Called to Act

HLS alumni, students, faculty, and staff have always been of people of action. Here are stories of how they are leading change in the world.

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Judge Isaac Parker

3 stories

Margaret Montoya '78

Versatile and Nimble

Thought for Food: Contemplating New Regulations in a Global Economy

In Crimmigration Clinic victory, Supreme Judicial Court rules state law enforcement lacks ‘detainer’ authority

The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau at 100

The New Age of Surveillance

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

Steven Kerns ’20: “Leading people toward a better world required me to trade in my rifle for books”

Mr. Special Prosecutor

By Julia Collins. Harvard Law Bulletin, Summer 1997

A generation has passed since Watergate and the Saturday Night Massacre catapulted Archibald Cox '37 to the center of national attention. After Watergate Professor Cox resumed quieter legal pursuits: teaching at the Law School, chairing the national citizens' lobbying group Common Cause, handling pro bono cases, recommending court reforms in Massachusetts, and writing articles and books.