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  • U.S. Sen. Boxer to Speak on Election Issues

    October 17, 2002

    On Monday, October 21, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer will speak on a number of issues that are central to the upcoming mid-term elections. Boxer is expected to address situation in Iraq, homeland security, the economy, the environment, and women's issues. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4:15 p.m. in the Ropes Gray Room in Pound Hall.

  • HLS Conference Explores the Future of Ground Zero

    October 4, 2002

    On Monday, October 7, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School will tackle the future of ground zero. With countless visions for the space, the conference will examine how a consensus can be reached. A wide range of panelists will present some of the financial, legal, cultural, spiritual, and design constraints involved in redeveloping the site. The event will begin at 6:45 p.m. in the Arco Forum at the Kennedy School of Government.

  • Lakhdar Brahimi Receives Great Negotiator Award

    October 2, 2002

    Today the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School honored Lakhdar Brahimi with its annual Great Negotiator Award. Brahimi, the United Nations secretary general's special envoy to Afghanistan, has also headed special U.N. troubleshooting missions to hotspots such as Yemen, Liberia, Sudan, Nigeria, South Africa, the former Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), and Haiti.

  • Domenico De Sole LL.M. ’72

    A Conversation with Domenico De Sole LL.M. ‘ 72

    September 24, 2002

    As president and CEO of the Gucci Group, Domenico De Sole LL.M. ' 72 has taken the well-known fashion house from the brink of collapse to its current position as an $8 billion industry titan.

  • Yvonne M. Anderson '96 ('02)

    Testimony: An Essay by Yvonne M. Anderson ’96 (’02)

    September 24, 2002

    Why I Left Harvard Law School . . . and Why I Came Back Again

  • Patricia Schroeder '64

    Patricia S. Schroeder ’64

    September 24, 2002

    Known for her tart tongue and her tears (when she announced that she wouldn't run for president in 1988), Patricia Schroeder knew how to get things done in Congress, including the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

  • Michael Dukakis

    Michael S. Dukakis

    September 24, 2002

    When he was an HLS student, Michael Dukakis ran for his first office and was elected a member of the Brookline, Mass., Town Meeting.

  • John B. Anderson

    John B. Anderson

    September 24, 2002

    Once a reliable Midwestern Republican, John Anderson changed his views and then changed the dynamics of modern presidential races with his third-party candidacy in 1980.

  • Caspar Weinberger

    Caspar W. Weinberger

    September 24, 2002

    Caspar Weinberger is, in many ways, the modern-day author of the Art of War.

  • Colorful dragapella performers

    A Night at the Dragapella

    September 24, 2002

    They say you can be anything you want with a Harvard Law degree.

  • Illustration: woman wagging finger to a burglar after breaking into her house

    Bottomless Wits

    September 24, 2002

    Trying to guilt trip a burglar when you catch him red-handed in your apartment is not a good idea, says Kathleen Tarr '95, especially if you're half naked.

  • Wendy Seltzer '99

    Weather Report

    September 24, 2002

    When the World Wide Web first reached buzzword status in the mid-1990s, corporate presence on the Internet was comparatively small.

  • Illustration: Burger sitting on the judge's stand

    Food Fight

    September 24, 2002

    The new battle against fast food has found an important ally in Richard Daynard '67, president of the Tobacco Control Resource Center at Northeastern University School of Law.

  • This Goose Ain’t Cooked

    September 24, 2002

    At least you're alive.That's what Sydney Altman '93 thought when friends began complaining about graying hair, sagging buttocks, dormant libido, and various other afflictions that beset people of a certain age--her age, that is.

  • Farmhouse

    The Haunting of Hillsborough House

    September 24, 2002

    Former Harvard Law student John Bickford still hangs around his family home, though the Hillsborough, N.H., farmhouse where he grew up is now a bed-and-breakfast, his parents are dead--and so is he.

  • Irene Englund in front of airplane

    To Serve and to Honor

    September 24, 2002

    On Flag Day this year, when Irene Englund's ashes were placed at Arlington National Cemetery, soldiers fired a rifle salute, a bugler played taps, and an American flag was presented to Englund's daughter Julie.

  • Symposium in Honor of Professor Arthur von Mehren

    September 24, 2002

    On Friday, September 27, Harvard Law School will host a symposium exploring law and justice in a multistate world. The event will be held in honor of Emeritus Professor of Law Arthur Taylor von Mehren's 80th birthday. The symposium will feature discussions on each of Professor von Mehren's four areas of expertise: comparative law, choice of laws, international jurisdiction and recognition of judgments, and international arbitration.

  • Ken Burns to Speak about Race and the Civil War

    September 19, 2002

    On Friday, September 20, award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will give an address on race and the civil war. This speech will begin at 2 p.m. in the Langdell South classroom of Harvard Law School. This event is free and open to the public.

  • Conference Examines Accounting Reforms

    September 18, 2002

    Beginning on Friday, September 20, the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems will bring together policy makers from the United States and Japan to explore reforms in accounting and the operation of capital markets in the post-Enron world. The three-day event, "The Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Japan and the United States," will be held at the Airlie Center in Warrenton, Virginia.

  • HLS Program to Study Labor and Worklife Issues

    September 16, 2002

    Harvard Law School has announced the creation of a new research program, the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. The new program will bring the number of research centers at the law school to 18--with areas of focus ranging from Internet law to Islamic legal studies to international taxation. The Labor and Worklife Program will examine changes in labor markets and employment law; and analyze the effects of unions, business, and governments on the workplace.

  • In Memoriam – Fall 2002 Bulletin

    September 6, 2002

    1920-1929 | 1930-39 | 1940-49 | 1950-59 | 1960-69 | 1970- 1920-1929 Anargyros E. Camarinos ’27-’28 of Athens,…