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Designing the deal
September 1, 2005
Some of the biggest deal makers put the world on hold while they teach in a class led by Professor Guhan Subramanian '98. But they're also there to learn a thing or two about negotiation.
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Mission impossible?
September 1, 2005
Harvard-trained negotiators are working hard on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, in which everyone seems to know where they want to go but no one knows quite how to get there.
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Alternative lawstyle
September 1, 2005
Frank E.A. Sander '52 had nearly two decades under his belt teaching tax and family law at HLS when Chief Justice Warren Burger tapped him to present a paper on alternative dispute resolution 29 years ago.
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Once more, with feeling
September 1, 2005
For decades, negotiators have struggled to "separate the people from the problem," one of the cardinal rules set forth in the seminal book "Getting to Yes." But what if the people are the problem--or at least appear to be?
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Online and on the road
September 1, 2005
A quarter-century after "Getting to Yes," Harvard's Program on Negotiation is refining the art and sharing it with the world.
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Tribute: Henry Steiner and Detlev Vagts
September 1, 2005
When Henry Steiner '55 and Detlev Vagts '51 published the first edition of "Transnational Legal Problems" in 1968, the collaboration marked a milestone in the field of international law.
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Tribute: Henry Steiner
September 1, 2005
Because of Henry Steiner's singular vision and dedication, the Human Rights Program--now a leading forum in the field--has transformed legal education at Harvard Law School.
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Tribute: Detlev Vagts ’51
September 1, 2005
I was privileged to be a student of Detlev Vagts’ while I was obtaining my master’s degree and to work with him as his research…
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Faculty Pro Bono, Four Takes
September 1, 2005
When Professor Elizabeth Bartholet ’65 spoke at a conference on international adoption in Guatemala City early this year, she addressed a room full of activists, lawyers and politicians. But at the heart of her speech, and her pro bono advocacy, are children–living in institutions or foster care around the world.
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Cooling Off the Planet
September 1, 2005
Which works better--regulation or market-based initiatives? We ask Jody Freeman, who joined the HLS faculty this year.
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Not on Her Watch: Rebecca Hamilton ’07 works to stop genocide now
September 1, 2005
Few students admitted to Harvard Law School question whether they should build roads instead. But when Rebecca Hamilton '07 spent the summer of 2004 in Sudan trying to help thousands of displaced people get home, she found herself longing for such concrete solutions for the war-torn country.
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Lawman Abroad
September 1, 2005
Kenneth Scott '79 makes sure there's no whitewash after ethnic 'cleansing'
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Negotiation, Advanced
September 1, 2005
Negotiation is, and must be, at the heart of modern legal practice. From the Middle East to Massachusetts, from corporate offices to war zones, negotiators…
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Tougher Goals, Softer Style
September 1, 2005
A hard hat sits on a bookshelf in her office. It's a requirement for visiting the construction site across from the Dimock Community Health Center, but the prop fits Ruth Ellen Fitch '83, the center's president and CEO, in more ways than one.
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Guilty until proven innocent
September 1, 2005
Brandon Moon was a 25-year-old college student at the University of Texas at El Paso in 1988 when he was convicted of rape and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Last December, after 16 years behind bars, he was released following conclusive DNA testing that proved his innocence.
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The newest justice, in august company
September 1, 2005
John G. Roberts Jr. '79 is the first graduate of Harvard Law School to become chief justice of the United States.
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Five new professors join HLS faculty
August 30, 2005
The ranks of the Harvard Law School faculty expanded over the summer with the arrival of three new assistant professors and two new tenured professors of law. The hires are part of an effort to bring about a net increase of 15 faculty members over the next decade.
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HLS to hold second Celebration of Black Alumni
August 24, 2005
This September, Harvard Law School will hold its second Celebration of Black Alumni, bringing hundreds of black Harvard Law graduates to campus for a range of programming focusing on national and international legal issues. Highlights of the three-day event include a keynote address by U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, a 1991 Harvard Law graduate, and speeches by Harvard President Lawrence Summers and Law School Dean Elena Kagan. The event will take place on the HLS campus September 16-18.
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President Bush has nominated Harvard Law graduate John G. Roberts Jr., a federal appeals court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created earlier this month when Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement. Roberts graduated from Harvard Law School in 1979 and from Harvard College in 1976.
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The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear the case Whitman v. Department of Transportation in which the petition for certiorari prepared by a class at Harvard Law School. The winter 2005 Supreme Court Litigation class, taught by instructors Amy Howe and Thomas Goldstein, researched and wrote the petition.
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A Conversation with Donald Alexander ’48
July 1, 2005
Donald Alexander '48 is a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C., where he has a wide-ranging tax practice.