News & Events

Gina Schouten on the Failures of Flexible Work Policies

October 17, 2019

Faculty Commitee member Gina Schouten has a new article in Boston Review titled, "'Flexible' Family Leave is Lousy Feminism." The article is adapted from her new book, Liberalism, Neutrality, and the Gendered Division of Labor. Read more about Gina Schouten on the Failures of Flexible Work Policies

Tim Scanlon on The Good Place and "What We Owe to Each Other"

October 14, 2019

Tim Scanlon discusses NBC's The Good Place and his work, "What We Owe to Each Other," in the Crimson. You can read the full interview here. Read more about Tim Scanlon on The Good Place and "What We Owe to Each Other"

Greg Keating Quoted in the New York Times

October 11, 2019

Greg Keating, Fellow-in-Residence and Professor of Law and Philosophy at USC, is quoted in the Times. The article, "Lil Peep's Mother Sues Manager Over His Death," describes a new suit filed by the rapper's mother, accusing his talent managment agency of being responsible for his death by providing him with a supply of drugs. You can read the article here. Read more about Greg Keating Quoted in the New York Times

Resource-rich Course Website on the History of the Opioid Epidemic

October 11, 2019

Faculty Affiliate Allan Brandt has put together a remarkable course on the history of the opioid epidemic; there is now a public website where you can find student papers from that class, as well as related resources and reading lists. Professor Brandt is a member of the Justice, Health, and Democracy research team, and developed this class in part from the work of that project. We hope you will explore the website of the class,... Read more about Resource-rich Course Website on the History of the Opioid Epidemic

Mike Novogratz on the Need for Pell Grants

October 11, 2019

Advisory Coucil member Mike Novogratz has an op-ed in CNN Business today on the need to reinstate Pell grants for incarcerated individuals. Novogratz is the founding board chair of the Bail Project and a partner in the Justice Reform Alliance; he is also founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital, an investment firm.

You can read his full opinion piece here...

New Review from Gili Kliger in Boston Review

October 10, 2019

Graduate Fellow Gili Kliger has a review of Charles King's book, Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century, in Boston Review today. You can read her review, "Be Not Afraid to Find Them Wanting," here. Read more about New Review from Gili Kliger in Boston Review

New Article from Jake Sherkow in The CRISPR Journal

October 10, 2019

Fellow-in-Residence Jake Sherkow has a new article in The CRISPR Journal, titled "Controlling CRISPR Through Law: Legal Regimes as Precautionary Principles." You can read the article here. Read more about New Article from Jake Sherkow in The CRISPR Journal

8th Grade Civic Education Featured in the Boston Globe

October 9, 2019

Both Meira Levinson and our Democratic Knowledge Project are featured in a recent Boston Globe article about the new 8th-grade civics education requirement in Massachusetts. You can read a little about the work and why it's important in, "... Read more about 8th Grade Civic Education Featured in the Boston Globe

Mary Bassett Interviewed in the Harvard Gazette

October 9, 2019

Dr. Mary Travis Bassett, Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health and member of our Justice, Health, and Democracy Initiative, is interviewed today in the Gazette. Dr. Bassett discusses her upcoming Harvard-University of Michigan summit on the opioid crisis that will take place tomorrow, and the University's efforts to confront opioid use and abuse.

You can read the full interview...

New Paper by Elettra Bietti in Computer Law and Security Review

October 8, 2019

Elettra Bietti (Graduate Fellow 2018-19) has co-authored a paper on the distribution of market power in the adtech ecosystem with Reuben Binns. You can read the full article, "Dissolving Privacy, One Merger at a Time: Competition, Data, and Third Party Tracking," here. Read more about New Paper by Elettra Bietti in Computer Law and Security Review

News & Events

Gina Schouten on the Failures of Flexible Work Policies

Tim Scanlon on The Good Place and "What We Owe to Each Other"

Greg Keating Quoted in the New York Times

Resource-rich Course Website on the History of the Opioid Epidemic

Mike Novogratz on the Need for Pell Grants

New Review from Gili Kliger in Boston Review

New Article from Jake Sherkow in The CRISPR Journal

8th Grade Civic Education Featured in the Boston Globe

Mary Bassett Interviewed in the Harvard Gazette

New Paper by Elettra Bietti in Computer Law and Security Review

Ethics in Your World with Larry Lessig

Civil Disagreement Series with Doris Meissner and Reihan Salam

"Ethics in Your World" Book Series with Arthur Applbaum

2019 George W. Gay Lecture in Medical Ethics with Danielle Allen

Annual Kissel Lecture in Ethics with Pamela Karlan

Public Lecture with Allison Stanger

Civil Disagreement Series with Govind Persad and Paul Farmer

Public Lecture with Laurence Ralph