Dr. Jim Greiner is the Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School. Griener is also the faculty director of the Access to Justice Lab, which focuses its research on which societal barriers stand in the way of effective legal participation. This interview focuses on exploring the work of Professor Greiner with the Access to Justice Lab, diving into the reasons that so many families in the United States have restricted access to the legal system. Furthermore, Greiner discusses the main ways in which the legal system can adapt to provide increased access to justice.

Dr. Myisha S. Eatmon is an Assistant Professor in African and African American Studies and History at Harvard University. She is currently working on a book project, tentatively titled, Litigating in Black and White: Black Legal Culture, White Violence, Jim Crow, and Their Legacies, which explores how Black people challenged white violence during Jim Crow. Her scholarship notably sheds light on often overlooked aspects of “Black legal culture” during Jim Crow and how it played a critical role in the resistance to white violence. Professor Eatmon is also the recipient of various grants and fellowship awards, including the American Historical Association’s Littleton-Griswold Research in Legal History Research Grant and the Mellon/American Council for Learned Scholars Dissertation Completion Fellowship.

The interview with Martha Field, Langdell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, conducted by the Harvard Undergraduate Law Review (HULR), provides a comprehensive overview of her distinguished career and her perspectives on a range of legal issues related to civil and human rights. Field's academic journey, spanning from her education at Radcliffe College and the University of Chicago Law School to her clerkship at the US Supreme Court, has equipped her with a unique vantage point on matters of constitutional law, disability law, and social justice.

The interview delves into her early experiences growing up in the Deep South during a period marked by racial segregation, which ignited her passion for activism and the pursuit of civil and human rights. Field's work has encompassed topics such as wrongful-life and wrongful-birth suits, surrogacy, and abortion law. Her insights shed light on the legal complexities surrounding these issues and emphasize the need for better protection of the rights of surrogate mothers.

Field also offers her thoughts on the evolving landscape of abortion law in the United States, particularly in the context of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, expressing concerns about the erosion of reproductive rights and the lack of judicial consistency in these matters.

The interview concludes with a call to action, with Field advocating for greater attention to disability rights and the need for more advocates in this field. She highlights the technical nature of disability law and its importance in combating systemic inequalities in the legal system. In addition, Field raises concerns about the narrowing of civil rights protections and the limitation of remedies, particularly punitive damages, in discrimination cases.

While Field acknowledges not currently working on any specific projects, her extensive contributions to the legal field and her ongoing role as the Langdell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School underscore her commitment to advancing civil and human rights through education and advocacy.

As questions regarding TikTok, ChatGPT, and social media continue to bombard our notifications, one must wonder where the state of our data privacy is. Today, our digital footprint exists in all corners of the Internet, and with that, sensitive and private information. Furthermore, recent data breaches such as the SolarWinds Hack and the US Marshall Service Security Breach have placed the question of data privacy at the forefront of our attention. Many states, such as California and Virginia, are now moving toward stricter consumer data protection legislation. Will it be enough? Moreover, with the rise of AI, how will our data remain secure? What obstacles loom ahead? What don’t we know?

The Harvard Undergraduate Law Review had the chance to sit down with Dayle Duran regarding information security, class action litigations, and how AI plays a role in all of this. After graduating from the Northeastern University School of Law, concentrating in Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, Ms. Duran worked as a data privacy analyst and consultant for a variety of top companies. These include Focal Point Data Risk, Wellframe, and currently operates as the Privacy and Data Policy Manager at Meta.

In this interview, the expert Eric Ni explains the difference between traditional genomic data storage and SAMchain's use of blockchain technology. Eric Ni is a PhD student at the Gerstein Lab at Yale University, currently researching data privacy solutions for biomedical data. Eric has helped in developing SAMchain to be a more efficient tool for sharing genomic data on blockchain. He discusses the potential for blockchain technology to branch out to patient data storage in hospitals and doctor's offices, along with the challenges and opportunities in using blockchain technology to store patient data. Finally, he offers insights into the anticipated legal developments and how organizations can stay compliant while leveraging the benefits of blockchain technology for more precise patient care.