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Jody Freeman named Counselor for Energy and Climate Change
January 30, 2009
HLS Professor Jody Freeman LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’95 has been named Counselor for Energy and Climate Change in the White House. She will serve…
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Samantha Power '99 to join National Security Council
January 30, 2009
Harvard Kennedy School Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power ’99 will take a top foreign policy position in the Obama administration, serving as senior director for multilateral affairs at the National Security Council,
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Protecting—and learning from—“digital natives”
January 29, 2009
Kids these days—they IM, they text, they “twitter … and they’re also the subject of a new book, Born Digital, by two experts affiliated with Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: John Palfrey ’01, the Henry N. Ess Professor of Law at HLS, and Urs Gasser, an associate professor at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and the newly appointed executive director of the Berkman Center.
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Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe ’66 is the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar…
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HLS alumni fill ranks of White House Counsel’s office
January 27, 2009
Harvard Law School alumni are filling the ranks of the Office of the White House Counsel. Six HLS alumni will be working in the office, which will be headed by Gregory Craig.
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Joey Diamond was born in 1994 with cocaine in his system. Two years later, he was found wandering alone in a city park late at…
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Four HLS students in the Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program have just finished an ambitious, semester-long project with Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master of the 9/11 Fund and a leading expert in alternative dispute resolution, to help staunch the widespread mortgage foreclosure crisis by bringing banks and homeowners together to refashion mortgage agreements.
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Changing the culture, peer-to-peer
January 26, 2009
Six HLS students in the Title IX clinical course of Diane L. Rosenfeld spent two days recently at the University of Richmond conducting a training session for more than 50 undergraduate student leaders on issues of sexual respect, rape, consent, and related matters.
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David Kris ’91 appointed to DOJ national security post
January 26, 2009
David Kris ’91 has been appointed head of the Department of Justice’s two-year-old National Security division by President Barack Obama ’91.
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Clinical Pathways: Three stories
January 26, 2009
Through clinics, courses and student initiatives, Harvard Law students are working in communities on real-world problems -- and having real impact. Here are three stories showing some ways they are putting their training to use:
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Sitkoff Addresses Delaware Trust Conference
January 25, 2009
Robert Sitkoff, John L. Gray Professor of Law at HLS, recently delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Delaware Trust Conference sponsored by the Delaware Bankers Association.
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Harvard Law School receives major gift in honor of Laurence Tribe
January 25, 2009
Harvard Law School has received a $10 million gift—made anonymously—in honor of Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’66.
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Meltzer appointed Principal Deputy Counsel to the President
January 23, 2009
Daniel J. Meltzer ’75, the Story Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will be appointed Principal Deputy Counsel to the President in the administration of President Barack Obama ’91.
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In testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Harvard Law School Professor Howell Jackson '82 called for the Federal Reserve Board to become the primary regulator of financial risk. Watch a webcast of the hearing.
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Barron appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel
January 20, 2009
Harvard Law School Professor David Barron ’94 has been appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Two more HLS alumni to join Obama administration
January 20, 2009
Two more HLS alumni will join the Obama administration: Preeta Bansal ’89 will serve as general counsel and senior policy advisor at the Office of Management and Budget at the White house, and Jocelyn Frye ’88 will serve as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy and director of policy and projects for the first lady.
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Barack Obama 91 sworn in as 44th President
January 20, 2009
Barack Obama ’91 was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States today. Chief Justice John Roberts ’79 administered the oath of office. Michelle Robinson Obama '88 became the nation's First Lady.
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HLS Faculty and Alums endorse Kagan
January 18, 2009
After President Obama ’91 nominated Elena Kagan ’86 to be the solicitor general of the United States on January 5, 2009, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary received many letters in support of the Dean from her colleagues at the law school, alumni, former students, and attorneys.
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Vermeule proposes altering the American lawmaking process
January 16, 2009
Professor Adrian Vermeule’s newest book is likely to raise a few judicial eyebrows. “Law and the Limits of Reason,” just published by Oxford University Press, is a broad-based criticism of the dominant role played by courts in the American lawmaking process.
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In WSJ, Roe looks at Delaware’s competitive position in the market to attract corporations
January 16, 2009
The Wall Street Journal's "Deals" blog recently interviewed HLS Professor Mark Roe '75 about his most recent article on Delaware's role in shaping much of American corporate law -- and on how Delaware interacts with Washington in doing so.
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Howell Jackson has agreed to serve as the acting dean of Harvard Law School (HLS), subject to the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Dean Elena Kagan’s nomination to serve as U.S. Solicitor General, President Drew Faust announced today.