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  • Gaston documents victims of war in Afghanistan

    February 17, 2009

    For those who work in the field of human rights during times of war, Afghanistan is the front line. For the past year, Erica Gaston ’07 has lived in Kabul as a Henigson Human Rights Fellow, assisting victims of the war and studying the conflict.

  • Negotiation Clinic Students and 9/11 Special Master Address Foreclosure Crisis

    January 26, 2009

    Four HLS students in the Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program have just finished an ambitious, semester-long project with Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Fund and a leading expert in alternative dispute resolution, to help staunch the widespread mortgage foreclosure crisis by bringing banks and homeowners together to refashion mortgage agreements.

  • Changing the culture, peer-to-peer

    January 26, 2009

    Six HLS students in the Title IX clinical course of Diane L. Rosenfeld spent two days recently at the University of Richmond conducting a training session for more than 50 undergraduate student leaders on issues of sexual respect, rape, consent, and related matters.

  • Woman teaches in front of classroom

    A Curriculum of New Realities

    September 2, 2008

    At Harvard Law School, some new answers to the question, What do future lawyers need to know?

  • David Ardia LL.M. '07

    Infotopia!*

    September 1, 2008

    With a cluster of research programs, HLS is a collection of think tanks rolled into one

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    Greiner trains litigators to get the most from number crunchers

    August 22, 2008

    Jim Greiner, an HLS assistant professor of law, created a unique course as a joint endeavor between HLS and the Harvard statistics department, where Greiner, who holds a Ph.D. in statistics, is an affiliate. The 13 law students will be taking and defending two depositions each, one involving a political redistricting hypothetical and the other involving an employment discrimination case.

  • Deborah Isser ’96

    Wanderlust for the Rule of Law

    July 24, 2008

    In rural Liberia, locals have a method for determining if someone is guilty of witchcraft. They administer poison to the suspect. If he survives, he’s innocent. That’s the sort of anachronism that vexes Deborah Isser ’96, a senior program officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

  • Aiming for 55

    July 17, 2008

    Nationwide, only 24 percent of all judgeships are held by women. In federal courts, women make up barely 20 percent of the bench. Massachusetts Appeals Court Judge Fernande “Nan” Duffly ’78 wants to see these numbers rise and is passionate about making it happen.

  • Elena Kagan

    Intermission

    July 1, 2008

    The past five years have brought remarkable growth and change to Harvard Law School. Here, the Bulletin takes a time-out for a brief recap and puts five questions to Dean Elena Kagan ’86.

  • Filling in the Gaps

    July 1, 2008

    Most judges, faced with the task of interpreting unclear statutes, want to do the right thing, says Harvard Law School Professor Einer Elhauge ’86. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy.

  • Lawyers, Guns and Money

    July 1, 2007

    Finally, the Supreme Court may have to decide what the Second Amendment means. But how much will really change?

  • The Shareholders’ Champion

    April 1, 2007

    An HLS professor is "the Elvis Presley of shareholder activism." And one of his fans is a key player in China.

  • David Wilkins

    Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes

    September 1, 2006

    A nationwide, longitudinal survey of today’s young J.D.s yields its first results Lawyers are happier in their careers than is generally believed—in the first few…

  • Professor David Wilkins '80

    Bridge-building for the future

    September 1, 2006

    A first-of-its-kind research center readies lawyers for a changing profession

  • Professor Carol Steiker ’86

    Who lives and who dies?

    July 1, 2006

    “Stay in role!” exhorts Professor Carol Steiker ’86, as some 90 students in her upper-level course Capital Punishment in America split into groups for an exercise in which they’ll argue whether a death sentence should be reversed due to ineffective assistance of counsel. “Don’t say, ‘If I were the lawyer, I would … ’”

  • David Westfall

    David Westfall, 1927-2005

    April 23, 2006

    A passion for teaching Professor David Westfall ’50, as beloved by generations of students for his warmth and humor as he was respected for his…

  • Arthur T. von Mehren

    Arthur T. von Mehren, 1922-2006

    April 23, 2006

    A comparative scholar beyond compare Professor Arthur T. von Mehren ’45, a world-renowned scholar in international and comparative law whose work influenced generations of lawyers…

  • Armed with the Truth

    April 23, 2006

    At the top of his game, Melvin Kraft ’53 switched to a new one A  few years ago, HLS Professor Richard D. Parker ’70 sat…

  • Charles Fried

    Trading places: Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side of the bench

    April 23, 2006

    Compared with that of a lawyer in private practice, a judge's schedule may be more flexible. But not when compared with the life of an academic, says Professor Charles Fried.

  • Getting it right

    April 23, 2006

    So, what, exactly, is an "activist judge"? Most judges say they don't have time to think about it.

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    Sowing the seeds of public service at HLS

    April 1, 2005

    Dean Elena Kagan '86 believes public service should be part of every lawyer's life. At Harvard Law School, there are now more opportunities than ever to get involved.