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Alumni Focus
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Marshaling Brennan
January 1, 2011
The reaction from Harvard Law School was decidedly cool 54 years ago when President Eisenhower appointed its alumnus William J. Brennan Jr. ’31 to serve on the Supreme Court.
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Genachowski’s path to the chairmanship of the FCC in some ways mirrored that of his predecessor, Kevin Martin ’93, though they arrived via different sides of the political aisle.
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In Memoriam – Winter 2011 Bulletin
January 1, 2011
1930-1939 Leo Yanoff ’33
July 16, 2010 David Ginsburg ’35
May 23, 2010 Ward B. Lewis ’35
April 10, 2010 Alexander A. -
Two from HLS Serve on Intelligence Advisory Board
January 1, 2011
Since early 2010, Rita Hauser ’58 and Roel Campos ’79 have been serving on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by President Barack Obama ’91.
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A Life Devoted to Proving ‘You Can’
January 1, 2011
Paul S. Miller ’86, a leader in the disability rights movement, died Oct. 19, at age 49. Miller was on the faculty of the University of Washington and was also an adviser to President Barack Obama ’91.
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Sharon E. Jones ’82, the new president of the HLSA, on her goals for the association
January 1, 2011
The focus of the Harvard Law School Association over the next two years will be building awareness and engagement among alumni on a global basis. My mantra is “One World, One HLSA.”
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Counsel for the situation: Coleman’s career celebrated
December 22, 2010
William T. Coleman Jr. ’43 ('46), the venerable civil rights lawyer who served on the Brown v. Board of Education case, as counsel to the Warren Commission and as secretary of transportation in the Gerald Ford Administration, was a guest speaker at Harvard Law School on Dec. 1.
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In Memoriam: Former Providence City Solicitor Joe Fernandez ’91
December 20, 2010
Joe Fernandez '91, a former Providence city solicitor, died Dec. 18, 2010, after a short illness. He was 46.
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HLS dissertation on the formation of the modern Philippine state wins William Nelson Cromwell Prize
December 14, 2010
Anna Leah Fidelis T. Castañeda LL.M. ’96 S.J.D. ’09 was awarded the William Nelson Cromwell Dissertation Prize for her Harvard Law School S.J.D. dissertation: “Creating Exceptional Empire: American Liberal Constitutionalism and the Construction of the Constitutional Order of the Philippine Islands, 1898-1935.”
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New Harvard Law Financial Aid Fund Honors Alumnus Richard H. Caldwell
December 14, 2010
Havard Law School and Andrews Kurth LLP have announced a new endowed financial aid fund in honor of the late Richard H. Caldwell ’63. The fund, which has grown to more than $200,000, will benefit HLS students who hail from Texas.
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski ’91: Broadband will fuel job creation, innovation and growth
November 29, 2010
As part of the Views from Washington series, Julius Genachowski,’91, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, came to Harvard Law School in November for a conversation with students and with Dean Martha Minow.
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Justice Breyer on Making our Democracy Work
November 9, 2010
In a special seminar sponsored by the Center for History and Economics at Harvard, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer ’64 of the U.S. Supreme Court discussed his new book, “Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View,” his jurisprudential philosophy, and as the origins of judicial review.
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The White House released a statement from the President on Thursday, October 21 on the life of Paul Miller '86, who advised Presidents Obama and Clinton on disability and equal opportunity matters. Miller, a lawyer who was born with achondroplasia "dwarfism" and became a leader in the disability rights movement, died Tuesday at his home on Mercer Island, Wash. He was 49.
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Louis Henkin ’40, a founder of modern human rights law [1917-2010]
October 20, 2010
Louis Henkin ’40, who pioneered the field of human rights law and was a prolific scholar and teacher in the fields of constitutional and international law, died Oct. 14, 2010. He was 92.
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A Prescription for Change
October 8, 2010
When she was 19, Rebecca Onie ’03 created a program that takes a holistic approach to treating low-income patients; one “genius grant” later, she’s determined to change the health care system.
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Anthony Scaramucci '89—author of "Goodbye Gordon Gekko: How to Find Your Fortune Without Losing Your Soul" and adviser to the movie Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps—shared career advice with Harvard Law School students at an event cosponsored by the Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series and the Office of Career Services on September 29.
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Bellinger, former State Department Legal Adviser, offers advice to Harvard Law School students
September 30, 2010
On Sept. 13, John B. Bellinger III '86, chief legal adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during the Bush Administration, gave a talk to students on how to launch and develop careers in international and public-interest law. The talk was sponsored by HLS's Office of Public Interest Advising.
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Over the past decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has overruled the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 148 of 182 cases—a “strikingly poor record” for the circuit court, said Ninth Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain ’63 in a talk at Harvard Law School on September 17. The event was sponsored by the Federalist Society.
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Eleven Harvard Law grads are U.S. Supreme Court clerks for 2010-2011
September 3, 2010
Of the 39 law school graduates who are serving as clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court justices and retired justices in the 2010-2011 term, 11 hail from Harvard Law School—the highest number from a single law school this year.
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Susan L. Carney ’77 nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals
July 22, 2010
Susan Carney ’77 has been nominated by President Barack Obama ’91 to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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A Most Disarming Warrior
July 20, 2010
A U.N. advocate is fighting to protect children from armed conflicts