Harvard National Security & Law Association

National Security Course Offerings

School Course Title Professor Day/Time Credits Comments
HLS National Security Law Mr. James Baker Th 5:00 – 7:00 pm 2 Enrollment is by permission of instructor. Interested students should email a CV and statement of interest to Mr. Baker [SEE COURSE CATALOG FOR EMAIL].
HLS Crimmigration: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Immigration Law Mr. Philip Torrey Th 9:30 – 11:30am 2
HLS Complex Federal Investigations Mr. John Gleeson W 1:00 – 3:00pm 2
HLS Why Our Failure to Confront Hard Legal and Policy Questions Makes Us Less Safe The Honorable Jane Harman Th 3:00 – 6:00pm 1 This reading group will meet for four 3-hour sessions on the following dates: 9/17 and 9/24, 10/1 and 10/8
HLS Protecting Consumer Data Privacy in an Era of Digital Risk Ms. Sara Cable W 5:00 – 7:00pm 1 Reading group
HLS Constitutional Issues In the Military Justice System Judge Margaret Ryan, Mr. Liam Hardy F 9:30 – 11:30am 2 LLMs must have taken or be concurrently enrolled in Constitutional Law or Federal Courts. For students who may have taken applicable courses elsewhere, permission to waive the requisite is required.
HLS / HKS Geopolitics, Human Rights, and the Future of Statecraft Amb. Samantha Power M, W 10:15 – 11:30am 2
HLS Abraham Lincoln as Constitutional Theorist Professor Sanford Levinson T 5:00 – 7:00pm 1 Reading group
HLS The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Professor Jonathan Zittrain M 5:00 – 7:00pm 1 Reading group
HLS Cyberlaw Clinic & Seminar Professor Christopher Bavitz, Ms. Jessica Fjeld W 1:00 – 3:00pm 2 (class)

3-5 (clinic)

 Clinic
HLS International Human Rights Clinic & Seminar (Armed Conflict and Humanitarian Protection) Ms. Bonnie Docherty T 1:00 – 3:00pm 2 (class)

3-5 (clinic)

 Clinic
HLS / HKS Public Problems: Advice, Strategy, and Analysis Judge David Barron, Professor Archon Fung, Ms. Sarah Wald 2 Instructor permission is required for enrollment. For students who want permission to enroll, please email Professors Barron and Fung expressing why you would like to take the seminar by August 1st. Their emails are [IN THE HLS CATALOG].