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University of Virginia School of Law Professor Michael J. Klarman has accepted an offer to join the Harvard Law School faculty with tenure this summer.

Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith’s book, “Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World,” received an honorable mention from Scribes, The American Society of Legal Writers. Goldsmith and co-author Tim Wu were one of two honorable mentions for 2007.

In a Harvard Law School classroom today, Senator John Kerry (D - Mass.) stressed the urgency of the climate change problem, arguing that the federal government needs to take action immediately to combat global warming.

The following article, Vanishing Act , written by Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman, was published in the New York Times Magazine on January 13, 2007.

Harvard Law School Professor Mary Ann Glendon's nomination to become the new U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See was confirmed by the Senate late last month, after President Bush announced the nomination on November 5.

The following article, What is it about Mormonism?, written by Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman, was published in the New York Times Magazine on January 6, 2007.

The following op-ed, Slow healing in the Catholic Church, co-written by Harvard Law School Professor Robert Bordone '97 and Reverend Robert J. Bowers, was published in the Boston Globe on January 1, 2007.

The following interview will be published in the January 2008 issue of Harvard Law Today. Professor Noah Feldman, who joined the faculty in 2007, is an expert in constitutional law -- with a special focus on the interplay between law and religion -- and international and comparative law.

A two-volume, 1,800 page, state-of-the-art survey of law and economics, the culmination of a five year effort, has just been published as the Handbook of Law and Economics. The book was edited by Professor Steven Shavell, with Professors Louis Kaplow ’81 and Kathryn Spier contributing their scholarship.

Six Harvard Law School students and recent graduates have been chosen to receive the 2008 Skadden Fellowships to support their work in public service. For the sixth year in a row, current and former HLS students won more Skadden fellowships than affiliates of any other law school.

Harvard Law School Professor Allen Ferrell ’95 served as chairman of the Asian Exchange Congress in Singapore last month. The inaugural conference was aimed at fostering further collaboration between traders and investors in Asian stock exchanges.

Harvard Law School Clinical Professor Deborah Anker and students in the Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and the Harvard International Human Rights Clinic celebrated a victory this week when the Federal Court of Canada struck down an agreement that allowed Canada to send back asylum seekers crossing into its territory from the United States.

The Harvard Law Review hosted its annual Supreme Court Form on Wednesday, November 28, to discuss the most important developments of the Court’s 2006 term. In a discussion moderated by HLS Professor Martha Minow, panelists spoke about the historical significance of Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, in which the court outlawed voluntary school desegregation policies in Seattle, Wash., and Jefferson County, Ky.

Sharp wit, high energy, and laughter were tempered by serious undertones and a message for law students considering a future in journalism last week (Nov. 8) at the Harvard Law School (HLS). The students were treated to a “celebrity panel” who talked about “Covering the Story: Lawyers in the World of Journalism.”

Following last week's military crackdown in Pakistan and the detention of hundreds of lawyers, the Harvard Law School Association has decided to award Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry its highest honor: The Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom. Chaudhry was detained after he convened the Pakistani Supreme Court to declare the current state of emergency imposed by General Pervez Musharraf to be null and void.

The following op-ed, Democrats and waterboarding, written by Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, was published in the Wall Street Journal on November 7, 2007.

The following op-ed, Slamming the door on adoption, written by Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet '65, was published in the Washington Post on November 4, 2007.

The Supreme Court's diminishing caseload is likely a reflection of a preceding fall-off in new legislation by Congress, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement '92 speculated in remarks delivered at Harvard Law School’s fall reunion exercises.