Harvard Law School
Law school of Harvard University in Cambridge
Follow Harvard Law School on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| 2025 | An original copy of the Magna Carta was discovered, which had been kept in Harvard's library for nearly 80 years. |
| 2025 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'Rat(a)(2)(E)', a legal humor show |
| 2024 | Max Parody leads the Parody Board and stars as Public Health Barbie, facilitating a vaccine drive in the third minute of Scene 1. |
| November 10 2024 | Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud concluded his term as Chief Justice of India. |
| March 14 2024 | John C. P. Goldberg began serving as acting dean of Harvard Law School. |
| March 3 2024 | Harvard Law School Parody show 'Barbrie' concludes, featuring cameos by Professors Richard Lazarus, Jim Greiner, and Molly Brady, and Chief Admissions Officer Kristi Jobson. |
| February 29 2024 | Harvard Law School Parody show 'Barbrie' begins, running from February 29 through March 3, with a Barbie-themed performance that sold out all five shows. |
| 2023 | Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, passes away after a long career |
| 2023 | Harvard Law School was ranked fifth best law school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and first in the world by QS World University Rankings. |
| 2023 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'Scooby Due Process', a legal-themed comedy show |
| 2022 | Jack Schlossberg graduates with a JD-MBA and becomes an American writer. |
| 2022 | Alvin Bragg begins serving as New York County District Attorney |
| 2022 | Tuition for the 2022–2023 school year was set at $72,430 for a 9-month term, with an additional mandatory student health fee of $1,304, bringing total direct costs to $73,734. |
| 2022 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'CRuPAC to the Future', a humorous legal parody |
| November 2022 | Harvard Law School jointly decided with Yale Law School to withdraw from the U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools rankings, criticizing the ranking system's methodology. |
| November 9 2022 | Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud began serving as the 50th Chief Justice of India. |
| 2021 | Vjosa Osmani became the 5th President of Kosovo, after completing her LLM in 2005 and SJD in 2015 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. |
| 2021 | Ron Klain became White House Chief of Staff, serving in this role from 2021 onwards. |
| 2021 | Total cost of attendance, including tuition, fees, and living expenses, was calculated at $104,200 for the 2021–2022 academic year. |
| 2021 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'HLSNL and LEXISNETFLIX', a creative legal comedy |
| August 23 2021 | A new emblem for Harvard Law School was approved by the Harvard Corporation. The new design features Harvard's traditional motto and incorporates symbolic radial lines representing the school's global reach, dynamism, and inclusive mission. |
| 2020 | Martin S. Fox passes away. |
| 2020 | Harvard Law School reported that 86.8% of graduates were employed in bar passage required jobs, with an additional 5.3% in J.D. advantage jobs, highlighting the school's strong employment outcomes for recent graduates. |
| 2020 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'The Good Place...Just Outside of Boston', a comedic legal performance |
| 2019 | Harvard Law School was ranked first in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. |
| 2019 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'Amenders: Indemnity War...in the Age of Joltron', a legal humor show |
| November 2019 | Harvard announced a working group would develop a new law school emblem to replace the Royall family coat of arms. |
| 2018 | Andrew Cheung Kui-nung was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong. |
| 2018 | David Peyman began serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions |
| 2018 | Adrian Perkins begins serving as Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana |
| 2018 | Mike Pompeo became Secretary of State, serving in this role until 2021. |
| 2018 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'Lord of the Deans: The Return of the Ranking', a comedic legal performance |
| 2017 | John F. Manning became dean, serving from 2017 to 2024. |
| 2017 | Josh Gottheimer begins serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey |
| 2017 | Mike Pompeo was appointed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, serving until 2018. |
| 2017 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'Harry Palsgraf in Fantastic Briefs and Where to File Them', a legal comedy referencing Harry Potter |
| September 2017 | Harvard Law School unveiled a plaque acknowledging the indirect role played by slavery in its history. |
| January 3 2017 | Martha Minow announced she would conclude her tenure as dean at the end of the academic year. |
| 2016 | A. J. Delgado served as senior advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign and was a member of the Trump transition team |
| 2016 | Sylvester Turner becomes mayor of Houston, serving until 2024 |
| 2016 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'Law Wars: Attack of the Loans', a humorous legal parody |
| March 15 2016 | Harvard Law School's historical coat of arms was officially retired by the Harvard Corporation after concerns about the Royall family's slave ownership history. The decision was made by the university president and law school dean following a committee's recommendation. |
| January 2016 | Kapil Sibal became a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh). |
| 2015 | Jorge Elorza begins serving as Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island |
| 2015 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'Beauty v. The Beast', a creative legal-themed comedy |
| 2014 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'The Lawyer King: The Circle of Law', a legal humor performance |
| January 2014 | Kapil Sibal concluded his tenure holding various ministerial posts. |
| 2013 | Mike Feuer begins serving as Los Angeles City Attorney |
| 2013 | Joaquin Castro begins serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas |
| 2013 | Harvard Law School Parody performed 'The Wizard of Laws', a comedic legal parody |
|
We are only showing the most recent entries for this topic. |
|
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Harvard Law School, University of Pittsburgh School of Law alumni, List of Harvard Law School alumni, Harvard Law School Parody & List of deans of Harvard Law School, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.