Latest from Seth Stern '01
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A Lawyer at her Post
July 23, 2006
Diana Daniels ’74 was a Cravath, Swaine & Moore associate doing project finance in 1978 when she heard The Washington Post needed a lawyer.
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“May it please the Court”
April 23, 2006
Harvard Law students hoping to learn how to argue before the Supreme Court need go no farther than the Ames Courtroom or a winter-term classroom.
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Alternative lawstyle
September 1, 2005
Frank E.A. Sander '52 had nearly two decades under his belt teaching tax and family law at HLS when Chief Justice Warren Burger tapped him to present a paper on alternative dispute resolution 29 years ago.
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Online and on the road
September 1, 2005
A quarter-century after "Getting to Yes," Harvard's Program on Negotiation is refining the art and sharing it with the world.
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26 Years Later
July 1, 2005
Twenty-six years ago, Peter Ferrara '79 picked a then obscure topic for his third-year paper: Social Security solvency.
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The guardian
July 1, 2005
Can a veteran prosecutor whip the Department of Homeland Security into shape? Michael Chertoff '78 has already started.
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Government Startup
April 1, 2005
Paul V. Applegarth J.D./M.B.A. '74 runs a government corporation with a new approach to foreign aid.
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Code red
April 1, 2005
Christopher Cox '76 ('77) and Jane Harman '69 sit on different sides of the aisle, but the urgent threat of terrorism unites them.
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Honor Bound
September 1, 2004
In a nondescript building in suburban Virginia, two subway stops from the Pentagon, a team of a half dozen or so defense lawyers works on what is perhaps the toughest--and most controversial--legal assignment in America.
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Inside out
September 1, 2004
It was December 2002 when House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt called Jamie Gorelick '75 to offer her the last Democratic slot on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
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A Hot Property
July 1, 2004
With conferences, research and ideas, HLS faculty and students keep pace with the ever-changing world of intellectual property issues.
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When Sharing Is a Crime
April 1, 2004
Imagine a world without copyrights on songs or movies. Instead, government tax revenue would compensate entertainers in proportion to how much consumers listened to or watched their products.
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A Find on the Web
April 1, 2004
Stacy Stern '93 isn't as famous as the Pets.com sock puppet. She never raised billions from venture capitalists or played foosball in the office during the height of the Internet boom. Yet in the annals of Silicon Valley, Stern can boast of a more impressive distinction: success.
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A Sign of Things to Come
April 1, 2004
As a college freshman, J. Russell George '88 trolled the halls of Congress, hoping to get autographs from famous politicians such as Sen. Bob Dole.
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The Fire This Time
September 1, 2002
It took Weldon Rougeau '72 only 90 seconds to get himself expelled from college.
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The New 1L
July 1, 2002
For the first time in decades, HLS has changed the basic structure of its first-year experience, and students and faculty are singing the praises of The New 1L.
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To the Mountaintop
July 1, 2002
Not everyone would trade a top job at the Department of Justice to teach at a brand-new law school nestled deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
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Not Your Father’s Harvard Law School
July 1, 2001
The current Strategic Plan builds on changes that have taken place at HLS over the last 30 years.
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Bush Taps HLS Grads for Administration
July 1, 2001
A new president may occupy the White House, but Harvard Law remains well represented at the top of government. So far, President George W. Bush…
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Air Unfair
July 1, 2001
Adjunct Professor Michael Levine likes to see airlines compete. After all, he helped deregulate the airline industry two decades ago before serving as an executive…