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  • Rajan Sonik ’12

    Rajan Sonik ’12 receives student ethics award

    May 4, 2012

    Harvard Law School student Rajan Sonik ‘12 recently received the 2012 Law Student Ethics Award from the Association of Corporate Counsel, Northeast Chapter. One of eleven students honored from participating local law schools, Sonik was recognized for demonstrating an early commitment to ethics through his work in a clinical program.

  • Andrew Tuch

    Student article named one of 2011’s ten best corporate and securities articles

    May 2, 2012

    An article by Harvard Law School S.J.D. candidate Andrew Tuch has been voted by the nation’s corporate and securities law professors as one of the top ten corporate and securities law papers of 2011. The article, “Multiple Gatekeepers,” was originally published in the Virginia Law Review.

  • WCC receives LEED Gold Certification

    April 27, 2012

      Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing building (WCC) has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – New Construction…

  • HLS Professor Einer Elhauge '86

    Elhauge discusses the argument against individual healthcare mandate

    April 24, 2012

    In an April 16 article entitled “It’s Not About Broccoli: The False Case Against Health Care” published in The Atlantic, Professor Einer Elhauge ’86 tackles the primary case made against President Obama’s [’91] individual health care mandate.

  • Gabriella Blum

    In chair lecture, Blum cuts through the “fog of victory” (video)

    April 19, 2012

    Gabriella Blum LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’03 delivered the lecture “The Fog of Victory” on April 10 to mark her appointment as the Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Harvard Law School.

  • Michael Young

    Michael Young discusses his role as facilitator in anti-apartheid negotiations

    March 30, 2012

    “I took the view that what we ought to be talking about and thinking about was universal suffrage,” stated Michael Young in a lecture at Harvard Law School titled, “The Secret Talks That Led to the Fall of Apartheid.”  As a British businessman in the 1980s, Young initiated and led unprecedented talks between the African National Congress and the South African government that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa.

  • Carol Steiker, Anne Holton and Tim Kaine

    Work-life balance: a conversation with Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, First Lady Anne Holton

    March 22, 2012

    On March 6, the husband and wife team of former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine ’83 and First Lady Anne Holton ‘83 gave a talk at Harvard Law School on how to construct a long-term public service career that is able to change and evolve and is meaningful, fun and that allows room for family, friendship, and community involvement.

  • Richard Epstein and Richard Freeman

    HLS Tea Party sponsors debate on the future of unions

    February 29, 2012

    In a talk sponsored by the HLS Tea Party, Harvard Professor Richard Freeman, faculty co-director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, and Professor Richard Epstein of New York University School of Law, discussed the challenges facing unions today. The talk, “The Future of Unions in America,” was held at Harvard Law School on Feb. 13.

  • Halley receives lifetime achievement award for work in law and humanities

    February 21, 2012

    The Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities has announced that Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley has been named the recipient of the James Boyd White Award, given annually to professors who have demonstrated a distinguished body of work from a “humanistic” perspective.

  • Lucian Bebchuk and Rene Stulz

    On World Bank blog, Bebchuk debates executive compensation

    February 17, 2012

    In an online forum, Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk engaged in a debate with Ohio State University Professor Rene Stulz regarding the role executive compensations played in the financial crisis.

  • Noah Feldman portrait

    Voice of America: Feldman speaks on Sharia Law

    December 20, 2011

    Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman was recently a guest on Voice of America’s “Press Conference” radio program, speaking with host Carol Casteil about the meaning of Sharia Law and the role that it could play in the burgeoning democracies of Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt and Libya.

  • Dean Martha Minow

    Minow’s Book “In Brown’s Wake” receives Education Law Association Award

    December 1, 2011

    Dean Martha Minow’s most recent book, “In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Educational Landmark,” recently received The Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law. The award is given annually by the Education Law Association “in recognition of an outstanding article, book, book chapter, or other form of scholarly legal writing in the field of education law.”

  • Dr. Franz Adlkofer

    At Center for Ethics event, cell phone radiation and institutional corruption addressed

    November 18, 2011

    On Nov. 3, Dr. Franz Adlkofer, former executive director of the VERUM Foundation for Behavior and Environment, spoke to a Harvard Law School audience as part of the lectures and events series hosted by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. 

  • Robert Bauer

    Former White House Counsel Bauer Speaks to HLS Students

    November 18, 2011

    Former White House Counsel Robert Bauer addressed students at Harvard Law School in October, sharing his insights on the lawyer’s role in law and politics. Bauer, who served as counsel to President Obama from November 2009 to June 2011, is currently a partner at Perkins Coie and is now representing the president’s re-election team and the Democratic National Committee.

  • Professor Charles Ogletree '78

    In Dubois Institute lecture series, Ogletree reflects on Obama’s narrative

    November 17, 2011

    Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree delivered the Nathan I. Huggins Lecture on November 15th, 16th, and 17th at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. The lecture series, “Understanding Obama,” is divided into three parts: “From Barry to Barack,” “The Emergence of Race” and “The Conundrum of Race.” 

  • Lawyers Weekly to honor Harvard alumnae

    August 25, 2011

    Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has chosen six Harvard Law School alumnae to be honored as “Top Women of Law” this September in Boston.  The award seeks to highlight the work of women who are trailblazers, educators and role models in their fields and who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in social justice, advocacy and business.

  • Professor Charles Fried

    ABA passes resolution urging tougher lobbying rules based on recommendations from Professor Fried and co-chairs

    August 12, 2011

    The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates passed a resolution on Tuesday, Aug. 9, urging Congress to amend and strengthen federal lobbying rules. HLS Professor Charles Fried co-chaired the bi-partisan ABA Administrative Law Section task force, which proposed the recommendations in its January 2011 report.