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  • HLS faculty maintain top position in SSRN citation rankings

    Alumni fare well in midterm elections

    November 6, 2014

    Harvard Law School graduates across the country won political victories as part of the nation’s midterm elections. Rep. Tom Cotton ’02 (R-Ark.) successfully challenged two-term…

  • Dean Minow hosts a conversation with Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Nancy Ramirez (video)

    November 4, 2014

    On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Martha Minow hosted a Q&A session with Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Nancy Ramirez at an event sponsored by the Black Law Students Association, La Alianza and The Journal on Racial and Ethic Justice.

  • Running the show: a conversation with MLB commissioner-elect Rob Manfred ’83

    August 22, 2014

    In one of the first interviews since his election as Major League Baseball's 10th commissioner, Rob Manfred '83 recently spoke with the Harvard Gazette about the challenges facing baseball and his vision for the future of the game.

  • Laurence Tribe and Nancy Gertner portraits

    Tribe, Gertner, alumni recognized by the ABA

    August 8, 2014

    Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe and HLS alumni Edward M. Ginsburg ’58 and Alan Howard ’87 were honored by the American Bar Association during the association’s annual meeting in Boston in August.

  • David Thronson, Margaret Stock '92, Ira Kurzban, and Pratt speaking at a table in front of the room

    Ninth Circuit judge recounts landmark case at HIRC 30th anniversary

    July 22, 2014

    On June 17, about 200 Harvard Law School alumni and students gathered to mark the 30th anniversary of the Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC). It was a celebration of "30 Years of Social Change Lawyering," and it brought together advocates from around the country and the world.

  • Running a Federal Agency: A Conversation with Julius Genachowski and Jonathan Zittrain

    July 18, 2014

    Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Zittrain ’95 sat down for a conversation with Julius Genachowski ’91, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and partner…

  • Photo of a janitor in high vis gear cleaning at a penitentiary, near a barred hallway

    First Public Service Venture Fund ‘Seed Grant’ recipients challenge debtors’ prison in Alabama

    June 13, 2014

    Until last month, scores of destitute people—virtually all of them African Americans— languished in the city jail of Montgomery, Ala., for unpaid traffic tickets they…

  • Elliot Schwab in library

    A man of many talents

    May 30, 2014

    Law School graduate Elliot Schwab multitasks, from music to real estate to Talmudic studies

  • Margaret Stock ’92

    Stock in Trade: Ingenuity

    May 15, 2014

    An immigration lawyer impresses the MacArthur Foundation (Even the General would have been impressed).

  • Tommy Koh laughing

    Using Both his Head and his Heart

    May 9, 2014

    For this great negotiator, it comes naturally

  • Marissa Wesely ’79

    A Visible Difference

    May 9, 2014

    In a transition from corporate law, an attorney focuses on increasing opportunities for women.

  • Brother and sister in 2012

    Siblings in the Struggle

    May 9, 2014

    Inspired by legendary lawyers, a brother and sister set out to change the world.

  • Judge Jed S. Rakoff '69

    Main Injustice

    May 9, 2014

    Without prosecutions, the risk of another financial crisis is greater,says a prominent federal judge.

  • Bert Fields

    A conversation with Bertram Fields ’52

    May 5, 2014

    There is no one in Hollywood—indeed, throughout the entire entertainment industry—who doesn’t know the name Bert Fields.

  • David Singleton and Jessica Frisina posing with their award plaques

    Two receive the Gary Bellow Public Service Award

    April 24, 2014

    In an April 16th ceremony, Harvard Law School student Jessica Frisina ’14 and alumnus David Singleton ’91 were honored with the Gary Bellow Public Service Award.

  • Michael Weiner speaks at a press conference

    In Memoriam: Michael Weiner ‘86

    April 16, 2014

    In a tribute to his colleague and HLS classmate, Dave Prouty '86, general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association, described Michael Weiner ‘86 as the “most beloved man in baseball.”

  • Bertram Fields donates $5 million to Harvard Law School to create professorship

    April 1, 2014

    Harvard Law School has announced that Bertram Fields, one of the nation’s most renowned entertainment lawyers, has made a gift of $5 million to Harvard Law School to endow the Bertram Fields Professorship of Law. Fields, a native of Los Angeles, California, received his law degree from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, in 1952.

  • David Otunga speaking behind a podium

    Wrestling with choices: David Otunga ’06

    February 28, 2014

    Professional wrestler David Otunga '06 was the keynote speaker at the Harvard Law School Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law’s 2014 symposium, which also include panel discussions with practicing lawyers, a presentation of student awards, and a recognition of Paul C. Weiler, LL.M. ’65, the Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Emeritus.

  • Sumner Redstone donates $10 million to Harvard Law School to support public service

    January 9, 2014

    Sumner M. Redstone, one of the nation’s pre-eminent media entrepreneurs and philanthropists, has announced a gift of $10 million to Harvard Law School to endow the Sumner M. Redstone Fellowships in Public Service. The gift from the Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation -- the largest ever made to Harvard Law School in support of public service -- will provide funding for HLS students who wish to work in the public interest after graduation.

  • Tama Matsuoka Wong

    One Woman’s Weeds

    January 1, 2014

    Tama Matsuoka Wong ’83 was a securities lawyer in Hong Kong when her toddler began to suffer from such severe allergies that she was hospitalized. When it became clear that the problem was related to processed foods, Wong and her family returned to the U.S., where they could have better control over what they ate.

  • Jennifer Lin

    Leading Women

    January 1, 2014

    This fall, more than 600 alumnae from around the country and the world came back to Harvard Law School for “Celebration 60: Leaders for Change—Women Transforming our Communities and the World.” We interview four participants on their experiences effecting change.