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A leading constitutional lawyer shared surprising advice for companies anxious about Trump’s DEI hit list

Start bargaining now and Trump administration will see your company as a soft target, says Kenji Yoshino, an NYU School of Law professor.

Fortune

Harvard Law School's Magna Carta 'copy' bought for $27.50 now believed to be priceless genuine

A manuscript once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world's most valuable documents'', according to two UK academics. It remained tucked away in Harvard Law School library for years, its true identity and value unknown until now.

Euronews

How Harvard unknowingly bought original Magna Carta for $27.50

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Magna Carta ‘copy’ bought for $27.50 now believed to be genuine

The document is over 700 years old

The Independent UK

Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out be extremely rare

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30

The Independent UK

Magna Carta ‘copy’ wrongly catalogued in 1940s found to be original

Tests were carried out on the Harvard Law School Library document and it was confirmed to be an original issue of the Magna Carta from 1300.

Evening Standard

Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say

Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946

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New York plane crash claims lives of high-achieving family celebrating a birthday

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying six members of a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished student-athletes

The Independent UK

Harvard Law School v. Vermeule

Dueling letters from 90+ members of the HLS faculty and Adrian Vermeule

Reason

Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it

What we are currently living through is nothing less than an erasure of the building blocks of our republic – a distortion of what it means to be American

The Guardian - US

Musk-Backed Political Group Blasts Wrong Woman in Attack Ad Meant For Democratic Judge

A political action group linked to billionaire Elon Musk was forced to pull an ad they circulated in Wisconsin after realizing it targeted the wrong person.

Latin Times

Civil Rights Attorney Kiah Duggins Among Victims In Midair Collision

Learn about the life and impactful career of Kiah Duggins, a Harvard Law School graduate and civil rights attorney tragically lost in a midair collision at...

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Reese Witherspoon reveals how Legally Blonde role landed her real life jury part

In the 2001 comedy, the Hollywood actress portrayed sorority girl Elle Woods who gains admittance to Harvard Law School.

Evening Standard

Black, Latino Enrollment at Harvard Law Falls by Half After Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ban

Harvard reps noted that they remain committed to "fostering an on-campus community and a legal profession that reflect numerous dimensions of human experience"

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Comparing Trump's Pardon of Arpaio and Biden's Pardon of Biden

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

The Guardian - US

Why are America’s elite universities so afraid of this scholar’s paper?

The Columbia Law Review website was temporarily shut down after it published a Palestinian human rights lawyer’s article proposing a new way to understand Palestinian life under Israeli rule

The Independent UK

A former Miss America is running for Congress as a pro-choice – and anti-Trump – Republican in North Dakota

Miss America 2018 Cara Mund created shockwaves during her reign after publicly taking pageant leadership to task for bullying and other bad behavior. Now she’s tackling another challenge: running for Congress in her home state of North Dakota as a pro-choice Republican who will not “bow to” Trump, she tells…

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‘Battlelines’ drawn as jury hears opening remarks in Trump hush money case

Opening arguments deliver starkly different portraits of the former US president in historic criminal trial.

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Axios

Sneakers and Bibles: What's behind Trump's growing merch trove

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is facing a cash crunch.

WEKU

Supreme Court will hear challenge to EPA's 'good neighbor' rule that limits pollution

The justices will consider whether to hit pause on a federal rule designed to reduce air pollution that drifts across states and can cause health troubles.

Reason

Universal Injunctions, Congressional Capacity, and Filibuster Reform

Today I participated in a Rappaport Forum discussion at Harvard Law School titled "Rule by One Judge: The Question of Universal Injunctions." My fellow participant was Professor Mila Sohoni, and our moderator was Professor Guy-Uriel Charles. It was an excellent discussion, and you can watch it here. Two of the…

Reason

Antisemitism Lawsuit Filed against Harvard University, Includes Allegations re Harvard Law School

The complaint contains detailed allegations of hostile environment, breach of contract, and disparate treatment. Here is the entire complaint: Kestenbaum v. Harvard (D. Mass. 1-11-24) (complaint) (1) As in previous complaints related to university antisemitism, I find that the strongest claims are that (a) the university refuses to enforce its…

Fortune

How managers can issue a return to office making employees feel untrustworthy

Harvard Law School's Sheila Heen says employers need to think intentionally about why they want staff back in the office.

The Hindu

Even bad Constitution turns out to be good if those running it are good, says CJI; quotes Ambedkar

However bad a Constitution may be, it may turn out to be good if those responsible for its functioning happen to be a “good lot,” Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud said while citing B. R. Ambedkar and hailing his idea of constitutionalism as being responsible for dismantling deeply…

Chicago Sun-Times

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

Charles Ogletree taught Barack and Michelle Obama and represented Tupac Shakur, Anita Hill and survivors of the 1921 massacre of Tulsa’s Black community.

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