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Alumni Focus
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Harvard Law School is one of the few things that I have encountered in life that’s as good as it’s cracked up to be. For…
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Harvard Schools Host First JD/MBA Reunion
July 1, 2001
They called themselves orphans, pearls without a string, and the lost graduates. But on April 5 and 6, these wayward souls found a home, when…
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The Voters’ Advocate
July 1, 2001
Scott Harshbarger '68, the president of Common Cause, is charged with reinvigorating the venerable watchdog organization.
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In the Money
July 1, 2001
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.
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A Lodge Out West
July 1, 2001
In the land of the bean and the cod (that’s Boston for those of you who have forgotten), it was once said that the Cabots…
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Power to the People
July 1, 2001
Matthew Freedman ’99 is all charged up. Just ask him about the deregulation of California’s utilities. He’ll tell you in passionate detail the tortuous story…
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The Times According to William Proctor
July 1, 2001
William Proctor ’66 recognizes the New York Times’s preeminence as the country’s newspaper of record. That’s why he reads it every morning, and why he’s…
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Bush Taps HLS Grads for Administration
July 1, 2001
A new president may occupy the White House, but Harvard Law remains well represented at the top of government. So far, President George W. Bush…
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The Record Breaker
April 27, 2001
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.
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Guilty, by Reason of HLS Degree
April 27, 2001
A Harvard law degree is not always advantageous. In fact, for Nguyen Ngoc Bich LL.M. ’73, it was downright dangerous. Largely because of his HLS…
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Adopting a Cause
April 27, 2001
Frederick F. Greenman Jr. ’61 LL.M. ’63 fights for a right almost everyone takes for granted. All people, he believes, should be able to find…
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The General at Peace
April 27, 2001
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.
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A Stamp of Honor
April 27, 2001
It didn’t take long for the U.S. Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee to deliver Claude Pepper ’24 to the top of its list. His nearly 50…
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A Catalyst for Change
April 27, 2001
This summer a group of Baltimore inner-city residents got technical jobs at an Internet company, thanks to their own determination but also to an idea…
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One-L of a Good Time
April 27, 2001
Although Vaughn Carney’s new novel is about Harvard Law School students, his characters are not chasing paper. That’s not, after all, what most people go…
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An Independent Woman
April 27, 2001
Credit: Richard Chase A fellow at HLS during the academic year, Jennifer Braceras ’94, argued the conservative’s case as a columnist for the Boston Glove…
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I’ve Got a Secret
April 27, 2001
What better person to consider George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest than Jim Koch ’78, founder of and pitchman for Boston Beer Company, makers of…
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Alumni Bid for Congress
April 27, 2001
While Ralph Nader ’58 grabbed the spotlight in the presidential race, several other HLS alumni also sought elective office in the fall. Perhaps the most…
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Takingachance@a.com
April 27, 2001
Despite the dizzying decline of the dot-com world, several alumni are determined to survive and thrive in their own digital start-ups.
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California Dreamin’
April 27, 2001
Students Go West for New Careers Sitting in the Charles Hotel’s lobby before yet another job interview, Norm Cappell ’02 imagines the dream job that…
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Class Mates
April 1, 2001
For Carolyn Cochran Clark ’68 and L. David Clark Jr. ’68, the seating chart in their 1966 commercial transactions class proved to be prescient. Professor…