June 20, 2023 Faculty Salma Waheedi named inaugural executive director of Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World
Kristen Stilt, professor of law, and the program’s faculty director said: “I am thrilled that Salma has accepted this new role. She has a unique set of skills and interests and moves seamlessly between theory and practice, between academic and advocate, and between Harvard Law School and legal institutions across the Middle East. She is the perfect person to take the program to the next level of engagement with students, faculty, and advocates around the world. Her enthusiasm for her work is incredible while at the same time she deals with some very difficult topics. She is a masterful teacher and wonderful colleague, and we are so lucky to have her with us in this new role.”
February 26, 2021 Faculty HLS to create new legal clinic to support rights of vulnerable clients to practice their religion
“Students will have the opportunity to directly serve individuals from a wide range of faiths who would not otherwise have an advocate,” said Stilt, who teaches a course on Islamic Law and Human Rights. “Students will learn the skills needed to engage with clients from diverse backgrounds, understand their faith commitments and the obstacles they are facing, and make legal arguments to achieve their clients’ goals. Developing the tools to work with the clinic’s clients will make our students better lawyers and better citizens of the world.”
February 24, 2021 Faculty Cattle stranded at sea for two months are likely dead or ‘suffering hell’
Professor Kristen Stilt, Director of Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Program, said it was an inherent risk with live transport that the animals would be rejected at their destination port.
October 28, 2020 Faculty Exclusive: Livestock ships twice as likely to be lost as cargo vessels
“With the Guardian’s shocking findings … [it’s] time for an open and honest assessment of an industry that has caused one crisis after another,” said Prof Kristen Stilt