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Five years ago, Jennifer Granholm '87 was a political unknown. Now she is working nonstop on the campaign trail to get people to know her, believe in her, and make her the next governor of Michigan.

Guided by their professors, students find HLS a training ground for academic careers.

Eli Rosenbaum '80 is driven to bring Nazis to justice before it's too late.

For the first time in decades, HLS has changed the basic structure of its first-year experience, and students and faculty are singing the praises of The New 1L.

Both sides have advocates as Harvard University considers moving HLS.

In defense of inmates, students in HLS's Prison Legal Assistance Project test their legal skills and their beliefs.

Cynics call them do-gooders, hopelessly naïve people disconnected from the real world. These days, the cynical view could easily prevail.

Mitt Romney '75, CEO and president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, plans for a safe and sound Winter Olympics.

Fenway Park pulsed with the sounds of 33,000 fans lucky enough to score tickets in the middle of a pennant race. They pleaded and yelled and stomped and groaned at every pop-up, called strike, or double play.

The attack on Pearl Harbor impelled many Harvard Law School students to join the fight of their generation. Those who came back were changed men who had changed the world.

From a groundbreaking to a Senate hearing, it's all part of a day's work for Mayor Anthony Williams '87 of Washington, D.C.

HLS Celebrates Second Worldwide Alumni Congress in the City of Light.

Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. '78 and Randall Robinson '70 want to educate Americans about the lasting impact of slavery. A lawsuit will be part of that education.

In two new books, a TV censor writes about what he saw and an anti-censorship attorney writes about what children should see.

The current Strategic Plan builds on changes that have taken place at HLS over the last 30 years.

Scott Harshbarger '68, the president of Common Cause, is charged with reinvigorating the venerable watchdog organization.

Many alumni have made a fortune for their clients and themselves in the investment world. Five of them talk about how they do it--and why stock market fluctuations don't keep them up at night.

An HLS librarian discovers a poster and unearths a mystery from 1937.

The former chief of Arista Records, who has shaped the careers of music legends Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, and Whitney Houston, launches a new record label.

As her tenure as head of the Justice Department ends, Janet Reno '63 reflects on the criticism and controversies--and what she did with her Harvard Law School education.

Despite the dizzying decline of the dot-com world, several alumni are determined to survive and thrive in their own digital start-ups.