Harvard Hires New Law Firm After Gay’s Legalese Deepened Turmoil

Harvard University’s legal bills are mounting.

The embattled school has added King & Spalding to its legal team for two probes by the House Education and the Workforce Committee, said people familiar with the matter. The lawmakers are investigating antisemitism on campus as well as the university’s handling of plagiarism allegations against Claudine Gay, who stepped down as Harvard president on Jan. 2.

The university is turning to King & Spalding’s congressional investigations team to work with WilmerHale, which provided earlier advice in some of the matters now under scrutiny by the committee. The probes have added to ...