The Harvard Law Forum

10/21/2019

Join the Harvard Law Forum for a week of prison abolition programming! Highlights:

TOMORROW, Monday at 12pm in WCC 1010: Come to the release party for our new report The Harvard-to-Prison Pipeline! Cake will be served, then we'll deliver the report to President Bacow's office.

TUESDAY, Oct. 22 at 12:05pm in WCC B015: The Investor's Perspective on divestment, from Pat Tomaino, the Director of Socially Responsible Investing at Zevin Asset Management.

WED, Oct. 23 at 12pm, WCC B010: Office hours! Come ask the HPDC anything!

WED, Oct. 23 at 6pm, WCC B010: The Jewish Case for Divestment. Never Again means NOW!

THURSDAY, Oct. 24 at 7pm, WCC 3019: Derecka's Prison Abolition Workshop. Harvard alum and abolitionist helps us imagine a world without cages.

FRIDAY, Oct 25 at 12pm, WCC 3019: Jaclyn Friedman and Jews Against ICE. Arrested in the "Jews Against Ice" protests, Jaclyn will speak about the importance of protest and the resistance.

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The Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign has a week of scheduled programming for Oct. 21 to 25, 2019. Food/Lunch/Dinner provided at all events. Please see below for the updated schedule: REPORT RELEASE PARTY Monday, October 21, 2019, 12pm, Law School WCC 1010 Come join the writers of the report in cel...

03/05/2019

This past weekend, we uploaded about 100 old audio files from The Forum to Youtube so the public can enjoy them. Touring around the old speeches is a tour of late-20th century history: From Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez to Dr. Ruth and Vince McMahon; from pre-SCOTUS RBG to pre-Mayor Rudy Giuliani; from a discussion on the growing AIDS epidemic to a discussion on the rise of second-wave feminism with Betty Friedan and Pauli Murray. Enjoy:

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04/05/2018

The Harvard Law Forum finishes its 2017-2018 season with four final events in the coming two weeks:

On Tuesday, April 10: Policing Identity in Trump's America: Briahna Joy Gray at HLS

On Wednesday, April 11: Donald Trump's Reactionary Mind: Corey Robin at Harvard Law

On Thursday, April 12: Jane McAlevey at HLS—Building Worker Power in the New Gilded Age

And then on April 18: Courage and the Constitution: Aishwary Kumar at Harvard Law

All events are free, open to the public, with lunch provided.

03/31/2018

To finish the year off right, we've got some great guests coming to The Harvard Law Forum. Hope you can come to some:

This Monday, April 2, in Langdell North: Congressman Keith Ellison at The Harvard Law Forum

This Tuesday, April 3 in WCC 1023: Legal Resistance to Trump: Joshua Matz at The Harvard Law Forum

This Thursday, April 5 in WCC 1015: A Post-Trump Agenda for a Divided America: Isabel Sawhill at HLS

April 10 in WCC 1010: Policing Identity in Trump's America: Briahna Joy Gray at HLS

April 11 in WCC 1010: Donald Trump's Reactionary Mind: Corey Robin at Harvard Law

April 12 in WCC 1010: Jane McAlevey at HLS—Building Worker Power in the New Gilded Age