183 LL.M.s, eight new S.J.D. candidates, and 10 international exchange students arriving on campus this week, representing 66 countries and jurisdictions. Welcome to HLS!
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
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It is starting to look like spring at Harvard Law School!
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
J.D. Orientation includes section photos in front of Austin Hall 📸 #HLS2025
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
On Thursday, Ketanji Brown Jackson — a 1996 graduate of Harvard Law School — was confirmed as the 116th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
3 years
Springtime at HLS
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Hastings Hall after today's snow
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
New report from @BKCHarvard evaluates the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
2 years
Orientation is hard work #WelcomeToHLS
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@Harvard_Law
Harvard Law School
6 years
The @hlslib is digitizing and making freely accessible online approximately one million pages of documents relating to the Nuremberg Trials. Take a look at the project and its dedicated staff.
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