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December 12, 2025

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David B. Wilkins on Declining Black HLS Enrollment

July 27, 2025

Lorie Almon, chair and managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, joins Center Advisory Board

June 23, 2025

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American Lawyer

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Robert Couture in American Lawyer

June 17, 2025

A2J Lab Podcast

A2J Lab starts podcast

June 2, 2025

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Wall Street Week, Bloomberg

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David B. Wilkins on alternative business structures

April 9, 2025

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Financial Times

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John Coates on how threats to the rule of law affect business

March 5, 2025

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Forbes

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Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio on Leadership

January 13, 2025

Bloomberg; Reuters

David B. Wilkins on KPMG's expansion of legal services

October 31, 2024

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Harvard Business Review

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Laura Empson on Leading During Uncertainty

September 13, 2024

LCLD blog

David B. Wilkins joins Leadership Council for Legal Diversity (LCLD) summit

August 12, 2024

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Forbes

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David B. Wilkins on PI attorney legal tech startup

June 13, 2024

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Legal Dive

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David B. Wilkins on in-house training programs

June 3, 2024

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Bloomberg Law

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Michele DeStefano on AI, Summer Associates, and Law Firms

May 15, 2024

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CLOC Podcast

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David B. Wilkins on the CLOC Talk Podcast

May 6, 2024

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New York Times

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Fabio de Sa e Silva on Elon Musk and Brazil

May 5, 2024

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HLS Bulletin

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D. Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India's Supreme Court, in the HLS Bulletin

April 30, 2024

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Law360

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Robert Couture on Holwell Shuster

April 14, 2024

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Bloomberg Law

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David B. Wilkins on Term Non-Lawyers

March 7, 2024

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Cambridge News

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Lionel Paolella on inclusive hiring

March 5, 2024

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Bloomberg

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David B. Wilkins on Harvard Law's Black Students

February 15, 2024

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Fortune

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John Coates on Elon Musk and the Delaware Courts

February 14, 2024

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Harvard Law Today

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David B. Wilkins on AI in the Legal Profession

February 5, 2024

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Harvard Gazette

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CLP Advisory Board member Ken Frazier joins Harvard Corporation

January 31, 2024

Center News

Center News

Caroline Potoppidan, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Maersk, joins Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession Advisory Board

January 2, 2024

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Accountancy Age

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Laura Empson on Big Four governance