Early Arrivals

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On August 21, HLS welcomed new LL.M.s, international exchange students, and new S.J.D.s to campus.

The LL.M. Class of 2019 includes 188 students from 65 countries who will spend the upcoming academic year pursuing a Master of Laws degree. In addition, six students are beginning their studies for the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) degree, the Law School’s most advanced degree, and the early arrivals also include nine international students from seven of the Law School’s exchange partner schools.

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Photo:  Martha Stewart.

Welcome to our fall exchange students!

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This fall, nine students from seven of our exchange partner law schools abroad are spending the fall semester at HLS. We hope you’ll have a chance to meet these visiting students.

Pictured, left to right:  Luíza Bruxellas, Fundação Getulio Vargas School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Raffael Fasel, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Chenyu Fu, Renmin Law School, Beijing, China; Eleonore Gauthier, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland; Samy Rais, Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France; Lorène Anthonioz, University of Geneva Faculty of Law, Geneva, Switzerland; Héloïse de Jamblinne de Meux, University of Geneva Faculty of Law, Geneva, Switzerland; and Darina Petrova, Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France. Not pictured:  Michael Douglas, Sydney Law School, Sydney, Australia.

In the other direction, 11 HLS students are studying abroad this fall.

Where can study abroad take you? Visit the International Legal Studies section of the HLS website to learn more about the Semester Abroad and HLS-Cambridge J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree programs, and plan to join us on October 25 for an information session on studying abroad.

An exchange of ideas

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Harvard Law School Professors I. Glenn Cohen ’03, Holger Spamann S.J.D. ’09, and Lucie E. White ’81 traveled to France in June to teach at the eighth annual Intensive Doctoral Week (IDW) at the law school of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, more commonly known as “Sciences Po.”

Cohen, Spamann and White participated in the IDW as part of the cooperative agreement in place between HLS and Sciences Po Law School, which allows students from both schools to spend a semester abroad at the other institution, and provides opportunities for professors to teach or conduct research in Paris or Cambridge. Harvard Law School currently has similar agreements with ten other schools around the world.

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Harvard’s S.J.D. community shares work in progress

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Members of Harvard Law School’s S.J.D. community — both current candidates and alumni of the program — gathered on campus for the 2018 S.J.D. Association Workshop, “Between Law and Justice: Ethics, Politics, and the State,” on May 17. The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) is Harvard Law School’s most advanced law degree, designed principally for aspiring legal academics who wish to pursue sustained independent study, research, and writing. HLS currently has over 60 S.J.D. candidates from 26 countries. Seven professors at HLS are graduates of the program, as are faculty at leading universities spanning the globe.

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For HLS grads (and Chayes Fellows) Jonathan Kaufman and Lillian Langford, a 1L summer abroad set careers in motion

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Today, Jonathan Kaufman ’06 and Lillian Langford J.D./M.P.P. ’13 work on different continents and on very different stages. While at Harvard Law School they had many experiences in common: both were Chayes International Public Service Fellows, both were active in the International Human Rights Clinic, and both received Public Service Venture Fund grants to launch or redirect their careers. And as dozens of HLS students plan to pursue public service work abroad this summer, both Kaufman and Langford recall that seeds planted during their own 1L summers grew, strongly and directly, into the work they are doing today.

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