Winter Term Writing Program: Research/Writing Projects, Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

Research/Writing Projects HLS J.D. and LL.M. students may register for the Winter Term Writing Program and devote Winter Term to intensive, independent research and writing under the supervision of an HLS faculty member. Please see the Winter Term Writing Program information in the HLS Handbook of Academic Policies for more information, including specifics regarding credits, and this … Continue reading Winter Term Writing Program: Research/Writing Projects, Harvard Law School

Harvard Lecture: Evolution of Reformist Islamic Legal Thought

Harvard Law School

"Islamic Legal Realism: Evolution of Reformist Islamic Legal Thought" Havva Guney-Ruebenacker, HLS alum and current fellow at the HLS Program on Law and Social Change in the Muslim World, will speak about what she terms “Islamic legal realism,” seeking to unsettle some established notions of Islamic law. Non-pizza lunch will be served. Location: WCC 4063

HLS Legal History Fellowship

Harvard Law School

Raoul Berger-Mark DeWolfe Howe Legal History Fellowship Harvard Law School invites applications for the Berger-Howe Fellowship for the academic year 2019-2020.  Eligible applicants include those who have a first law degree, who have completed the required coursework for a doctorate, or who have recently been awarded a doctoral degree. A J.D. is preferred, but not … Continue reading HLS Legal History Fellowship

Call for Applications: Salzburg Cutler Fellows in International Law

Harvard Law School

What is the Fellowship? The Salzburg Global Seminar is an independent non-profit designed to create future leaders. It runs the Lloyd Cutler Fellows Program, which brings together 55 of the nation’s top law students for a two-day program with leading academics and practitioners in the fields of private and public international law. The aim is … Continue reading Call for Applications: Salzburg Cutler Fellows in International Law

LUNCH DISCUSSION :: Feminist Voices in Islam: Rethinking Patriarchal Ethics

Harvard Law School

Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Professor of Law, NYU Law School Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School Ziba Mir-Hosseini, a leading scholar of Islamic feminism, will discuss the emerging reformist and feminist voices in Islam and their potential in challenging the long-established classical interpretations of Shari’a and rethinking their underlying patriarchal ethical values and norms, with a particular … Continue reading LUNCH DISCUSSION :: Feminist Voices in Islam: Rethinking Patriarchal Ethics