Navigating Capitol Hill: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Aisle

Join us for a discussion with Democrat Donald Sherman, Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee (and 2017-2018 Wasserstein Fellow), and Republican Carter Burwell, Senate Judiciary Committee, about working across the aisle and preparing for a career on Capitol Hill.

Conservative/Libertarian Job Search Lunch

Please join OPIA Attorney Advisor Ginny Greiman to learn about career paths for students interested in  working on behalf of conservative/libertarian causes. Attorney Greiman will discuss how you can take advantage of the numerous resources that exist at Harvard for enriching your knowledge of conservative public interest law, as well as summer and post-graduate opportunities […]

Open the Books Initiative

Adam Andrzejewski will be discussing his work as founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, the largest private repository of U.S. public-sector spending. To date, OpenTheBooks.com has captured 3.5 billion government-spending records, including nearly all disclosed federal government spending since 2000; 48 of 50 state checkbooks; and expenditures in 60,000 localities across America. In 2016, OpenTheBooks.com exposed […]

Fighting for Access to Justice in the Halls of Congress: Reps. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) & Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) on Civil Legal Aid

The co-founders of the bipartisan Congressional Access to Legal Services Caucus, Reps. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) and Susan W. Brooks (R-IN), come to Harvard Law School to talk about the importance of funding for civil legal aid for impoverished Americans. Free and open to the public. Pizza will be provided. Follow on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/783182571866385 Contact […]

Does the Constitution Prohibit Abortion?

WCC 3019

What is the constitutional status of abortion under an originalist understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment? In a recent Note for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Josh Craddock ('18) argues that the Fourteenth Amendment affirmatively protects prenatal life. Josh will summarize his research and present his argument for why the Constitution prohibits abortion, before […]