Harvard Law School Journal on Legislation

Winter 2012 Issue Now Online

JOL — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:43:35 +0000

Our latest issue, Volume 49, Number 1, is now online.

Documentary Screening: “Shadow Company”

JOL — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:24:38 +0000

Shadow Company

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

7 PM, Wasserstein B010

Light Refreshments Provided

Please join the Journal on Legislation for a special screening of “Shadow Company,” a documentary dealing with private military contracting firms, in advance of Thursday’s Symposium: Government Outsourcing and Privatization.

For more information, contact Ian Gore, igore@jd13.law.harvard.edu

2012 Symposium Announced

JOL — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:51:19 +0000

Harvard Journal on Legislation – 2012 Symposium

Government Outsourcing and Privatization

February 16, 2012 - Harvard Law School

Full Details

Summer 2011 Issue Now Online

JOL — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:23:50 +0000

Our latest issue, Volume 48, Number 2, is now online.

2011 Symposium Information Now Available

JOL — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:13:05 +0000

The Harvard Journal on Legislation, HLS Republicans and Harvard Law and Health Care Society Present a Symposium

Partisanship in Congress: Polarization and the Political Process

Thursday, February 24, 2011

1pm, Pound Hall 100 – Opening Remarks, Sec. Trey Grayson, Director / Harvard Institute of Politics / Kentucky Secretary of State (2004-2011)

1:30-3:00pm, The Climate Behind Partisanship: Past, Present and Future, Pound Hall 100

Moderator: Michael Klarman, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law / Harvard Law School

Bob Inglis, Former Congressman / Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC4 1993-1999; 2005-2011) / Spring 2011 Fellow / Harvard University Institute of Politics
Nolan McCarty, Associate Dean and Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs / Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University

Mark McKinnon, Vice Chairman / Public Strategies, Inc. / Co-founder / No Labels
Nathaniel Persily, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science / Columbia Law School / Director / Center for Law and Politics at Columbia Law School
Tom Rosenstiel, Director / Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism

3:15-4:30pm, Polarization at Work: Analyzing the Effects of Partisanship on Congressional Decision-Making, Pound Hall 100

Moderator: Jed Shugerman, Assistant Professor of Law / Harvard Law School

Bob Inglis, Former Congressman / Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC4 1993-1999; 2005-2011) / Spring 2011 Fellow / Harvard University Institute of Politics
Vincent Frakes, Federal Policy Director / The Center for Health Transformation
· Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy / Harvard Kennedy School
David C. King, Lecturer in Public Policy / Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Stuart Seides, Physician Executive Director / MedStar Heart Institute

4:30-5:30pm, John Chipman Gray Room – Open Reception for Students, Panelists and Moderators

Made possible by the generous support of the Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy Fund.

Winter 2011 Issue Available

JOL — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:33:12 +0000

Our latest issue, Volume 48, Number 1, is now online.

Introductory Meeting

JOL — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:24:04 +0000

Interested in joining the JOL? Come to our introductory meetings: Wednesday, September 15 at 7pm in Langdell North and Sunday, September 19 at 6pm (location TBD)

Summer 2010 Issue Available

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:32:33 +0000

The newest issue of the Harvard Journal on Legislation, Issue 47 Number 2, is now available. This issue features articles by Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Representative Chaka Fattah, Timothy K. Armstrong, Prentiss Cox, Cara H. Drinan, Benjamin Levin, Jonathan Zweig, and Tamara Schulman.

Want to see more? Click here to view the issue and download articles.

Winter 2010 Issue Available

Neil — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:27:57 +0000

Our latest issue, Volume 47, Number 1, is now online. Among other thing, this issue includes articles on the federal income tax, campaign finance, and fertility treatments, a note on the financial crisis, as well as material from the last year’s Immigration Law Symposium.

N.B. Information about the upcoming 2010 Education Law and Policy Symposium can be found here.

2010 Symposium – Education Reform: From Congress to Classrooms

Neil — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:50:15 +0000

The Harvard Journal on Legislation 2010 Symposium will take place at Harvard Law School on Thursday, February 25, 2010. This year’s topic is “Education Reform: From Congress to Classrooms.” For details, please see the symposium page, which will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.