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Essay in MIT Press Reader
Written as part of a recent Harvard Law School faculty essay collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance, I. Glenn Cohen’s article on reproductive technology covers how surrogacy, embryo disputes, and synthetic gametes raise profound, unanswered questions about liberty and equality.
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Law and Severe Mental Illness: The Lindsay Clancy Trial
Published Author Share As a forensic psychologist, I have conducted hundreds of forensic evaluations, including in cases where a defendant has raised lack of criminal responsibility — or colloquially, the “insanity defense.” These cases are complex because having a mental illness by itself, even a severe mental illness, does not necessarily mean the person is not…
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Bans on Assault Weapons Reach the U.S. Supreme Court
The American Medical Association declared gun violence a “public health crisis” in 2016. In June 2024, then U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, took a significant stand on the relationship between public health and gun violence by issuing the first ever advisory opinion declaring gun violence a national public health crisis.
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#TenYearsAgo in Health Law
Since January 2026, the “10 years ago” viral trend on social media — fueled by nostalgia and literal rose-colored glasses (ok, filters) — has tried to remind us of the allegedly simpler times of 2016.
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“Every Person Has a Story”: A Q&A With Law & Applied Neuroscience Senior Fellow Dr. Stephanie Tabashneck
Dr. Stephanie Tabashneck, PsyD, JD, is a Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School, and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (CLBB) at Massachusetts General Brigham/Harvard Medical School.
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I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
December 2023
This interview focuses on Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.
