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Harvard Law School Professors Martha Minow, Cass R. Sunstein ’78, and Laurence Tribe ‘66 are among the new class of members elected to the American Philosophical Society.
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Annette Gordon-Reed ’84 to join the Harvard faculty
April 30, 2010
Award-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed J.D. ’84 will join the Harvard faculty in July 2010 as a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Gordon-Reed will also be the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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Making the case for Elena Kagan
April 29, 2010
In the following op-eds, HLS professors Charles Fried, Randall L. Kennedy, Lawrence Lessig, Charles Ogletree, Ronald S. Sullivan, Visiting Lecturer Tom Goldstein, and former HLS Dean Robert C. Clark write in support of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, former HLS Dean and current Solicitor General.
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Power selected to be 2010 Class Day speaker
April 29, 2010
Senior Foreign Policy Adviser in the Obama Administration and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power ’99 will be the 2010 Class Day speaker at HLS. Selected by this year’s Class Marshals, Power will address graduates on May 26 as part of Class Day.
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Lessig in NYT: A better chance at justice for abuse victims
April 28, 2010
The op-ed “A better chance at justice for abuse victims,” by Professor Lawrence Lessig, appeared in the April 27, 2010, edition of the New York Times.
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Committee on Capital Markets Regulation proposes blueprint for compromise on financial reform
April 27, 2010
On April 26, the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMR), led by Harvard Law School Professor Hal Scott, sent congressional leaders a proposed blueprint for a compromise that would achieve practical and effective financial reform legislation.
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Neuman, Goldsmith, and five HLS alumni elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 26, 2010
Harvard Law School Professors Gerald L. Neuman ’80 and Jack Goldsmith are amongst the new class of members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Sumner M. Redstone ’47 establishes Redstone Fellowships for post-graduate public service at HLS
April 23, 2010
Sumner M. Redstone '47 has donated $1 million to be used by Harvard College and Harvard Law School to establish scholarships for 30 students committed to public service.
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Three receive Gary Bellow Public Service Awards
April 22, 2010
Harvard Law School students Michael Admirand ’10, Cori Crider ’06, and Jacob Howard ’09 each received the Gary Bellow Public Service Award for their commitment to public interest and social justice work at an award ceremony on April 9.
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In an address to the Harvard Law School community, HLS Dean Martha Minow offered a survey of "The Past, Present, and Future of Legal Education: HLS and Beyond.” After discussing the historical evolution of legal education up to the present "time of innovation and renewal,” she offered a preview of future trends and developments.
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Winners of the 57th Williston Competition
April 21, 2010
Winners of Harvard Law School’s 57th annual Williston Competition, Harvard’s annual contract negotiation and drafting competition for first-year law students, were announced on April 5.
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Edith Ramirez ’92 sworn in as FTC commissioner
April 20, 2010
Edith Ramirez ’92 was sworn in as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission in April. Nominated by President Barack Obama ’91, she joins a five-member commission that works against deceptive advertising and enforces adherence to antitrust law.
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Fried in New Republic: Everyone’s dean
April 19, 2010
In The New Republic, HLS Professor Charles Fried wrote "Everyone's Dean: Why Elena Kagan has earned the respect of conservatives, like me," an article which appeared in the April 19 edition of the magazine. Fried teaches constitutional law and contracts at HLS, and he was solicitor general of the United States during the second Reagan administration.
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In NYT and on NPR, Bartholet assesses the fallout from the Russian adoptee controversy
April 16, 2010
"Suspending Adoption Is Not the Answer," an op-ed by HLS Professor Elizabeth Bartholet, faculty director of the Child Advocacy Program (CAP) at Harvard Law School, was published in the New York Times 'Room for Debate' blog on Apr. 15. Bartholet also appeared on NPR's 'On Point with Tom Ashbrook' to discuss the increased scrutiny on international adoption in light of the recent story about a 7-year-old Russian boy sent back to Moscow alone by his adoptive mother.
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Legal academia is not famous for collective displays of appreciation, and even less so for the humility of its members. So the celebration of the work of William Stuntz held at Harvard Law School on March 26 and 27 was doubly extraordinary.
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Jason Iuliano ’11 publishes articles in the West Virginia Law Review and the Journal of Food Law and Policy
April 15, 2010
Jason Iuliano ’11 will have two articles published in forthcoming editions of the Journal of Food Law and Policy and the West Virginia Law Review. Students rarely have articles published in law reviews and journals though they regularly contribute brief notes; Iuliano’s dual contribution is exceptionally notable.
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‘War Don Don,’ a film by Rebecca Cohen ’07, to play at Boston Independent Film Festival
April 15, 2010
"War Don Don," a film directed Rebecca Richman Cohen '07, will be shown at this year’s Independent Film Festival in Boston on April 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the Somerville Theater. The film examines the aftermath of the civil war in Sierra Leone and how the international justice system tries to address the atrocities that were committed, documenting the trial of Issa Sesay, a former rebel leader who eventually played a role in the peace negotiations.
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Solitary confinement in federal prisons is detrimental to the human brain and to the overall health of prisoners: This was the assessment of Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and associate professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Lecturer William Lee elected to Harvard Corporation
April 13, 2010
William F. Lee, a Boston-based intellectual property expert and Eli Goldston Lecturer on Law at HLS this winter term, has been elected to become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced on Apr. 11.
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"How to sober up Washington," an op-ed co-written by HLS Professor Lawrence Lessig and Daily Beast contributor Mark McKinnon, appeared in the Apr. 6 edition of the online publication.
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Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, John Levi ’72 LL.M. ’73, and four other presidential appointees to the Legal Services Corporation’s Board of Directors were sworn in to office on April 7. At the LSC’s inaugural Board meeting, the members elected Levi, a partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin, as chairman, and Minow as vice chair.