2026 Law and Ethics Fellowship

The 2026 Law and Ethics fellowship is a three term (winter, spring and summer) program.  During the winter and summer terms, students attend ethics-related retreats. Winter term retreat, January 5-9, 2026). Summer retreat (August 3-7, 2026). During the spring term, students attend a discussion session and lecture focused on ethics and the law with our Roger S. Aaron '64 lecturer. 2026 Law and Ethics Fellowship applications available fall term.

Ethics Across the Curriculum

Normative questions are at the core of the study of ethics.  This includes not just those working in moral and political philosophy but those who also study legal institutions and norms, religious ethics, health care ethics, welfare economics and a range of other topics and issues.  The Institute seeks to build upon this core as it affirms an ecumenical definition of "ethics," one that intersects with a range of disciplines across the Dartmouth curriculum.

Mock Trial Team Earns a Bid to Nationals

First time the team has earned a bid to the national competition in 15 years.

Members of the Dartmouth Mock Trial Society in Cincinnati. From left to right in the front row: Ben Wilkins ’24, Marina Cascini ’27, Neha Bhardwaj ’26, Kavya Nivarthy ’25, and Matthew Monroe ’27; middle row: Uma Misha ’26, Paige Pattison ’24, Bea Burack ’25, and Ben Spears ’27; back row: Dylan Griffith ’25, Carlo Guerrini-Maraldi ’26, and Julia Allos ’27.

Roger S. Aaron '64, 'T'65 Lecture: How Rights Went Wrong with Jamal Greene

Jamal Greene is a constitutional law expert whose scholarship focuses on the structure of legal and constitutional argument. At Columbia Law School, he teaches constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, the law of the political process, First Amendment, and federal courts. May 6, 2025 at 4:30 in Filene Auditorium.