March 10th, 2021 – Anniversary Session
“What Have We Learned?: COVID-19, Law, and Lessons for the Future”
Nearly one year ago on March 13, 2020, Harvard Law School shut its doors and turned to remote teaching and working. To mark the one-year anniversary of our shutdown, and in light of the fact that much has changed since the fall, a one-time colloquium follow-up session was held on March 10, 2021, examining the question “What Have We Learned?: COVID-19, Law, and Lessons for the Future.”
The session delved into discussion and thoughts on what policies or legal changes we have seen emerge in response to the pandemic that might actually present opportunities for the future. Like the Fall 2020 series, this session had a particular focus on U.S. law and on the urgent needs of marginalized populations, low-income and unemployed Americans, and people of color.
MODERATORS – Martha Minow & Emily Broad Leib – 300th Anniversary University Professor | Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic
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- Benjamin Sachs – Kestnbaum Professor of Labor and Industry
- Carmel Shachar – Lecturer on Law; Executive Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
- Dehlia Umunna – Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Institute
- Ruth Greenwood – Lecturer on Law; Co-Director of Voting Rights and Redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center
- Toby Merrill – Lecturer on Law; Director, Project on Predatory Student Lending
WATCH THE RECORDING OF THE SESSION HERE:
Fall 2020 Series
Section 1: Basic Needs and Government Duties
GOVERNMENTAL POWERS
MODERATOR – Martha Minow – 300th Anniversary University Professor
- Urs Gasser – Professor of Practice; Executive Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
- Jonathan Zittrain – George Bemis Professor of International Law; Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources; Faculty Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society; Professor of Computer Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Noah Feldman – Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law; Director, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law
- Niko Bowie – Assistant Professor of Law
- Vicki Jackson – Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law
WATCH THE RECORDING OF THE SESSION HERE:
HEALTH LAW AND COVID-19
MODERATOR – Emily Broad Leib – Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic
- Robert Greenwald – Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation; Health Law and Policy Clinic
- Glenn Cohen – James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law; Deputy Dean and Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics
- Peter Barton Hutt – Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
WATCH THE RECORDING OF THE SESSION HERE:
HOUSING AND FOOD LAW
MODERATOR – David Harris – Managing Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School- Joe Singer – Bussey Professor of Law
- Eloise Lawrence – Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Deputy Faculty Director, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
- Julie McCormack – Director, Safety Net Project at Legal Services Center
- Emily Broad Leib – Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic
Section 2: Governance and Democracy
ELECTIONS
MODERATOR – Charles Fried – Beneficial Professor of Law- Nicholas Stephanopoulus – Professor of Law
- Ruth Greenwood – Lecturer on Law; Co-Director of Voting Rights and Redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center
EDUCATION & DISINFORMATION
MODERATOR – Martha Minow – 300th Anniversary University Professor- Michael Gregory – Clinical Professor of Law
- Susan Crawford – John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law
- Evelyn Douek – S.J.D. Candidate (Digital Constitutionalism and Techlash)
Section 3: The Economy, Finance and the Law
LABOR, EMPLOYMENT, AND DUTIES OF CARE
MODERATOR – John Goldberg – Deputy Dean; Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence- Benjamin Sachs – Kestnbaum Professor of Labor and Industry
- Sharon Block – Lecturer on Law; Executive Director of the Labor and Worklife Program
MONEY, FINANCE, AND CONSUMERS
MODERATOR – Todd Rakoff – Byrne Professor of Administrative Law- Christine Desan – Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law;
- Toby Merrill – Lecturer on Law; Director, Project on Predatory Student Lending
- Howell Jackson – James S. Reid, Jr. Professor of Law
Section 4: Legal Rights and Human Needs of People in Detention
PRISONS AND INCARCERATED POPULATIONS
MODERATOR – Alan Jenkins – Professor of Practice- Adriaan Lanni – Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law
- Nancy Gertner – Senior Lecturer on Law
- Intisar Rabb – Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law; Director, Program in Islamic Law; Professor of History, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Ron Sullivan – Jesse Climenko Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Institute
IMMIGRATION AND DETENTION CENTERS/COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
MODERATOR – Bill Alford – Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program; Chair, Harvard Law School Project on Disability- Sabi Ardalan – Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic
- Gerald Neuman – J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law
Section 5: Global Issues, Access to Justice and Innovation
ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND LEGAL INNOVATION
MODERATOR – Jon Hanson – Alan A. Stone Professor of Law; Director, Project on Law and Mind Sciences- Dan Nagin – Clinical Professor of Law; Vice Dean for Experiential and Clinical Education; Faculty Director, WilmerHale Legal Services Center & Veterans Legal Clinic
- Jim Greiner – The Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law; Faculty Director, Access to Justice Lab
- David Wilkins – Lester Kissel Professor of Law; Director, Center on the Legal Profession; Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession
- Lucie White – Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law
- Esme Caramello – Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
NEW DEVELOPMENTS; REFLECTIONS
MODERATOR – Martha Minow & Emily Broad Leib – 300th Anniversary University Professor | Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic- Kristen Stilt – Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Animal Law and Policy Program; Faculty Director, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World
- Dehlia Umunna – Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Institute
- Jody Freeman – Archibald Cox Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program