Latest from HLS News Staff
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Sunstein named a top public intellectual by Prospect magazine
December 18, 2008
Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein ’78 is featured amongst the top three public intellectuals for 2008 in the Christmas/January issue of Prospect magazine. Sunstein earned the “bronze” placement on the list, along with Nudge co-author Richard Thaler.
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Feldman’s essay selected for anthology
December 18, 2008
Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman’s essay, “Orthodox Paradox,” was selected for inclusion in this year’s anthology, The Best American Spiritual Writing.
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Harvard Law School 2008 – a year in review
December 17, 2008
For Harvard Law School, 2008 was a record-setting year. The faculty grew to an all-time high, and the five-year fundraising campaign set the standard for law schools everywhere. As 2008 draws to a close, here are some highlights — including a slideshow — of a very busy law year in the life of HLS, from A(lstott) to Z(ittrain)...
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Six From HLS Win Prestigious Skadden Fellowships
December 16, 2008
For the second straight year, six Harvard Law School students and recent graduates have been chosen to receive Skadden Fellowships to support their work in public service. This marks the seventh consecutive year that HLS students and recent graduates have won more of the prestigious Skadden fellowships than their competitors from other law schools.
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Antony Loewenstein, author and journalist, discusses blogging and political change
December 16, 2008
Antony Loewenstein, author of the bestselling book “My Israel Question” and more recently “The Blogging Revolution,” visited the Berkman Center to discuss political transformation, internet censorship and the role of dissident bloggers around the world.
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2008 – Year in Review – Books
December 13, 2008
2008 was a prolific year for HLS scholars. Here is a roundup of this year’s faculty books.
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Lawrence Lessig named professor of law at HLS, director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
December 12, 2008
Renowned legal scholar Lawrence Lessig has been appointed to the faculty of Harvard Law School, and as the faculty director of Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics.
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Lloyd E. Ohlin, expert in criminal justice, 1918-2008
December 12, 2008
Professor Emeritus Lloyd E. Ohlin, an expert in criminal justice who was widely known for his academic work and public service, died on December 6, 2008, at the age of 90.
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2008 Year in Review – Faculty
December 12, 2008
2008 saw an extraordinary round of faculty appointments at Harvard Law School, with the announcement of 14 new additions.
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2008 – Year in Review – Students
December 12, 2008
HLS students have made headlines throughout 2008 - from winning prestigious fellowships to participating in historic litigation to having real-world impact through their clinical work.
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Spread of false information causes dangers, says Sunstein
December 12, 2008
The spread of false information and rumors poses growing risks to society and the economy...That was the message delivered by Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein in a major lecture—titled “He Said THAT?? She Did WHAT?? On False Rumors and Free Speech”—marking his appointment as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at HLS.
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Vermeule looks at limits of reason, implications for lawmaking
December 11, 2008
Harvard Law School Professor Adrian Vermeule has published a new book entitled “Law and the Limits of Reason,” describing how limitations on human reasoning affect governing bodies.
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Chris Rogers ’09, advocate for a ban on cluster weapons
December 10, 2008
Christopher Rogers ’09 has spent the better part of the past year in HLS’s International Human Rights Clinic working on issues related to cluster munitions, particularly surrounding the creation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
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Warren testifies before Congressional Committee
December 10, 2008
As part of her work on a Congressional panel overseeing the Treasury Department’s economic bailout plan, Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren is testifying before the House Financial Services Committee today. Staff members predict that Warren will testify after noon today.
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Oliver Oldman, expert in international tax, 1920-2008
December 9, 2008
Oliver Oldman ‘53, Learned Hand Professor of Law Emeritus, died on December 5, 2008, at the age of 88. Educated at Harvard College (S.B. 1942) and the Harvard Law School (LL.B. 1953), Oldman taught at the Law School from 1959 to 1993.
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Barkow: Sentencing laws needn’t drain us
December 7, 2008
The following op-ed co-written by HLS Visiting Professor Rachel Barkow’96 and Joshua Libling, “Sentencing laws needn’t drain us,” was published in the Dec. 6, 2008, edition of the Boston Herald.
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Zittrain: The Internet is Closing
December 7, 2008
The following article by HLS Professor Jonathan Zittrain ’95, “The Internet is Closing,” was published in the Dec. 8, 2008, edition of Newsweek. The author of “The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It” (Yale University Press, 2008), he is the founder and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at HLS.
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Economist magazine: Books by Feldman, Sunstein among year’s best
December 5, 2008
The Economist magazine has included the books of two Harvard Law Professors on its list of 2008 “Books of the Year.”
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Ogletree honored by ABA for contributions to racial equality
December 5, 2008
Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree ’78 will be awarded the 2009 Spirit of Excellence Award from the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.
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Politico.com: Obama's HLS network his "most enduring"
December 5, 2008
Poltico.com, a website with a devoted following of leading politicians and those who watch them, offers a revealing look at the role played by President-elect Obama's network of Harvard Law School friends during the campaign and now the transition.
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On Nov. 20, Harvard Law School and Facing History and Ourselves co-sponsored a conference, “Hope, Critique & Possibility: Universal Rights in Societies of Difference,” to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.