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Just days before the Israeli government submitted to the Knesset—Israel’s 120-member parliament—draft legislation to authorize the evacuation of Jewish settlers from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation held a two-day conference titled, “Past, Present, and Future of the Jewish West Bank and Gaza Settlements: The Internal Israeli Conflict.”

On Wednesday, October 13, Colonel Will A. Gunn, chief defense counsel for the Office of Military Commissions, will speak on "Military Commissions and the Global War on Terrorism: The Chief Defense Counsel's Perspective." Col. Gunn's remarks will begin at 6 p.m. in the Langdell South classroom.

On Wednesday, October 13, former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis will reflect on his experience working with Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and offer his thoughts on the 2004 election. The speech, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Austin West classroom.

On Friday, October 8, a memorial service will be held for Professor Emeritus Archibald Cox, the famed Watergate special prosecutor and former solicitor general, who died in May. The service, which is open to the public, will begin at 2 p.m. in Harvard's Memorial Church.

At a ceremony on Oct. 4, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan presented the Cox, Richardson, Coleman Award to California State Senator Sheila Kuehl. Named for three of Harvard Law School's most distinguished graduates, Archibald Cox, Elliot Richardson and William Coleman, the award honors graduates for distinguished service in government.

James S. Reid, Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio has made a gift to Harvard Law School to endow a professorship dedicated to the teaching of accounting, statistics and related subjects. Income generated from the gift--which totals $3 million and includes funds given by Reid, John D. Drinko and others who were encouraged to contribute--will support the salary, benefits and research endeavors of a tenured Harvard Law professor.

This semester, many first-year students at HLS are reading more than the typical load of cases and books on legal doctrine. The newly minted 1Ls are signing up for new first-year reading groups that cover everything from cyberlaw to the laws of war. Designed in part to foster student-faculty interaction in the 1L year, the new program consists of faculty members holding reading groups in their spare time with about a dozen students who sign up for specific subjects.

A recent surge in student demand for human rights clinical work has led to a major expansion of the HLS Human Rights Program's Clinical Advocacy Project. Beginning this year, students will have greater opportunities to do hands-on, advocacy work in the human rights field.

When the 2004 presidential debates begin this month, few will be watching more closely than George Farah '05. Indeed, he's worried that most American voters will be dozing before the first question is asked or, worse, "voting with their remotes" by clicking over to something more entertaining, like major league baseball.

A member of the HLS faculty since 1971, Professor Arthur Miller '58 discusses his teaching career, the state of the legal profession and "My Cousin Vinny."

The Harvard Law School faculty has added three tenured professors to their ranks, a move that will broaden the school’s coverage of different subject areas and bring increased depth and diversity to existing subjects. The additions include two new hires and the promotion of an HLS assistant professor.

I write to express my profound apologies for serious errors I made during the final days of the research and production process for my recent book -- errors which resulted in several paragraphs from another book appearing in my own, without quotation marks or other attribution. The errors were avoidable and preventable, and I take full and complete responsibility for them.

1920-29 | 1930-39 | 1940-49 | 1950-59 | 1960-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 1920-1929 Paul Martinson ’29 of New York City died March 20, 2004. A partner in litigation…

“If the pattern holds, then the record industry’s response to file sharing–trying to block the technology altogether–would generate the worst of all possible results. To…

“Raising the Bar: The Emerging Legal Profession in East Asia” (Harvard University Press, 2004), edited by Professor William P. Alford ’77, looks at efforts to recast…