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    In their own words: Chayes fellows share stories of experiences abroad

    December 17, 2010

    This fall, more than 20 recipients of the 2010 Chayes International Public Service Fellowship gathered at the home of Antonia Chayes, widow of HLS Professor Abram Chayes '49, to share stories of their fellowship experience. Founded in memory of Chayes, the Fellowships allow HLS students to spend eight weeks working with governments of developing nations and those making difficult transitions to peace, stability, and democracy, and with inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations that support them. 

  • Sylvaine Wong LL.M. ’11

    Sylvaine Wong LL.M. ’11, lieutenant commander, U.S. Navy

    December 10, 2010

    As a little girl in Berkeley, Calif., U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Sylvaine Wong LL.M. ’11 became enamored of the Navy when her dad took her each year to “Fleet Week” to clamber aboard aircraft carriers and visit other military craft.

  • Siddhartha Velandy portrait

    Siddhartha Velandy LL.M. ’11, captain, U.S. Marine Corps

    December 10, 2010

    For the first three months his battalion was stationed in Al Anbar Province in Iraq in early 2007, the situation was “highly kinetic,” recalls U.S. Marine Captain Siddhartha Velandy LL.M. ’11, with the Marines either under relentless attack or aggressively patrolling in order to create a secure environment.

  • Steven Schartup

    Steven Schartup, infantry platoon leader, U.S. Army

    December 10, 2010

    Steven Schartup ’13 in a U.S. Army veteran who did two tours of duty in Iraq, one involving combat, and another couple of months in Kosovo in a peacekeeping operation.

  • Graham Phillips

    Graham Phillips, sergeant, U.S. Army

    December 10, 2010

    It was between his junior and senior years at Princeton, in the summer of 2004 when the war in Iraq was not very old, that Graham Phillips ’13 decided to enlist in the U.S. Army.

  • Susan McGarvey portrait outside in the summer

    Susan McGarvey LL.M. ’11, Lieutenant Commander, US Navy

    December 10, 2010

    U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Susan McGarvey LL.M.’ 11 was in the courthouse when Saddam Hussein was on trial for the Anfal Campaign, the genocide of Kurds that he ordered in the late 1980s.

  • Ian Gore portrait

    Ian Gore ’13: intelligence officer, US Army

    December 10, 2010

    As a U.S. Army intelligence officer stationed in Baghdad in 2006 and 2007, Ian Gore ’13 was a targeting officer, responsible for building “target packets” against enemy combatants: working with locals to find out who the enemies were, compiling evidence against them, explaining to the unit commander why a particular person should be arrested and detained, and describing the goals that would be achieved.

  • Military group photo

    New to law school, but veterans of war and service

    December 10, 2010

    From helping to prosecute Saddam Hussein to targeting enemy combatants to prosecuting or defending other members of the service, seven active duty or military veterans served in the war efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both, and have matriculated at HLS this year.

  • Five from Harvard Law School Awarded Skadden Fellowships

    December 8, 2010

    Four Harvard Law School students and one recent graduate have been chosen to receive Skadden Fellowships to support their work in public service. This prestigious fellowship was awarded to 29 people this year.

  • Ames 2010: The argument

    November 18, 2010

    The final round of the annual Ames Moot Court Competition took place on November 16 in the Ames Courtroom.

  • Chief Justice Roberts at Ames

    Chief Justice Roberts presides over Ames

    November 18, 2010

    Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ’79 presided over the final round of Harvard Law School’s 2010 Ames Moot Court Competition on Nov. 16 in Ames Courtroom. He was joined by Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and Judge Diana Murphy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

  • Project No One Leaves

    Project No One Leaves on PBS NewsHour

    October 20, 2010

    The efforts of students in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau and the WilmerHale Legal Services Center to keep Boston residents in their homes after foreclosure were featured in a major story last night on the PBS NewsHour.

  • Harvard Campus

    A roundup of recent fellowship and scholarship winners at Harvard Law School

    September 14, 2010

    Here is a roundup of fellowships and scholarships awarded this year to Harvard Law School students and recent graduates to pursue domestic and international work or educational opportunities. The list includes the names of the recipients, their grants, and the places where they will be working.

  • In their own words: Human Rights students discuss their summer internships

    September 3, 2010

    This summer, HLS students traveled to distant locations – in Burma, Sierra Leone, Budapest, The Netherlands, Bolivia, South Africa, Ireland and Argentina – to do human rights advocacy work.

  • Students walking

    Lawyers in summer, at home and abroad

    September 3, 2010

    Five HLS students reflect on their summer legal work at home and abroad.

  • Tom Ferriss

    Tom Ferriss ’11: Backstage pass to the Kagan confirmation hearings

    August 22, 2010

    As a legal fellow funded by the HLS Office of Public Interest Advising and a Heyman Fellowship, Tom Ferriss '11 became an expert on the work of then Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan, flagging issues that might draw political attention during her Senate Confirmation hearings.

  • Three Journeys, One Dream

    July 1, 2010

    LL.M. students recall their work in Afghanistan and share their hopes for the nation’s future.

  • Team approach gets high grade from students

    July 1, 2010

    After the first semester of law school—including standing alone under the Socratic spotlight—one of the best aspects of the new Problem Solving Workshop in winter term is learning to rely on classmates while teaming up to resolve complex legal issues, students say.

  • Lisa Kelly LL.M. '08

    S.J.D. candidate wins Trudeau Scholarship

    June 15, 2010

    Lisa Kelly LL.M. ’08 was recently awarded a Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship. Annually, 15 doctoral candidates are awarded up to $180,000 each over a three-year period to support research “of compelling present-day concern” to the Trudeau Foundation, which was established in 2001 to honor the former prime minister of Canada.

  • Students at Graduation

    On their way to the next adventure: A look at five new graduates

    June 3, 2010

    Seven hundred and sixty-one members of the Class of 2010 celebrated the end of their HLS journey at Commencement Exercises on May 27. As they are about to start their next journeys, five students from the graduating class take a look back at their time at HLS and share their plans for the future.

  • Class of 2010 Averages 553 Hours of Pro Bono Service Per Student

    May 26, 2010

    Two graduating students who each contributed more than 2,500 hours of free legal services while at Harvard Law School will share this year’s Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award, while the Class of 2010 surpassed the HLS record for pro bono hours, performing a total of 329,934 hours, an average of 553 hours per student.