Harvard Law School

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Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a highly prestigious and respected American law school with about 2,000 students in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The result: 14 graduates have served on the high court (plus another four justices who attended), more than any other law school. HLS routinely places first or second in various law school rankings, although Yale University has consistently overtaken it in recent years. According to US News and World Report, its entering class boasts the highest LSAT scores in the nation and its graduates have a higher bar passage rate and average salary upon graduation than do graduates of its closest rivals Stanford and Yale.

The school was established in 1817 and has operated continuously since then, affording Harvard bragging rights as the 2nd-oldest law school in the nation. The law school atCollege of William and Mary, founded in 1789, is the oldest in the United States. The current dean of Harvard Law school is Elena Kagan, who took over for Robert Clark in 2003.

1 Berkman Center for Internet & Society
2 Labor & Worklife Program
3 Student activities
4 Notable professors
5 Famous alumni
6 Harvard Law School in popular culture
7 External links

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

The Harvard Law School includes the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, which focuses on the legal study of cyberspace. The Center sponsors conferences, visiting lecturers, and residential fellows. Members of the Center do research and write books, articles, and weblogs with RSS 2.0 feeds, for which the Center holds the specification. The Center's headquarters is a small Victorian wood-frame building next to the bigger brick-and-stone Harvard Law School buildings. Its newsletter, "The Filter", is on the Web and available by e-mail, and it hosts a blog community of Harvard faculty, students and Berkman Center affiliates. The Berkman Center is funding the Openlaw project.

see also: prof Jonathan Zittrain

Labor & Worklife Program

The Labor and Worklife Program (LWP) is Harvard University’s forum for research and teaching on the world of work and its implications for society. Located at the Harvard Law School, the LWP brings together scholars and policy experts from a variety of disciplines to analyze critical labor issues in the law, economy, and society. The LWP also provides unique education for labor leaders throughout the world via the oldest executive training program at Harvard University, the Harvard Trade Union Program, founded in 1942. As a multidisciplinary research and policy network, the LWP organizes projects and programs that seek to understand critical changes in labor markets and labor law, and to analyze the role of unions, business, and government as they affect the world of work. By engaging scholars, students, and members of the labor community, the program coordinates legal, educational, and cultural activities designed to improve the quality of work life.

The faculty, staff, and research associates of the Program include some of the nation’s premier scholars of labor studies and an array of internationally renowned intellectuals. The executive training program (HTUP) works closely with trade unions around the world to bring excellence in labor education to trade union leadership. The LWP regularly holds forums, conferences, and discussion groups on labor issues of concern to business, unions, and the government.

Student activities

The Harvard Law School Record
The Women's Law Association

Notable professors

Famous alumni

Image:Hls langdell hall.jpeg See List of notable Harvard Law School graduates.

See also: Harvard University people

Harvard Law School in popular culture

The story of several movies takes partially place at the School. Most of them have scenes filmed on location at or around Harvard University. They include: