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Breaking the Chain
July 1, 2001
Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. '78 and Randall Robinson '70 want to educate Americans about the lasting impact of slavery. A lawsuit will be part of that education.
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Lillian R. Berkman
July 1, 2001
Lillian R. Berkman, who with her late husband, Jack Berkman ’29, established the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School in 1997,…
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The World Court
July 1, 2001
By the 20th time Wade Coriell ’01 argued for this year’s Philip C. Jessup International Moot Law Court Competition, he was certain he could respond…
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Harvard Law School is one of the few things that I have encountered in life that’s as good as it’s cracked up to be. For…
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The Censor and the Civil Libertarian
July 1, 2001
In two new books, a TV censor writes about what he saw and an anti-censorship attorney writes about what children should see.
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A Royall Find
July 1, 2001
An HLS treasure has found its way home. The iron seal, once used by Isaac Royall, who funded the University’s first chair in the law,…
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Not Your Father’s Harvard Law School
July 1, 2001
The current Strategic Plan builds on changes that have taken place at HLS over the last 30 years.
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Harvard Schools Host First JD/MBA Reunion
July 1, 2001
They called themselves orphans, pearls without a string, and the lost graduates. But on April 5 and 6, these wayward souls found a home, when…
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The Voters’ Advocate
July 1, 2001
Scott Harshbarger '68, the president of Common Cause, is charged with reinvigorating the venerable watchdog organization.
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LIPP Program Expands
July 1, 2001
Beginning in July, Harvard Law School graduates will have a greater opportunity for loan forgiveness due to recently announced changes in the Low Income Protection…
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In the Money
July 1, 2001
Many alumni have made a fortune for their clients and themselves in the investment world. Five of them talk about how they do it--and why stock market fluctuations don't keep them up at night.
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Naming Rights…and Wrongs
July 1, 2001
Certain lawyers might say that it depends on what the definition of “at” is. Technically, the National College for DUI Defense was held “at” Harvard…
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A Lodge Out West
July 1, 2001
In the land of the bean and the cod (that’s Boston for those of you who have forgotten), it was once said that the Cabots…
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Power to the People
July 1, 2001
Matthew Freedman ’99 is all charged up. Just ask him about the deregulation of California’s utilities. He’ll tell you in passionate detail the tortuous story…
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The Times According to William Proctor
July 1, 2001
William Proctor ’66 recognizes the New York Times’s preeminence as the country’s newspaper of record. That’s why he reads it every morning, and why he’s…
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Bush Taps HLS Grads for Administration
July 1, 2001
A new president may occupy the White House, but Harvard Law remains well represented at the top of government. So far, President George W. Bush…
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Jolls and Roe Appointed Professors of Law
July 1, 2001
Harvard Law School has named two members of its faculty tenured professors. Assistant Professor Christine Jolls '93, a leader in the emerging field of behavioral law and economics and a scholar of employment law, and Mark Roe '75, a Columbia Law School professor who currently teaches corporate law as a visiting professor at HLS, will assume their new posts July 1.
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Presidential Politics
July 1, 2001
The search committee that ultimately chose Lawrence Summers as the 27th president of Harvard University originally considered hundreds of candidates for the job. One of…
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The Cart Before the Court
July 1, 2001
Casey Martin’s legal battle to use a golf cart during PGA tournaments will not affect many other golfers. Yet the case could affect the lives…
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Air Unfair
July 1, 2001
Adjunct Professor Michael Levine likes to see airlines compete. After all, he helped deregulate the airline industry two decades ago before serving as an executive…
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Public Interest Auction a Sight to Behold
July 1, 2001
“Bid, Justin, bid!” the crowd chanted. In the end, Justin Lerer ’02 did just that, bidding $1,800 on dinner and a poker game for four,…