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A tribute to retiring Harvard Law Professor Duncan Kennedy written by former student Karen Engle '89, professor at University of Texas Austin School of Law.
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On Thursday, April 23, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law John Manning ’85 capped off a four-part series of “Last Lectures” for the Harvard Law School Class of 2015 with a list of eight simple rules students should live by if they wish to be both “happy lawyers and human beings.”
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After their warnings about excesses and corrupt practices on Wall Street went unheeded but proved accurate, former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, former SEC Chair Mary Schapiro, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, formerly a bankruptcy professor at Harvard Law School, set about trying to institute meaningful financial reforms from inside federal agencies and through politics.
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Trust in Providence
May 4, 2015
Jorge Elorza wins the battle to lead the city where he fought for social justice
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Representing the Whole Child
May 4, 2015
Brett Stark co-founds a medical-legal partnership to assist children who seek asylum in the U.S.
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Selected Alumni Books Spring 2015
May 4, 2015
“Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice,” by Adam Benforado ’05 (Crown) Drawing on research in psychology and neuroscience, the associate professor of law at Drexel University points to rampant injustices that stem from the legal system—not caused by corruption or ill will but simply by the way our minds work.
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In Memoriam – Spring 2015
May 4, 2015
1940-1949 Leonard C. Meeker ’40
Nov. 29, 2014
(Obituary) Alfred G. Boylan ’42
March 8, 2015
(Obituary) Lester A. -
An Event Supreme
May 4, 2015
On Dec. 15, 2014, 34 Harvard Law alumni, from the Classes of 1971 to 2010, gathered at the U.S. Supreme Court to join the bar for the highest court in the nation.
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A conversation with Bart Winokur
May 4, 2015
From London to Iran and beyond, Barton J. “Bart” Winokur ’64 has had a robust career as an international deal-maker and expert in mergers and acquisitions.
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Preventing Sexual Assault
May 4, 2015
Universities nationwide are trying to do a better job of addressing sexual misconduct on campus. At HLS, new procedures reflect many voices.
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A Voice for Accountability
May 4, 2015
Sareta Ashraph documents violations of international law for the U.N.
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Politics and Service
May 4, 2015
For Freshman Senator Tom Cotton, politics and patriotism are nothing new.
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Dying While Black and Brown
May 4, 2015
In March, Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice sponsored a dance performance at HLS titled “Dying While Black and Brown.” Presented one day before the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march, it dramatized the disproportionate incarceration and execution of people of color.
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Hidden Talent
May 4, 2015
Craig Gentry has developed ways to to keep data secure and accessible that may broaden the use of cloud computing.
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Legacies of Selfless Scholarship
May 4, 2015
In July, HLS Professor Daniel Halperin, will retire after after more than a half-century as a tax lawyer, professor and government official as will Duncan Kennedy who in 30 of his years on the faculty has taught one-fourth of every HLS entering class contracts, property or torts.
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LL.M.s for LGBT Rights
May 4, 2015
Childhood friends train together to fight Uganda’s draconian anti-gay laws
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Articulating Integrity
May 4, 2015
The Global Anticorruption Lab, taught by HLS Professor Matthew Stephenson ’03, offers law students an unusual opportunity to hone concise writing skills through the crafting of blog posts that are read and commented on by high-level stakeholders around the world.
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Incoming Harvard Law students will be offered Harvard Business School’s online courses on business fundamentals
April 30, 2015
HBX Credential of Readiness HLS-HBS_Shields(CORe)—the online business fundamentals program launched by Harvard Business School last year to provide a strong foundation in the language and tools of business—will now be offered to entering students at Harvard Law School.
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When HLS Professor Lawrence Lessig was named as the director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard in 2008, he…