This article was written by Law & Social Change Fellows Kayleigh Hasson ([email protected]), Katherine Owojori ...

The Harvard Law Record has permitted the author to publish anonymously due to credible risks to their safety in the current political climate. Long before I enrolled in law school, I opened my notes ...

As a doctrine more focused on form than substance, Civil Procedure is generally regarded as “separate from politics” or without controversy by law students. Ibrahim Bharmal, HLS/HKS ‘25, saw something ...

In the late 1970s, I had lunch with the head of the Internal Revenue Service. I broached a subject long on my mind: “I have been told that the section on insurance in the tax code is so complex that ...

At their best, academic institutions are spaces that facilitate the free flow of ideas, debate, and dissent. At their worst, academic institutions foreclose the possibility of these fruitful exchanges ...

Attending Harvard Law School has provided me with numerous mentorship opportunities. Clubs routinely provide mentorship pairings between students and alumni. For instance, I was paired with a lawyer ...

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT of Lea Kayali, HLS ’24, speaking at a rally of student organizers in Belinda Hall at Harvard Law School on March 29th, 2024. A few dozen law students gathered to celebrate the passage ...

I recently had a phone call with a first year law student who had been offered a summer job at a prestigious law firm, but the offer would expire in less than two weeks. She had requested an extension ...

UPDATE: This article did not initially reflect that the two emails shared by Mr. Kline were initially received by an indeterminate number of HLS students via their spam inbox. Subsequent to this, it ...

Students at the annual Student Activities Fair. Photo by T. Maquiling. As the scholastic, career and recreational needs of the massive HLS student body evolve from year to year, new student groups ...

The Office of Career Services, where most students receive advising about their entrance into Big Law. (T. Maquiling, 2025) A Harvard Law School student (referred to as “JDX”) has alleged that the Eli ...

Editor’s Note: a number of HL Record members signed this compact. Early Interview Program (“EIP”) is Harvard’s signature law firm recruiting event, where more than 700 law firm offices from across the ...