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Professor Howell Jackson ’82 isn’t afraid to touch what’s long been considered the third rail of American politics: Social Security reform. Jackson, the James S. Reid Jr. Professor of Law, has long taught about regulating financial institutions and pensions, and he’s made Social Security one of his top research interests. He recently spoke with Harvard Law Today about the problems facing the Social Security system and the prospects for fixing them.

On April 21 and 22, Harvard's Journal of Law and Technology will host its annual symposium with a focus this year on "Law, Technology and Privacy." The event will examine modern law enforcement techniques, biotechnology and identification tracking as well as the implications of these technologies on privacy rights.

International legal expert Rita E. Hauser will deliver an address titled "Is United Nations Reform Really Possible?" on Wednesday April 20 at 5 p.m. in Pound Hall 102. A former US Representative to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Hauser is currently chair of the International Peace Academy and a member of the President's Intelligence Oversight Board.

Professor W. Kip Viscusi has been appointed to serve as a member of the EPA's Science Advisory Board's Homeland Security Advisory Committee. As a member of the committee, Viscusi will provide expert advice critical to the pursuit of the EPA's mission to protect public human health and the environment.

Yesterday, representatives of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School presented a report on Internet censorship in China to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in Washington, D.C. The report -- released by the OpenNet Initiative, a research partnership -- documents blocking of websites, blogs, email and online discussion forums by the Chinese government.

This Friday, April 15, Harvard Law School will host a symposium titled, "Law and Ethics in A Brave New World: What Should Government Do About Cloning and Stem Cell Research?" Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) will deliver the keynote address at the event sponsored by the HLS Society for Law Life and Religion.

The following story is from the April 2005 issue of Harvard Law Today: A typical 10 minutes inside the Office of Public Interest Advising in Pound Hall was like a train station full of students with questions about how to make their connections how to strategize, fund and secure summer public interest jobs.

Noah Feldman, author of "After Jihad," spoke at Harvard Law School about establishing post-war justice in Afghanistan and Iraq. While recent news coverage has focused on political changes in both nations, Feldman focused on the longer-term challenge of building a legal system that will be socially, culturally and politically viable.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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1930-1939 Walter Schachtel ’32 of Wynnewood, Pa., died June 23, 2004. A Philadelphia lawyer for…