In reaction to a mass defection of institutions participating in its annual rankings of the best law schools, U.S. News and World Report announced that it will change the methodologies and practices it uses in its evaluations. The media company’s decision is a manifestation of a seismic change in higher education and the legal sector that…
Media Company Bows To Law Schools’ Boycott of Its Annual Best Report
Retired Justice Stephen Breyer to Return to Harvard Law School Faculty
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been appointed as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he previously taught for more than a decade. In a release, the school said 83-year-old Breyer’s appointment at the school as the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process is “effective immediately.” “The Byrne chair, which [Breyer] will…
Harvard’s ‘Lawfare’ Programs Are an Omen of Elections Decided Not at Polls—but in Court
Before the Donald Trump-inspired challenges of the 2020 presidential election, Democrats and liberals alleged fraud and formally contested the results of the 2000, 2004, and 2016 Republican-won presidential elections. Those earlier challenges spurred the creation of a network of election litigators on the left—what J. Christian Adams, a conservative ex-Justice Department attorney pitted against them,…
Harvard Law School Cancels Coat-of-Arms Over Slavery
Commentary Harvard Law School (HLS) has changed its law school heraldry. Members of the HLS Community were recently informed of the adoption of a new shield by John Manning, who is the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law at Harvard. He stated that, “the simple, elegant, and beautiful design of the new…
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