Upcoming Events
Register Now! The Role of Courts in Advancing the Right to a Healthy Environment: Lessons from Latin America
Event Description Latin America has been at the forefront of judicialization of a right to a healthy environment. Courts in different countries have curbed burning and deforestation in the Brazilian…
Register now! A New Way Home: Medicaid & Reentry Symposium
Event Description On April 1, 2024, from 9:00AM-6:00PM (EDT) join the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) for…
Register now! Abortion and Jewish Law
Event Description In the wake of the Dobbs decision, Jewish plaintiffs in multiple U.S. states have brought religious liberty-based legal challenges to restrictive state-wide bans on abortion. Plaintiffs argue…
Register Now! When Youth Sue to Protect the Planet and their Health: Inside a Bold Legal Strategy to Fight Climate Change
Event Description Last summer, 16 young plaintiffs won a pioneering lawsuit against the state of Montana. Their claim: By failing to consider the climate impact of fossil fuel projects, the state…
Register now! Locked in a Hotbox: The Impact of Climate Change on the Incarcerated
Event Description Locked in a Hotbox: The Impact of Climate Change on the Incarcerated will be a critical examination of how climate change impacts people who are incarcerated. Many jails…
Register Now! Ending the Mass Incarceration of Persons of Color with Disabilities: Toward Intersectional Solutions to Transform Policing
Description Persons with disabilities (PWDs) across their lifespan face higher risk for arrest and incarceration due to extensively documented discriminatory law enforcement practices. According to research in the American Journal…
Register Now! Endless, Excessive, and Inhumane: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Detention
Description Legal scholars, immigrant rights advocates, and health professionals have been calling for the end of solitary confinement in immigration detention for more than a decade. But the use of…
Register Now! Bioethics, Legal Ethics, and Ethics of Care: An Introduction to Psychedelics and Ethics
Description This event will launch the Center for the Study of World Religion’s new “Psychedelics & Ethics” initiative, which brings together interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners to…
Call for Abstracts: Law and Policy of Psychedelic Medicine
Deadline extended to November 3, 2023 Petrie-Flom Center 2024 Annual Conference: Law and Policy of Psychedelic Medicine Call for Abstracts Spring 2024 Harvard Law School Petrie-Flom Center Annual Symposium and Potential Edited Volume Editors:…
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