Program on Law & Society in the Muslim World

Supporting rigorous cutting edge scholarship that addresses the complex relationships between law and society in Muslim majority and minority contexts around the world.

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Panel featuring Kenneth Roth and HLS professor Gerald Neuman

April 25, 2025 Program Book Launch of Kenneth Roth’s “Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments”

Watch the April 2nd book launch of "Writing Wrongs" at Harvard Law School, featuring Kennth Roth in conversation with Professor Gerald Neuman.

February 24, 2025 Publications, staff news Salma Waheedi co-authors policy paper on displaced Armenians’ right of return to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

December 04, 2024 Program, Publications Professor Farzin Vejdani Publishes New Book on Crime and Punishment in 19th-Century Iran

Upcoming Events

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Poster for the event Pakistan Conference 2025

Apr27

Pakistan Conference at Harvard 2025

9:30 am - 7:00 pm

Our Program is pleased to support the 2025 Pakistan Conference at Harvard, a student-run conference taking place on April 27, 2025. Click below to register.

Research Opportunities

The Program on law and Society in the Muslim World provides opportunities for outstanding JD, LLM, and SJD candidates at Harvard Law School to undertake scholarly and policy research, writing, and engagement on themes related to the Program’s work. Students may select to work on research projects for academic writing credit or through paid research assistantships.

We welcome applications by HLS students interested in interested in pursuing research related to law and social change, international human rights, gender, women’s rights, minority rights, constitutional law, climate change, animal rights, and related fields.

Email us to learn more about research opportunities for students.