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"Today’s health care landscape is unfortunately 'a battle for scarce resources,' says Jorge Lopez, Jr., executive vice president and general counsel at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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Leading Legal in Health Care - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
Leading in-house legal functions in a hospital means contending with not just the usual in-house tasks—reporting to the board, labor and employment, regulation and compliance—its all of that while als...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"Today’s health care landscape is unfortunately 'a battle for scarce resources,' says Jorge Lopez, Jr., executive vice president and general counsel at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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Proud to see Cincinnati Children’s Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP) highlighted. By integrating legal support into pediatric care, research shows clinicians can better address social determinants of health and advance equity for children and families.
How are medical-legal partnerships moving the needle on health equity? Learn more about how lawyers and doctors can work together to address social determinants of health:
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Partnering on Patient Advocacy - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
In 1986 the Whitman-Walker Clinic, a medical practice focused on the needs of LGBTQ individuals in Washington, D.C., hired its first in-house lawyer to help “write wills, secure disability benefits, a...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Proud to see Cincinnati Children’s Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP) highlighted. By integrating legal support into pediatric care, research shows clinicians can better address social determinants of health and advance equity for children and families.
“My approach to being an in-house lawyer is that the lawyers must be involved in the business,” says Laura Peabody, CLO, MassGeneralBrigham. “And if your business is patient care, you have to understand the laws that apply and the culture of the care providers.”
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Leading Legal in Health Care - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
Leading in-house legal functions in a hospital means contending with not just the usual in-house tasks—reporting to the board, labor and employment, regulation and compliance—its all of that while als...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
“My approach to being an in-house lawyer is that the lawyers must be involved in the business,” says Laura Peabody, CLO, MassGeneralBrigham. “And if your business is patient care, you have to understand the laws that apply and the culture of the care providers.”
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How are medical-legal partnerships moving the needle on health equity? Learn more about how lawyers and doctors can work together to address social determinants of health:
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Partnering on Patient Advocacy - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
In 1986 the Whitman-Walker Clinic, a medical practice focused on the needs of LGBTQ individuals in Washington, D.C., hired its first in-house lawyer to help “write wills, secure disability benefits, a...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
How are medical-legal partnerships moving the needle on health equity? Learn more about how lawyers and doctors can work together to address social determinants of health:
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Read about the origins, life, and future of the @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social and the field it's helped substantiate in #ThePractice: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...
Building a Home for Health Law - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
In 2005, Petrie Professor of Law Einer Elhauge founded the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics as “as a research program dedicated to legal analysis and interdiscipl...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Read about the origins, life, and future of the @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social and the field it's helped substantiate in #ThePractice: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...
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Read The Practice from @hlsclp.bsky.social where I. Glenn Cohen, @cshachar.bsky.social, & @susannahb.bsky.social discuss the health law profession, the history of Petrie-Flom, and its current research areas clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...
Building a Home for Health Law - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
In 2005, Petrie Professor of Law Einer Elhauge founded the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics as “as a research program dedicated to legal analysis and interdiscipl...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Read The Practice from @hlsclp.bsky.social where I. Glenn Cohen, @cshachar.bsky.social, & @susannahb.bsky.social discuss the health law profession, the history of Petrie-Flom, and its current research areas clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...
As conversations around the provision of health care continues to dominate, we dive into the role of lawyers. In the latest issue of #ThePractice, we ask: how do lawyers work across professional divisions in health care settings?
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Read the full issue 👇
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Lawyers in Health Care - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
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January 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As conversations around the provision of health care continues to dominate, we dive into the role of lawyers. In the latest issue of #ThePractice, we ask: how do lawyers work across professional divisions in health care settings?
Read the full issue 👇
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Read the full issue 👇
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As the senior career official in the Department of Justice, "You’re considered the conscience of the department so people trust that you’re going to make the decision that supports what the institution is supposed to be doing," says Brad Weinsheimer.
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Navigating Ethics as a Government Lawyer - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
Growing up, Brad Weinsheimer thought it sounded inspiring if he could one day stand in court and say, “I’m Brad Weinsheimer on behalf of the United States.” He eventually did just that. When he left t...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As the senior career official in the Department of Justice, "You’re considered the conscience of the department so people trust that you’re going to make the decision that supports what the institution is supposed to be doing," says Brad Weinsheimer.
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Is legal innovation about tech or the ability to connect with other humans? Nicolás Parra Herrera explains in a new insight.
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Reimagining Innovation in Law: Emphasizing Interpersonal Skills - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
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November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Is legal innovation about tech or the ability to connect with other humans? Nicolás Parra Herrera explains in a new insight.
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“If we can change the culture of the legal profession, there is no limit to what we can change in terms of the structures of society,” executive director of People's Parity Project Molly Coleman says. “But cultural change is really hard.”
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Fighting the Corporate Capture of Law from Inside - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
If we can change the culture of the legal profession, there is no limit to what we can change in terms of the structures of society. Molly Coleman, executive director, People’s Parity Project When you...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“If we can change the culture of the legal profession, there is no limit to what we can change in terms of the structures of society,” executive director of People's Parity Project Molly Coleman says. “But cultural change is really hard.”
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"A lot of mistakes in professional ethics come from seeking a false zone of comfort. We as lawyers sit at the intersection of conflict and disagreement ... . It's going to be uncomfortable."
W. Bradley Wendel in #ThePractice:
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W. Bradley Wendel in #ThePractice:
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Accountability, Conscience, and Dissent in the Legal Profession - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
I am endlessly interested in the uneasy fit between what we’re required to do as lawyers or permitted to do as lawyers versus what ordinarily decent human beings would do. W. Bradley Wendel, Edwin H. ...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"A lot of mistakes in professional ethics come from seeking a false zone of comfort. We as lawyers sit at the intersection of conflict and disagreement ... . It's going to be uncomfortable."
W. Bradley Wendel in #ThePractice:
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W. Bradley Wendel in #ThePractice:
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In #ThePractice: why should lawyers continue to think about moral philosophy? Are lawyers accountable to the public for the clients they represent? How should lawyers navigate the tension between personal morality and professional responsibility?
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Moral Agency - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
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November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In #ThePractice: why should lawyers continue to think about moral philosophy? Are lawyers accountable to the public for the clients they represent? How should lawyers navigate the tension between personal morality and professional responsibility?
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“Harvard has graduated more Black lawyers than any other law school apart from Howard School of Law, graduates who have gone on to become leaders in virtually every sector of society, including as president and first lady of the United States,” said David Wilkins.
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Celebrating Harvard Law’s Black alumni - Harvard Law School
Hundreds of graduates gathered for a three-day reunion in September to honor the achievements and legacy of Black Harvard Law graduates
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September 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Harvard has graduated more Black lawyers than any other law school apart from Howard School of Law, graduates who have gone on to become leaders in virtually every sector of society, including as president and first lady of the United States,” said David Wilkins.
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The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession was pleased to welcome over 750 Harvard Law School alumni and guests for the 2025 Celebration of Black Alumni on Sept. 12-14! We heard from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sherrilyn Ifill, Bryan Stevenson, and more. Can't wait for 2030!
September 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession was pleased to welcome over 750 Harvard Law School alumni and guests for the 2025 Celebration of Black Alumni on Sept. 12-14! We heard from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sherrilyn Ifill, Bryan Stevenson, and more. Can't wait for 2030!
We built an enormous tent to host the hundreds of folks joining us Sept. 12-14 at Harvard Law School for the Celebration of Black Alumni! Open to all. Learn more: HLSCBA.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We built an enormous tent to host the hundreds of folks joining us Sept. 12-14 at Harvard Law School for the Celebration of Black Alumni! Open to all. Learn more: HLSCBA.com
"The rural and the urban are inextricably linked. Urban people are very reliant on rural resources. It’s not just why lawyers should care ... What would happen if our rural communities dried up and blew away?" Lisa Pruitt in #ThePractice 👇
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Confronting Antirural Bias - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
Why should legal scholars be thinking about rural-urban difference, broadly speaking? Lisa Pruitt, Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law. The...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The rural and the urban are inextricably linked. Urban people are very reliant on rural resources. It’s not just why lawyers should care ... What would happen if our rural communities dried up and blew away?" Lisa Pruitt in #ThePractice 👇
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@ucdavis.bsky.social Law Professor Lisa R. Pruitt spoke to The Practice, a magazine published by @hlsclp.bsky.social for its August issue about legal deserts, or rural areas with too few lawyers and judges to meet demand.
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Confronting Antirural Bias - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
Why should legal scholars be thinking about rural-urban difference, broadly speaking? Lisa Pruitt, Brigitte Bodenheimer Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law. The...
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August 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@ucdavis.bsky.social Law Professor Lisa R. Pruitt spoke to The Practice, a magazine published by @hlsclp.bsky.social for its August issue about legal deserts, or rural areas with too few lawyers and judges to meet demand.
Check out the full conversation: bit.ly/3HWuC4r
#UCDavisLaw #Faculty
Check out the full conversation: bit.ly/3HWuC4r
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"Rural lawyers are declining in number, and the real question is whether the trend can be reversed," writes Hannah Haksgaard in the new issue of The Practice. After ten years of the South Dakota Rural Attorney Recruitment Program, Haksgaard reviews the data. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...
Incentivizing Rural Practice - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
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August 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Rural lawyers are declining in number, and the real question is whether the trend can be reversed," writes Hannah Haksgaard in the new issue of The Practice. After ten years of the South Dakota Rural Attorney Recruitment Program, Haksgaard reviews the data. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...
We're building an ENORMOUS tent! Come check it out Sept. 12-14 at the Celebration of Black Alumni at Harvard Law School. All are welcome! Register and learn more: HLSCBA.com
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We're building a tent! Celebration of Black Alumni @ Harvard Law School (Sept. 12-14, 2025)
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August 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We're building an ENORMOUS tent! Come check it out Sept. 12-14 at the Celebration of Black Alumni at Harvard Law School. All are welcome! Register and learn more: HLSCBA.com
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The August 2025 edition of The Practice is live! In this issue, we dive into legal deserts—a problem symptomatic of a larger issue of rural brain drain. Read more 👇
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Legal Deserts - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
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August 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The August 2025 edition of The Practice is live! In this issue, we dive into legal deserts—a problem symptomatic of a larger issue of rural brain drain. Read more 👇
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Today, more law firms are unveiling hybrid partnership structures with "salaried partner" tiers, says Moray McLaren. What effect does that have on the law firm?
Read Part II in "The Salaried Partner Dilemma."
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Read Part II in "The Salaried Partner Dilemma."
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The Salaried Partner Dilemma: Part II - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
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July 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today, more law firms are unveiling hybrid partnership structures with "salaried partner" tiers, says Moray McLaren. What effect does that have on the law firm?
Read Part II in "The Salaried Partner Dilemma."
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Read Part II in "The Salaried Partner Dilemma."
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In a new three-part series and follow-up to last year's Practice article on "Defining the Perfect Partner," Moray McLaren details "The Salaried Partner Dilemma," or what "partnership of the future looks like," according to the numbers.
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The Salaried Partner Dilemma: Part I - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
Research participants by law firm type Niche/boutique law firm 12.44 percent Regional business law firm 10.36 percent National independent law firm 57.51 percent International business law firm 19.69 ...
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July 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In a new three-part series and follow-up to last year's Practice article on "Defining the Perfect Partner," Moray McLaren details "The Salaried Partner Dilemma," or what "partnership of the future looks like," according to the numbers.
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In "Surviving the Legal Market's Most Dangerous Trap," Mariano Batalla details three types of law firms—unicorns, hedgehogs, and jellyfish. Who are you going to be?
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Surviving the Legal Market's Most Dangerous Trap - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
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July 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In "Surviving the Legal Market's Most Dangerous Trap," Mariano Batalla details three types of law firms—unicorns, hedgehogs, and jellyfish. Who are you going to be?
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"[Latin American] law firms are trying to prepare for an increase in disputes, and they need the talent to help their clients through expected downturns," Ignacio Abella, head of research at Latin Lawyer, says.
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Resilience and Reinvention in the Latin American Legal Market - Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
There was a 10 percent drop in women partnership hires from 2023 (38 percent) to 2024 (28 percent). Ignacio Abella, head of research, Latin Lawyer Law firms are trying to prepare for an increase in di...
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June 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"[Latin American] law firms are trying to prepare for an increase in disputes, and they need the talent to help their clients through expected downturns," Ignacio Abella, head of research at Latin Lawyer, says.
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David Wilkins, HLS Center on the Legal Profession faculty director, was named an FT Innovative Lawyer along with other CLP friends and family like Michele DeStefano and Heidi Gardner: www.ft.com/content/b4b3...
Insiders and outsiders who have reshaped legal work
These 20 individuals selected from 20 years of the FT Innovative Lawyers series have together delivered radical change in the practice and business of law
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June 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
David Wilkins, HLS Center on the Legal Profession faculty director, was named an FT Innovative Lawyer along with other CLP friends and family like Michele DeStefano and Heidi Gardner: www.ft.com/content/b4b3...