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Michael Rodman has been named the News Officer at Harvard Law School, a key position in the Law School's newly created Office of Communications. As News Officer, Rodman will serve as the school's primary contact for the news media and assist in the development and execution of communications strategies for the Law School. Rodman is a 1999 graduate of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Michael Levine, adjunct professor of law at Harvard Law School, will testify as an expert witness on airline mergers before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee tomorrow morning. The hearing chaired by Arizona Sen. John McCain will examine the proposed acquisition of Trans World Airlines (TWA) by American Airlines.

Following up on its highly successful "Celebration of Black Alumni" in September, Harvard Law School will kick off its Latino Alumni Conference on December 1st in San Antonio, Texas. The three-day conference is sponsored by the Harvard Law School Association's Latino Committee and will recognize and honor the accomplishments of Latino alumni around the world.

Harvard Law School Professor Steven Shavell has been named the Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law. The professorship honors Samuel R. Rosenthal, Class of 1924, an estate and probate attorney, philanthropist and rare-book collector. Rosenthal died in 1994 at the age of 95.

Michael Armini has been appointed Director of Communications at Harvard Law School, a newly created position. Armini served most recently as Director of Public Affairs at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Prior to his experience at Harvard, Armini worked primarily in the political arena as a press secretary for a Member of Congress and for a gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts.

As a student at HLS, Bennett Boskey ’39 took the name of one of his courses literally. In Conflict of Laws, with Professor Erwin Griswold…

Clark Byse received the Harvard Law School Association Award in June 2000.

Charlotte Armstrong ’53 was awarded a Harvard Medal at the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on June 8.

Harvard Law School's Appleseed Electorial Reform Project, inaugurated last summer seeks to increase voter participation and ensure that residents’ interests are represented through lawmakers and by the referendum process.

In addition to Janet Halley, HLS has appointed five new professors to the faculty, the largest addition of new faculty members during Robert Clark’s deanship,…

Since 1987 the size of the Law School curriculum has increased by nearly 20 percent. And the job of putting the teaching program together each…

Janet Halley, an authority on legal issues surrounding gender, identity, and sexual orientation, has been appointed professor of law at HLS. “Janet Halley is one…

Erik Gerding ’98 knew that fundraising, even for a good cause, is never easy. But as it turns out, when the cause is the Harvard…

Henry Stern ’57 said no to Monica Lewinsky. The New York City parks commissioner recently ruled that the infamous White House intern could not swing…