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  • Film event spotlights diversity of careers

    April 9, 2005

    Saturday evening, Harvard Law School will host a film screening with alumnus Hill Harper '92, actor on the popular TV series, "CSI: New York," and film critic Elvis Mitchell. The event will bring together a range of campus organizations for a discussion of the film "Lackawanna Blues" and of non-traditional career paths available to law school students. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 9 in Austin North.

  • HLS Democrats strategize about rebuilding the left

    April 8, 2005

    This week, the Harvard Law School Democrats hosted their annual conference, "Rebuilding the Democratic Party and the Left." The five-day event focused both on practical and theoretical questions related to campaigning, messaging and political strategizing.

  • Conference focuses on women in war

    April 8, 2005

    "Women in War: Law and Gender in Situations of Conflict" will be the focus of the upcoming annual conference of the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender. The event will examine the variety of ways that women experience and participate in violent conflict. The conference, which takes place in Austin West at Harvard Law School on April 8 and 9, will feature leading legal and policy scholars, practitioners and students analyzing war through a gender-conscious lens.

  • Berkman Center hosts 'Signal or Noise 2k5: Creative Revolution?'

    April 7, 2005

    One week after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the legal and economic ramifications of music downloading, Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society is hosting a conference to examine the impact of the Internet and digital technologies on the arts and business models associated with distribution of the creative work.

  • Law School shows dramatic side in upcoming 'W;t'

    April 6, 2005

    This weekend, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "W;t" will begin its four-night run at Harvard Law School. Professor Bruce Hay directs the cast of law students and other actors in the series of performances on April 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. in Ames Courtroom.

  • A Harvard first in European law championship

    April 5, 2005

    A group of law students recently made history as the first Harvard team to win the European Law Moot Court, the second largest moot court competition in the world. After competing with over 90 schools from around the world for a spot in the finals, the team traveled to Luxembourg to argue their case before judges of the European Court of Justice.

  • Harvard hosts 'Spotlight on Darfur' series

    April 4, 2005

    This week, Harvard will host a series of events to focus attention on the current crisis in Sudan. The lectures and discussions were coordinated by the Darfur Action Group, a coalition of students from across the University, including the Law School's Human Rights Program and the HLS Advocates. The group was formed in response to the atrocities that have claimed an estimated 300,000 lives in Sudan.

  • Elena Kagan

    Criminal Law in Flux

    April 1, 2005

    Criminal law is standard fare for every Harvard 1L. There’s a reason for this, of course: The laws that determine when and how individuals should…

  • Samuel J. Heyman ’63

    The Art of Selling Government Service

    April 1, 2005

    As chairman of International Specialty Products Inc., Samuel Heyman '63 is a leader in business. But his early experiences in the U.S. Department of Justice made him a firm believer in government service.

  • In Memoriam – Spring 2005 Bulletin

    April 1, 2005

    1930-39 | 1940-49 | 1950-59 | 1960-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99
    1930-1939 Walter Schachtel ’32 of Wynnewood, Pa., died June 23, 2004. A Philadelphia lawyer for…

  • Linda Singer '91

    Social Change Inc.

    April 1, 2005

    Traveling across the country, sowing apple seeds and watching them grow sounds like an American folktale. For Linda Singer '91, it's her job.

  • Paul V. Applegarth J.D./M.B.A. '74

    Government Startup

    April 1, 2005

    Paul V. Applegarth J.D./M.B.A. '74 runs a government corporation with a new approach to foreign aid.

  • Capt. Nick Brown '02

    Letter from Baghdad

    April 1, 2005

    Nick Brown '02 gained fame as a contestant on the reality show "Survivor." Today his reality is the Green Zone in Baghdad, where he carries a laptop and a rifle as a U.S. Army JAG officer.

  • Elliot Spitzer

    The equalizer

    April 1, 2005

    Eliot Spitzer '84 has no time to waste. Instead of hello and a handshake, the New York state attorney general greets a visitor with "OK, let's get to work."

  • Gateway to a better world

    April 1, 2005

    Expanded program helps Harvard lawyers advance human rights abroad.

  • Tessa Platt '05

    A practical good

    April 1, 2005

    Harvard law students have always felt the pressure to do well, but the Class of '05 is the first that has to do good.

  • Illustration - Man walking on grass

    Sowing the seeds of public service at HLS

    April 1, 2005

    Dean Elena Kagan '86 believes public service should be part of every lawyer's life. At Harvard Law School, there are now more opportunities than ever to get involved.

  • Recent Faculty Books – Spring 2005

    April 1, 2005

    In "The Limits of International Law" (Oxford University Press, 2005), Professor Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner '91 argue that international law is less powerful than many experts believe.

  • Professor David Barron

    Not-So-Eminent Domain

    April 1, 2005

    Local governments have long had broad authority to accomplish urban planning through the power of eminent domain--taking land away from private owners for fair market value and converting it to uses that meet public needs.

  • Professor Robert H. Mnookin

    Hearsay: Excerpts from faculty op-eds Spring 2005

    April 1, 2005

    “Talking to terrorists is different from giving in to them. Sometimes it may be good practice to know what they are thinking, or, as a…

  • Elena Kagan and Frederick Schauer

    Can Reporters Refuse to Testify?

    April 1, 2005

    After columnist Robert Novak published leaked information in July 2003 revealing that Valerie Plame, the wife of a prominent critic of the Bush administration, was a CIA operative, a special prosecutor launched an investigation to determine who was responsible for the leak.