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Perspective: Harvard’s Affirmative Action Case

Harvard’s Affirmative Action Case Creates Buzz on Campus

Fall 2018 | Julian Nunally

 

As you may have heard, Harvard just recently concluded oral arguments in an affirmative action case brought by an activist organization that is filing suits across the nation attempting to make use of race as a factor in admissions illegal under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. For those who want to follow the case, it is called Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (D. Mass). [Read more…] about Perspective: Harvard’s Affirmative Action Case

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Faculty Spotlight: Professor Nikolas Bowie

Getting to Know Black Faculty at HLS

Fall 2018 | Andrew Gonzales

Professor Nikolas Bowie (JD ’14) is an assistant professor of law at Harvard Law School. This fall, Professor Bowie is teaching a course on Local Government Law. In the spring, he will teach courses on Federal Constitutional Law and State law.

His current scholarship examines the origins of federal and state constitutions in order to protect cities from being subordinated by larger governments. He also engages in scholarship considering why the federal and state constitutions were written down in the first place. [Read more…] about Faculty Spotlight: Professor Nikolas Bowie

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HBLSA Prison Strike Statement

Harvard Black Law Student’s Association Statement on the 2018 National Prison Strike

September 25, 2018

Harvard Law School’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) commits to supporting the efforts of the 2018 National Prison Strike, which started on August 21, 2018 and concluded on September 9, 2018. Our brothers, sisters, and community members in federal, immigration, and state prisons demand the following:

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Celebrating Black Alumni, and Engaging With Activism, at Law School Reunion | News | The Harvard Crimson

When Bishop C. Holifield was a student at Harvard Law School in 1967 at the apex of the civil rights movement, the fledgling organization he had founded—the Harvard Black Law Students Association—had just two members: himself and co-founder Reginald E. Gilliam.

Source: Celebrating Black Alumni, and Engaging With Activism, at Law School Reunion | News | The Harvard Crimson