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As part of its continuing efforts to study Web filtering policies of governments around the world, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society is using an "open research" method to examine China's filtering policies. Visitors to the Berkman Center Web site (cyber.law.harvard.edu) can type in the address for an Internet site and learn instantly whether that site is being blocked in China.

This afternoon, in his annual orientation speech to new students, Harvard Law School Dean Robert C. Clark spoke of the need for "moral courage" among the nation's lawyers and business leaders.

The following is a memo from Dean Robert C. Clark to the Harvard Law School community outlining changes to the school's military recruiting policy for the 2002-2003 academic year.

Harvard Law School has awarded the Joshua Montgomery Sears, Jr. prize to five students for academic achievement during the 2001-2002 academic year. Christian Pistilli of Staten Island, New York; David Landau of Cambridge, Mass.; and Jared Kramer of Atkinson, NH were the first-year recipients. Michael Shah of Muttontown, New York and Michael Gottlieb of Hyattsville, MD were the second-year recipients.

A new survey demonstrates that black Harvard Law alumni have achieved impressive professional success despite the fact that discrimination-based both on race and gender-remains an obstacle in today's workplace. The research, conducted by the Law School's Program on the Legal Profession, also indicates that black Harvard Law alumni devote a larger amount of time to pro bono work than the typical American lawyer.

On June 23, the Harvard Law School International Tax Program joined with the University of Pretoria, University of the Witswatersrand, and the University of South Africa in establishing the Southern African Tax Institute in a ceremony at the University of Pretoria.

Researchers from Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society have released a report concluding that the Saudi Arabian government maintains an active interest in filtering non-sexually explicit Web content.

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If HLS were to move, it would not be the first time. Indeed, the school has moved twice since its inauguration in 1817, according to Visiting Professor Daniel Coquillette '71, who is writing a history of HLS.

First-year students entering HLS in the fall of 2002 will be the first required to meet the pro bono service standards of the law school's Strategic Plan.

The Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems held a colloquium today that examined risk-based capital standards. Participants explored how capital requirements are currently determined for various financial firms and how they should be determined in the future. The discussion was extremely timely as capital standards are currently under active review by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision which is responsible for setting capital standards for internationally active banks.

Citing the attacks of September 11 in a call to public service, White House Counsel and Harvard Law graduate Alberto Gonzales urged Class of 2002 graduates to consider the responsibilities lawyers have to the Constitution.

On Wednesday, June 5, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales will deliver Harvard Law School's 2002 Class Day address. The speech will begin at 2:30 p.m. on the steps of Langdell Hall on the Law School campus. For the first time in the Law School's history, the speech will be webcast live for those unable to attend the event.

Harvard Law School Professor Bill Alford was part of a delegation, led by Harvard President Lawrence Summers, that recently traveled to China to meet with President Jiang Zemin and other political and academic leaders of the PRC. The meeting with President Jiang, which was held at the leadership's Zhongnanhai compound, lasted more than an hour and a half and covered a broad spectrum of issues ranging from the Chinese environment to the role of liberal arts education to the likely impact of the WTO and China on one another.

Harvard Law School has announced that Lisa Dealy, formerly the director of the Law School's loan forgiveness and summer funding program, will head the School's Pro Bono Office. The office will direct the Law School's pro bono program which, beginning with next fall's incoming class, will require all students to perform a minimum of 40 hours of uncompensated public interest work.