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This Thursday, Harvard Law Professor Bill Alford will travel to Washington to testify at the first hearing of the newly established Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China. Created last year to monitor human rights and legal developments in China, the committee has nine Senators, nine Representatives, and five senior officials from the Bush administration.

This summer, the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School will offer a comprehensive curriculum on Islamic law. The five day program will explore Islamic banking and finance, family law, human rights developments, the law's history and its contemporary application, and law in the Gulf region.

On Wednesday, January 30, Michael D. Watkins, associate professor of management at the Harvard Business School and an authority on coalition building, will discuss the challenges of building and sustaining a coalition to fight terrorism.

It was with great shock and sadness that we learned of the tragic death of Tony Sutin. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and members of the Appalachian School of Law community. I would also like to offer my condolences to the families and friends of the other victims of this senseless act of violence. Tony was a distinguished public servant and a pioneer in legal education. We were proud to have as an alumnus. His efforts will continue to serve as a model for students who aspire to improve the legal system. Though we mourn his loss, we celebrate his values and his life.

Ernest Brown was one of the true giants of legal education at the Harvard Law School, said Dean Robert C. Clark. He served the School long and well, and was both a living legend and a dear friend. We mourn his passing.

On Thursday, January 17, Randall Robinson, the founder and president of the TransAfrica Forum, will talk about his new book, "The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe Each Other". The event is sponsored by The Saturday School Program at Harvard Law School, the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, the Cambridge Public Library, and WordsWorth Bookstore.

Harvard Law School third-year student Brian Devine has won first prize in the Los Angeles County Bar Association Entertainment Law Writing Competition of 2001 for his paper 'Free as the Air' - Rethinking the Law of Story Ideas. Devine's paper surveys the current law of story idea submission claims, and suggests some changes that would improve the law. This issue frequently arises when a movie becomes a commercial success and someone claims the studio stole the idea.

In the aftermath of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, Harvard Law School professors have been called upon to help educated the world about the legal aspects of issues such as international tribunals, military courts, and civil liberties. The following is an abbreviated list of professors and their terrorism-related opinion pieces, testimony, and comments.

Last week, the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems held its annual Symposium for Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Japan and the United States. The event addressed the need for financial restructuring in Japan, particularly the importance of dealing with bank non-performing loans, improving the management of banks, and restructuring corporate debt.

On Tuesday, December 11, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer will discuss the value of public service in an address at Harvard Law School.

On Monday, December 3, a panel of experts will examine the costs of prescription drugs in emergency situations. Sponsored by the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, The Emergency Exception: Pharmaceutical Patents in the Time of Crisis will being together academics and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry.

Harvard Law School has named three distinguished scholars as its 2001-2002 Lewis, Houston, and Kramer Fellows. Cristina Rodriguez has been selected as the Reginald F. Lewis Fellow; Eric Miller has been named the Charles Hamilton Houston Fellow; and Phillip Malone has been chosen as the Victor H. Kramer Fellow.

The final argument of the 2001 Harvard Law School Ames Moot Court Competition was held today, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ames Courtroom. For the first time in the history of the competition, the arguments were Webcast to a worldwide audience on the Internet.

On Tuesday, November 13, two of the world's best-known negotiation scholars, Harvard Law Professors Robert H. Mnookin and Roger Fisher, will discuss the possibilities and the limits of negotiation in the post-September 11 world.

By recruiting Julie Englund for this important position, Harvard Law School has secured itself a tremendously accomplished professional who is extremely qualified to manage the administrative operations of the School, said Dean Clark. I join the entire Harvard Law School community in welcoming Julie to campus.

On Monday, November 5, Professor Anita Hill will discuss the scholarly legacy of A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.

In this position, Jackson will oversee, coordinate, and promote the Law School's extensive research activities, including research by members of the faculty and the work of Harvard Law's 17 research centers, programs, and projects.

A portrait of United States District Judge Deborah A. Batts, the first and only openly gay, lesbian or bisexual member of the federal judiciary, will be unveiled at Harvard Law School on Saturday, October 27, 2001.

On Tuesday, October 23, Lamar Alexander, former Governor of Tennessee and U.S. Secretary of Education, will give an address titled: After 9/11, America's Greatest Opportunity. Alexander will speak in the Langdell South classroom at 4 p.m.

The Gary Bellow Public Service Award is granted annually to one graduate and to one student who demonstrate an inspirational commitment to public interest work and an innovative approach to lawyering in the interest of promoting justice.

Ogletree will address some of the major conflicts, including the efforts to equate Zionism with racism, the reparations movement, and the U.S. media's coverage of international racism.