Evelyn and Hannah speak to Professor Susan Davies, the Joseph Story Senior Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis. Professor Davies talks about her incredible career, including roles in all three branches of government, and how important luck is but how that doesn't mean you shouldn't plan.

Susan Davies on finding judges and serendipity

Evelyn and Hannah talk to Professor Jody Freeman, the Archibald Cox Professor of Law and the founding director of the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program, about her career in academia and government, being at the forefront of environmental law and policy development, and cooking magazines.

Jody Freeman on energy policies for law and life

Evelyn and Hannah talk to Bonnie Docherty, the Associate Director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, about being a leading lawyer in the humanitarian disarmament movement, winning the Nobel Peace Prize as part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and how individuals can create historic change.

Bonnie Docherty, on small steps and big change

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