Themes

Teaching & Learning

  • HLS Expands Loan Forgiveness Program

    July 25, 2000

    Dean Robert Clark '72 announced this spring an extensive expansion of Harvard Law School's loan forgiveness program, making it one of the most generous programs of its kind in the country.

  • Stuntz Brings Criminal Justice Focus to HLS

    July 18, 2000

    In what Dean Robert Clark '72 called a "stunning addition" to the criminal law faculty, University of Virginia Law School Professor William Stuntz will move north to Harvard in July.

  • Rakoff Named First Dean of the J.D. Program

    July 18, 2000

    Todd Rakoff '75, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law since 1996 and a member of the faculty since 1979, will begin in July in the new position of dean of the J.D. program.

  • Panel Examines Influence of Popular Culture on Criminal Defense

    July 5, 2000

    A panel that included many former members of the Harvard Defenders marked the 50th anniversary of the group by examining the widely misunderstood role of the defender in the courtroom and in society.

  • The Human Rights Program at fifteen

    April 25, 2000

    Professor Henry Steiner '55, founder of the program, reflects on the agenda of HRP at Harvard and beyond, and the HLS graduates "battling in the trenches" for the human rights movement worldwide.

  • Revisiting Fuller’s Famous Spelunkers

    July 28, 1999

    Were four entrapped spelunkers, whose hunger ultimately drove them to eat the fifth member of their group, guilty of murder, and should their sentence—death by hanging—be upheld?

  • Building in Cyberspace 3

    Building in Cyberspace

    June 24, 1999

    The intrepid crew of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

  • Bok and Bowen: affirming affirmative action

    Bok and Bowen: affirming affirmative action

    February 25, 1999

    Lance Liebman '67 offers a former law school dean's take on The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by Derek Bok '54, former Harvard president and HLS dean, and William Bowen, former Princeton president.