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Alisha Jarwala

Alisha Jarwala is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab.

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The Faculty Union Seesaw

Independent monitors. Restrictions on protest and dissent. Censorship of curricula. Firings of professors for classroom speech.  Long in the crosshairs of the conservative movement, colleges and universities have been hit by a barrage of Trump Administration-led attacks on academic freedom, shared governance, and the mission of higher education. The assault has at once revealed faculties’ lack of control over university decision-making and spurred university administrators […]

EU Court Draws the Line on Regulating Minimum Wages — Balancing Member State and EU Competence

Nearly three years after Denmark challenged the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages (AMWD), last November 11th, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a landmark judgment clarifying the boundaries of EU legislative power in wage policy.  The ruling struck down selected provisions of the directive but preserved the EU’s ability to shape wage […]

The Surprising (and Unintended) Expansion of “Mutual Aid and Protection” Under Trump

In the past year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have mounted a callous and unprecedented immigration crackdown. ICE’s tactics have violated the constitutional rights of undocumented and documented immigrants, as well as U.S. citizens. While ICE has deployed a range of enforcement strategies, raids on private businesses like hospitals, car washes, and agricultural facilities have become a mainstay. ICE’s actions have raised important […]

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