Conversations from Harvard Law School

Professor Holger Spamann, an expert in corporate law, economics, and finance, argued during a September 2022 lecture at Harvard Law School that the differences between the two most widely used legal systems in the world, common law and civil law, are not as stark as many lawyers imagine.

During a March 2023 lecture at Harvard Law School, Professor Laura Weinrib, a legal historian and constitutional and labor law scholar, described the arc of labor union power in the 20th century and its relationship to political spending.

Professor Adrian Vermeule, an administrative and constitutional law expert, argued during an October 2022 panel discussion at Harvard Law School that the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia began his career on the bench as a proponent of the administrative state and only later evolved into its most fearsome foe. His remarks were followed by responses by Andrew Oldham, a judge who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and fellow Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig.

During a lecture in the fall of 2022, former presidential candidate and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro explained his belief that the nation’s cities are not only bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic but also becoming more equitable for residents.

Professor Guy-Uriel Charles, an expert on civil procedure, elections, and race and the law, discussed what he sees as the demise of America’s “civil rights consensus,” and what he believes might come next during a lecture he delivered at Harvard Law School in March 2023.