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Slaughter Named Dean of Woodrow Wilson School
May 14, 2002
This morning Princeton University announced that Harvard Law School Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter has been selected as the dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Slaughter will begin her tenure at Princeton on September 1.
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HLS Hosts Meeting of ALEA
May 7, 2002
Harvard Law School recently hosted the 12th annual meeting of the American Law and Economics Association. The conference, which featured 28 panels with speakers presenting papers on different aspects of law and economics, was attended by more than 200 people from around the world. Topics explored in the panel discussions included bankruptcy law, patent law, and dispute resolution mechanisms.
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Shavell and Slaughter Named Fellows at the AAAS
May 2, 2002
Harvard Law School Professors Steven Shavell and Anne-Marie Slaughter were among five professors elected fellows in the field of law by the American Academy of Arts and Science. Fellows are nominated and elected for the lifetime appointment by members of their academic discipline--in this case, social sciences. The Academy will welcome this year's new fellows and foreign honorary members at the annual induction ceremony October.
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Berkman Center to Host Internet Law Summer Program
April 30, 2002
This summer, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society will once again conduct a summer session on the emerging field of cyberlaw. The Internet Law Program--which will hold classes both in Cambridge and in cyberspace--will bring together leading legal scholars to examine cutting-edge cyberlaw issues.
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Local Students to Argue Mock Legal Case at HLS
April 23, 2002
As part of the Kids in the Court program, more than 200 local middle school students will argue legal cases on Wednesday, April 24 before a moot court composed of Harvard Law School students and professors.
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A Message from Dean Robert C. Clark
April 23, 2002
In light of recent disturbing events at the Law School, I haveconsulted with various students and colleagues to consider what steps mightbe taken to create a better climate - an environment of genuine mutualrespect and improved behavior patterns.
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HLS to Host a Discussion on the Voting Rights Act
April 22, 2002
On Tuesday, April 23, the American Constitution Society and the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review will present a panel discussion on the future of the Voting Rights Act. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Langdell South classroom and is free and open to the public.
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HLS Students to Participate Volunteer Service Day
April 19, 2002
On Saturday, April 20, 300 Harvard Law School students are expected to participate in the inaugural Springfest Volunteer Service Day. Students will volunteer at more than 16 sites across Cambridge and Greater Boston including Habitat for Humanity, the Cambridge Family YMCA, and the CASPAR Homeless Shelter. Of the 300 volunteers, more than 120 students will participate in the Annual Earth Day Charles River Clean Up.2002-04-17
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Justice O'Connor on Growing Up in the Southwest
April 17, 2002
On Friday, April 19, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will speak about her childhood in the American Southwest. O'Connor and her brother, H. Alan Day, recently co-authored a book entitled: Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest. Day will join O'Connor at the event.
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HLS ArtsPanel Explores the NEA and Censorship
April 16, 2002
On Thursday, April 18, the Harvard Law School ArtsPanel will explore controversies surrounding the National Endowment for the Arts and artistic funding in America. Topics to be addressed include the impact of NEA v. Finley, the relationship between censorship and arts funding, and the role of the NEA given the increase in private funding for the arts. The panel, featuring Marjorie Heins and Karen Elias, will begin at 3 p.m. in Hauser 104.
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2002 Survey of American Law Dedicated to Tribe
April 16, 2002
New York University honored Harvard Law School Professor Laurence H. Tribe on April 15 at a ceremony dedicating its 2002 Survey of American Law to Tribe. The dedication award, an annual event at NYU since 1944, was given in 2000 to former Senator George Mitchell, in 1999 to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in 1998 to Attorney General Janet Reno, and, in other recent years, to three of the current members of the Supreme Court (Justices John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg).
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HLS Public Interest Auction Items Unveiled
April 9, 2002
Harvard Law School's 9th annual student-run public interest auction today unveiled several of this year's highlighted items: a seven-day Mediterranean cruise, an adventure trip, a baseball signed by Mickey Mantle, and a trip to Disney World. Items will be auctioned on Thursday, April 11.
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Dershowitz to Address the Struggle Against Terror
April 8, 2002
On Tuesday, April 9, The Interdenominational Alliance for Israel (IAI) and the Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) will sponsor a lecture by Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz on The Struggle Against Terror: From New York to Jerusalem.
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Gammons to Address HLS Sports Law Conference
April 4, 2002
On Friday, April 5, the Harvard Law School Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law will host its annual sports law conference. Peter Gammons, baseball writer for The Boston Globe and ESPN commentator, will give the keynote address. The conference will examine topics ranging from legal issues in player-agent-management relationships to regulatory issues in boxing.
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Mock Trial Team Wins ATLA National Championship
April 2, 2002
The Harvard Law School Mock Trial Team has won the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's national trial advocacy tournament held in Chicago from March 21 to March 25. The victory over 225 teams from more than 120 different law schools is the first national championship for the Harvard Mock Trial Team. The team of Matthew Whitley, Cecilia Dickson, Rick Su, and Rex Lee finished a perfect 11-0, winning 33 out of 35 judges in the process.
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A Swing in Their Step
April 1, 2002
Steve Stiglitz '02 and Carrie Campbell '04 twirl around the Hark during a swing dance party in October sponsored by the Ballroom Dance Society of HLS.
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A Conversation with Irwin Schneiderman
April 1, 2002
Irwin Schneiderman '48 is senior counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, where he has worked for the past 53 years. A self- described "kid from the Jewish ghetto," Schneiderman is a graduate of Brooklyn College and served as a Navy officer in World War II before enrolling at Harvard Law School.
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Chronic Withdrawal Pains
April 1, 2002
I am a Harvard Law School dropout, which makes me a member of a rare and unenviable set. My late father, who never got over my decision to leave America's premier law school, chided me for being bright enough to get into Harvard but not bright enough to stay. From about two years after leaving to the present, I have shared my father's assessment.
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Hearsay: Spring 2002
April 1, 2002
Several HLS faculty members have written about the response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. Excerpts from selected opinion pieces follow.
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Urban Cowboy
April 1, 2002
One hundred years ago, Owen Wister, a native of Philadelphia and an HLS graduate, published the definitive Western novel.