Fall Reunion 2024

It was our sincere pleasure to welcome back nearly 500 alumni and friends to Harvard Law School on October 25-27, 2024, to celebrate Fall Reunion. It was a wonderful weekend of celebration, reconnection, and conversation. Below we captured some of the weekend’s most joyous moments to share with you – please enjoy!

Red Book (Class Report)

Click on one of the links below to access your Class Report page with class remembrances, an in memoriam section, and a password protected pdf of your class records. Please note: Passwords are case-sensitive. Also, this PDF is designed for reading only and cannot be printed.

For access to your Class Report Pages, please ensure you have your HarvardKey information readily available. Your HarvardKey was a prerequisite for submitting your entry.

Class Report Pages

• Class of 1954
• Class of 1959
• Class of 1964
• Class of 1969
• Class of 1974
• Class of 1979
• Class of 1984
• Class of 1989

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Program of Activities

Friday, October 25

7:30 am – 8:00 pm: Reunion Registration & Hospitality/Refreshments Area

8:00 – 11:45 am: Class Visitations

• 8:00 – 10:00 am: Legislation and Regulation 2, Jody Freeman LL.M. ’91, S.J.D. ’95
• 8:30 – 9:50 am: Legislation and Regulation 3, Matthew Stephenson ’03
• 10:15 – 11:45 am: Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, Melissa B. Jacoby
• 10:15 – 11:45 am: ESG: Corporate Ethics in the 21st Century, Carlos Portugal Gouvea

9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Harvard Law School Library Open House

• The Caspersen Room, special exhibit on display: From the Ephemeral to the Extraordinary: Recent Acquisitions 2019-2024.
• The Root Room, special pop-up exhibits only available from 9:30 – 11:00 am: featuring an early Magna Carta, a deposition given by controversial lawman Wyatt Earp, materials celebrating the 70th anniversary of HLS’s first class of women, and more.

9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Optional Self-Guided Experiences

• Harvard Art Museum (32 Quincy Street) and Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street)
• Harvard Law School Self-Guided Campus Tour. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the HLS Campus.

10:30 – 11:30 am: Gift and Estate Tax Planning: Current Landscape and Future Changes

• Panelists:
  • Cameron Casey ’03, Partner, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
  • Anne Katsas ’99, Vice President and Trust Counsel, Fiduciary Trust Company
  • Matthew R. Hillery ’04, Director, Goulston & Storrs PC

12:00 – 1:45 pm: Reunion Luncheon

• HLSA Award Recipient:
  • Brad S. Karp ’84, Chairman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
• Keynote: The Genius and Eccentricities of AI Large Language Models
  • Jonathan L. Zittrain ’95, George Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School
    Professor of Computer Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Professor of Public Policy, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Faculty Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
    Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources, Harvard Law School

2:00 – 3:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions

• Science of Gratitude, Gratitude Practice, and Gratitude Across Cultures
  • Speaker: Elizabeth Pyjov ’19, M.T.S ’20, Founder and CEO, Self-Compassion for Lawyers
• Technology Law and Clinical Teaching: The Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic at 25
  • Moderator: Christopher T. Bavitz, WilmerHale Clinical Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Experiential and Clinical Education, and Managing Director, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
  • Panelists:
    • Wendy Chu ’19, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, Clinical Instructor, Cyberlaw Clinic
    • Clare Mathias ’25, Student, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Alec Winshel ’25, Student, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Nilofar Vakili ’25, Student, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
• Creating New Paradigms of Teaching Corporate Law – Introducing the Transactional Law Workshop
  • Moderator: John C. Coates, Deputy Dean, John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Research Director, Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School
  • Panelists:
    • Alan Klein ’84, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Douglas and Samara Braunstein Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • David J. Sorkin ’84, Barry and Teri Volpert Visiting Professor of Practice in Private Equity, Harvard Law School
    • Adrian Brown ’25, Teaching Fellow, Transactional Law Workshop

3:45 – 4:45 pm: Class Conversations

• 1954, 1959 & 1964: Class Conversation: How Has HLS Prepared You for Your Career?
• 1969: Class Conversation: Our Life Updates
• 1974: Class Conversation: Joining and Serving on Boards
• 1979: Informal Class Meet Up
• 1984: Class Conversation: Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality: Where Are They Now?
• 1989: Informal Class Meet Up

5:00 – 10:00 pm: Welcome Back Evening Reception, HLS Campus

Saturday, October 6

7:30 am – 8:00 pm: Reunion Registration & Hospitality/Refreshments Area

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Harvard Law School Library Open House

• The Caspersen Room, special exhibit on display: From the Ephemeral to the Extraordinary: Recent Acquisitions 2019-2024.
• The Root Room, special pop-up exhibits only available from 9:30 – 11:00 am: featuring an early Magna Carta, a deposition given by controversial lawman Wyatt Earp, materials celebrating the 70th anniversary of HLS’s first class of women, and more.

9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Optional Self-Guided Experiences

• Harvard Art Museum (32 Quincy Street) and Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street)
• Harvard Law School Self-Guided Campus Tour. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the HLS Campus.

9:15 – 10:45 am: Concurrent Sessions

• The Harvard Election Law Clinic and Building Local Power
  • Speaker: Ruth Greenwood, Director of the Election Law Clinic and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Panelists:
    • Zachari Curtis ’26, Student, Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Taylor Diggs ’26, Student, Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Ben Rutan ’25, Student, Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Shayna Solomon ’26, Student, Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School
• Science of Self-Compassion and Self-Compassion Meditation for Lawyers
  • Speaker: Elizabeth Pyjov ’19, M.T.S. ’20, Founder and CEO, Self-Compassion for Lawyers
• Human Rights Legal Education: New Frontiers in Social Justice
  • Moderator: Susan H. Farbstein ’04, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
  • Panelists:
    • Anna Crowe LL.M. ’12, Lecturer on Law and Associate Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Aminta Ossom ’09, Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Giovanna Garcia ’25, Clinical Student Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Christopher Hudson-Verde ’25, Clinical Student Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School

11:00 am – 12:00 pm: A Conversation with the Dean

12:15 – 1:30 pm: Reunion Luncheon 

1:30 – 3:00 pm: Social Break featuring Local Food Trucks

• Enjoy a sweet afternoon treat from popular local dessert and coffee food trucks! Featured food trucks include:
  • Uncle Joey’s Cannoli 
  • Zinneken’s Belgian Waffles 
  • Espresso Dave

1:45 – 3:00 pm: Class Photos

Time	Class	Location	Rain Location
1:45pm	1964	Langdell Hall Back Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 1023
1:45pm	1969	Langdell Hall Front Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 2012
2:05pm	1974	Langdell Hall Front Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 2012
2:05pm	1979	Langdell Hall Back Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 1023
2:25pm	1984	Langdell Hall Back Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 1023
2:25pm	1989	Langdell Hall Front Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 2012
2:45pm	1954	Langdell Hall Back Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 1023
2:45pm	1959	Langdell Hall Front Stairs	Wasserstein Hall (WCC), 2012

3:00 – 4:30 pm: Class Symposia

• Classes of 1954, 1959 & 1964: Reflections on my Years on the Supreme Court
  • Moderator: Burt Neuborne ’64, Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties, Emeritus, NYU Law School
  • Speaker: Justice Stephen Breyer ’64, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process, Harvard Law School
• Class of 1969: Insights and Challenges in Recent Books by Two of our Classmates
  • 2:15 – 3:45 pm
  • Part 1: Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System by Judge Jed S. Rakoff ’69
    • Moderator: Philip Burling ’69
    • Panelists:
      • Timothy Dacey ’69, Of Counsel, Goulston & Storrs
      • Noel Fidel ’69, Lawyer (Retired Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals)
      • Hon. Jane Harman ’69, former Member of Congress, Chair, Commission on the National Defense Strategy
  • Part 2: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands by John Leshy ’69
    • Speaker: John Leshy ’69, Emeritus Professor, UC Law San Francisco
    • Panelists:
      • George T. Frampton, Jr. ’69, Distinguished Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council
      • Lois Schiffer ’69, former Assistant Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, and former General Counsel, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
  • 4:00 – 4:45 pm
    • Production: Performance of The Jealous Mistress, the Harvard Law School Show of 1968
• Class of 1974: Leaving Big Law for Projects that Matter: Creating a National Park and Revitalizing a City
  • Speaker: Leonard A. Zax ’74, Founder and President Emeritus, Hamilton Partnership
• Class of 1979: Is Law All We Got?
  • Co-Moderators:
    • Frank Holleman ’79, Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center 
    • I. Nelson Rose ’79, Professor Emeritus, Whittier College
• Class of 1984: Next Chapters: Classmates’ Journeys and Impact
  • Moderator: Annette Gordon-Reed ’84, Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University
• Class of 1989: Our Next Chapter

5:30 – 8:00 pm: Reunion Class Dinner Check-in/Registration, Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston Street, Boston

6:00 – 10:00 pm: Reunion Class Specific Cocktail Receptions & Dinners, Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston Street, Boston

• 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Cocktail Receptions
• 7:00 – 10:00 pm: Class Specific Dinners

Sunday, October 27

9:00 am – 11:30 am: Brunch and Celebration of Life  

• A nondenominational memorial service to honor fellow Reunion-year alumni. Officiated by Rev. Kate André, M.Div. S.T.M., Harvard Chaplain and Pastor of the Mennonite Congregation of Boston.