{"id":4102,"date":"2009-06-24T07:41:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:06:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/journals1stg.wpenginepowered.com\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/01\/langdell-1024x831-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11577 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/01\/langdell-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/01\/langdell-1024x831-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL)<\/em>&nbsp;is the nation\u2019s leading progressive law journal. 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