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Alumni Focus
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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A man of many talents
May 30, 2014
Law School graduate Elliot Schwab multitasks, from music to real estate to Talmudic studies
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Stock in Trade: Ingenuity
May 15, 2014
An immigration lawyer impresses the MacArthur Foundation (Even the General would have been impressed).
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A Visible Difference
May 9, 2014
In a transition from corporate law, an attorney focuses on increasing opportunities for women.
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Siblings in the Struggle
May 9, 2014
Inspired by legendary lawyers, a brother and sister set out to change the world.
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Main Injustice
May 9, 2014
Without prosecutions, the risk of another financial crisis is greater,says a prominent federal judge.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.