Monday, June 22, 2020
“Research shows us that even in normal times, constant exposure to negative news can have a heavy impact on our mental health. In the midst of an unprecedented health and humanitarian crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, people are not only faced with new challenges in their work and personal lives but also subjected to a constant barrage […]
Friday, May 15, 2020
“The Sacks-Freund Award recognizes a single faculty member each year for their teaching ability, attentiveness to student concerns, and contributions to student life at HLS. The Class of 2020 selected Professor David B. Wilkins ‘80, recognizing that “Professor Wilkins makes his courses interesting, inspiring, and enjoyable. Not only does he teach students about the past, […]
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
“Each year, LSA honors people whose contributions significantly helped to develop the association through sustained commitment to its mission and legacy, extensive service or scholarly publications that made a lasting contribution to LSA. This year’s Legacy Award winners include Carroll Seron (University of California-Irvine), Keith Hawkins (University of Oxford), Malcolm M. Feeley (University of California-Berkeley), […]
Saturday, April 25, 2020
On April 23, 2020 the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession for a Book Launch of Professor Richard Susskind’s latest book, Online Courts and the Future of Justice (Oxford University Press, 2019). On behalf of the Center on the Legal Profession, we want to thank all who attended. If you missed, want to […]
Saturday, April 25, 2020
“Governments and publics are increasingly asking that tech companies work to address the challenges and adapt to the changes technology has unleashed, from digital security to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the core of these new expectations is the sense that world-changing technologies must be governed in accordance with a broad ethic of […]
Friday, April 24, 2020
“The scale of Covid-19 pandemic’s impact is fully sinking in. Organizations of all types are feeling the pressure to simultaneously wrestle with surviving the immediate crisis and planning for a radically changed future. How do they share the economic pain among stakeholders? How should they revamp their supply chains in order to make them more resilient? How do […]
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
“Without a boost in Asian American enrollment in law schools, the number of such lawyers in the United States will stagnate by 2030 after four decades of growth. That’s the key takeaway from a new article by California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu and two 2019 Yale Law School graduates—Miranda Li and Phillip Yao—set […]
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The newest issue of The Center on the Legal Profession’s digital publication, The Practice, is now available. The issue’s theme is “Approaching Lawyer Well-Being.” It includes a lead article by Jarrod F. Reich titled, “Capitalizing on Healthy Lawyers: The Business Case for Law Firms to Promote and Prioritize Lawyer Well-Being”, supporting articles titled “Piecing It […]
Thursday, April 2, 2020
“Before the COVID-19 crisis hit, most companies were already suffering from the dark side of collaboration: over-committed organizations, with people stretched thin across multiple teams and projects at once. Now with the shock of coronavirus, leaders need strategies to help their teams stay focused on preserving business momentum while working from home.” Watch the webinar here. […]
Thursday, April 2, 2020
“We suddenly find ourselves in a dire and unexpected crisis. A lethal, novel virus is spreading like wildfire around the world, leading to social policy decisions that radically change the way we work and live, which in turn are wreaking havoc with the world economy and financial markets, and having other grave consequences…I have decided to […]