Category Archives: Graduate Program

Justice Stephen Gageler AC, LL.M. ’87 reflects on how legal systems deal with alternative facts

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On March 27 and 28, Stephen Gageler AC, LL.M. ’87, a justice of the High Court of Australia, returned to Harvard Law School to meet with faculty members, participate in classes, and speak on “Alternative Facts in the Courts.”

Gageler studied law and economics at the Australian National University before earning an LL.M. at Harvard Law School. After serving as a lawyer in Australia’s federal Attorney-General’s Department, he practiced at the private bar in Sydney, where he specialized in constitutional, administrative, and commercial law. In 2008, he became Solicitor-General of Australia, the nation’s second highest law officer. He was appointed as a justice in 2012, joining six other judges on the highest court in Australia’s judicial system.

Read about his talk on Harvard Law Today.

photo:  Tracy Tolf

The new year begins!

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This week, 184 new LL.M. students, 10 new S.J.D. candidates, and eight exchange students arrived on campus to begin or continue their studies at HLS. They join 52 S.J.D. candidates who are continuing their work this year. The students in our Graduate Program represent 69 countries and jurisdictions, from A (Afghanistan) to Y (Yemen), and we hope you’ll have a chance to meet many of them.

On August 16, Vice Dean William P. Alford, Assistant Dean Jeanne Tai, and members of the Graduate Program staff welcomed our newest students during the first orientation session in Milstein East.

On August 16, Vice Dean William P. Alford, Assistant Dean Jeanne Tai, and members of the Graduate Program staff welcomed our newest students during the first orientation session in Milstein East.

Around the world at HLS: 2017 International Party

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On February 11, dressed in traditional garb and offering up their native foods, music and dance moves, the Harvard Law School LL.M. Class of 2017 welcomed faculty, students and staff to the annual International Party in Wasserstein Hall. For over a decade, this yearly event has been an opportunity for graduate students to share their cultures with the HLS community. There were 182 students in this year’s class, representing 71 countries and jurisdictions, from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

View a slideshow.

Photo credit:  Heratch Photography

Welcome spring 2015 exchange students!

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Spring 2015 exchange students: Naomi Hart, Yanzhu Sun, Jen Eborall

Naomi Hart, Yanzhu Sun, Jen Eborall

Join us in welcoming the three students from HLS’ exchange partner schools who arrived last week.

Jennifer Eborall (Jen) is a student from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Naomi Hart is studying at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Yanzhu Sun is a student at Renmin University Law School in Beijing, China.

They’ve joined two fall semester exchange students who are continuing their studies through the spring semester:

2015 exchange students: Jean, Naomi, Yanzhu, Barrie, Jen

Jean, Naomi, Yanzhu, Barrie, Jen

Jean Grosdidier is a student at Sciences Po in Paris, France.

Barrie Sander is a student at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Want to learn more about study abroad opportunities? Visit the semester abroad and HLS-University of Cambridge joint degree program pages on our website. Applications to spend a semester abroad next fall are due by February 15.