Alumni Focus

The Yukos case—with its largest-ever arbitration award—was the culmination of Yas Banifatemi's career in international arbitration, which took root at Harvard.

“Seattle Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle,” by Christopher T. Bayley ’66 (Sasquatch Books). In the early 1970s, as the newly…

This past May, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow joined HLSA President Salvo Arena LL.M. ’00 and more than 200 other alumni at a celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Law School Association of Europe, held at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée in Paris.

Halfway into his term as president of the Harvard Law School Association, Salvo Arena LL.M. ’00 says one of the questions he hears most often when he meets with other alumni is, What exactly is the HLSA and what does it do?

Since his 3L year, Wolfson has been arguing for a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

What will the movement look like after a blockbuster win and how to engage the public with causes that have received comparatively scant attention?

On September 26, Ralph Nader '58 will oversee the opening in his hometown of Winsted, Conn. of the nation's first and only museum dedicated to law: the American Museum of Tort Law.

On July 11, Harvard, for the first time in the century-long history of the Republic of China, welcomed a sitting president of Taiwan, hosting President Ma Ying-jeou S.J.D. ’81 for a nostalgic visit to his alma mater.

On a day of celebration and achievement, Deval Patrick '78 AB '82, the former governor of Massachusetts, told Harvard graduates he hoped they felt uneasy, unsure, and restless: uneasy about the planet’s big problems, unsure they know all they should, and restless enough to act.

Deval Patrick `82, who recently concluded two terms as the 71st governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was Harvard’s 2015 commencement speaker.

Racial reconciliation in America has been an elusive dream. To Bryan Stevenson ’85, the problem is that we haven’t been willing to tell the truth about our nightmares

Bryan Stevenson ’85 on race, poverty and the things worth fighting for

Jorge Elorza wins the battle to lead the city where he fought for social justice

Brett Stark co-founds a medical-legal partnership to assist children who seek asylum in the U.S.

“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.

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.

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.

Sareta Ashraph documents violations of international law for the U.N.

For Freshman Senator Tom Cotton, politics and patriotism are nothing new.

Kannon Shanmugam on making his case before the Supreme Court

Craig Gentry has developed ways to to keep data secure and accessible that may broaden the use of cloud computing.