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HLS Awards Kaufman Public Interest Fellowship
August 25, 2000
Harvard Law School has awarded Irving R. Kaufman Public Interest Fellowships to graduating 22 students and recent graduates. These fellowships are awarded in recognition and support of individuals who have shown truly exceptional promise for careers in public interest law. The Kaufman Fellowships are managed by the School's Office of Public Interest Advising, which is directed by Alexa Shabecoff.
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HLS Awards Edith Fine Public Interest Fellowship
August 25, 2000
Sophie Bryan (HLS '00), who will be a Skadden Fellow at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center in Jamaica Plain, Boston, is the 2000 Edith Fine Public Interest Fellow. Sophie has been a strong presence at Harvard Law School, as Co-Chair of the Student Public Interest Auction and founding member of the Project on Law and Organizing. She has served on the Legal Services Center Student Advisory Board and as a Peer Counselor for the Office of Public Interest Advising. Sophie is on the Executive Board of the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
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HLS Expands Loan Forgiveness Program
July 25, 2000
Dean Robert Clark '72 announced this spring an extensive expansion of Harvard Law School's loan forgiveness program, making it one of the most generous programs of its kind in the country.
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James Vorenberg [1928-2000]
July 18, 2000
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law James Vorenberg, 72, the ninth dean of Harvard Law School, former Watergate associate special prosecutor, and first chair of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, died on April 12, 2000, of cardiac arrest.
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The Dean of Solo Practitioners
July 18, 2000
Oscar Fendler '33 has always done things his own way. He remains the only graduate of HLS to ever practice law in Blytheville, Ark.
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Letter to a Recent Graduate
July 18, 2000
Among the Law School’s collection of letters, manuscripts, and published works of Justice Joseph Story, Dane Professor of Law from 1829 to 1845, is a letter written March 26, 1832, from Story to Charles C. Convers, who graduated the year before.
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A Day in the Pupils’ Court
July 18, 2000
Thirteen-year-old Queen Pleasant can't graduate from law school until at least 2011, but she got a head start on her legal education in April as she cross-examined witnesses in the Ames Courtroom.
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Stuntz Brings Criminal Justice Focus to HLS
July 18, 2000
In what Dean Robert Clark '72 called a "stunning addition" to the criminal law faculty, University of Virginia Law School Professor William Stuntz will move north to Harvard in July.
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A Sense of Securities: J. Sinclair Armstrong ’41
July 18, 2000
J. Sinclair Armstrong '41 credits the faculty at the School in preparing him for his life and career. He has also taught himself to conquer new fields of expertise, and to face new challenges at the top levels of government and business.
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Auction 2000 Breaks Fund-raising Record
July 18, 2000
As the crowd cheers him on, Kyle Cauthron '02 (center) vies for a fly-fishing trip to Montana, one of the most coveted items up for bid at this year's public interest auction.
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The Great Negotiator
July 18, 2000
Credit: Nicki Pardo This spring former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who chaired the Northern Ireland peace negotiations that led to the “Good Friday Agreement”…
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Klein Makes Case against Microsoft
July 18, 2000
Joel Klein ’71, assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and head attorney in the government’s recent victory against Microsoft, addressed…
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Rakoff Named First Dean of the J.D. Program
July 18, 2000
Todd Rakoff '75, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law since 1996 and a member of the faculty since 1979, will begin in July in the new position of dean of the J.D. program.
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Three faculty remembered
July 18, 2000
Professors Gary Bellow, Abram Chayes, and James Vorenberg Harvard Law School lost three of its great citizens during one week in April. Though we mourn their loss, we also…
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The Original Defenders
July 5, 2000
The Harvard Defenders celebrated 50 years of serving indigent criminal defendants with a tribute to the original members of the group from the Class of 1950.
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21 Equals $1.12M for HLS Student
July 5, 2000
Even with law firm salaries skyrocketing, graduating Harvard Law School students will have trouble matching fellow 3L Rahim Oberholtzer's $1.12 million earnings from two hours of work in January.
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Hemenway Gym Gets in Shape
July 5, 2000
Just in time to help relieve the stress of finals, students celebrated the reopening of Hemenway Gymnasium on April 5. The renovated gym features $100,000 of new fitness equipment, a larger weight room and an improved aerobics area.
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A panel that included many former members of the Harvard Defenders marked the 50th anniversary of the group by examining the widely misunderstood role of the defender in the courtroom and in society.
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Memorial Service for Professor Gary Bellow
May 25, 2000
A memorial service was held for Harvard Law School Professor Gary Bellow on Thursday, May 25, at 2:00 p.m. in Sanders Theatre, Harvard University. A reception followed in Pound Hall, Ropes-Gray Room, 2nd floor, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge.
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Professor Byse Receives Boston University Award
May 12, 2000
Clark Byse, Harvard Law School Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, Emeritus, has received the Silver Shingle Award from Boston University's School of Law.