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HLS Conference to Examine Punitive Damage Reforms
March 12, 2001
U.S. Representative Robert Barr (R-Ga.) will join other nationally recognized panelists this Tuesday, March 13, at a Harvard Law School symposium entitled "Reforming Punitive Damages." The magnitude of recent punitive damage awards-in Florida against the tobacco companies and in California against General Motors-has shed new light on this issue and led some critics to call for reform.
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HLS Conference to Tackle Online Entertainment
March 1, 2001
This Friday, March 2, entertainment industry executives and litigators will partake in a Harvard Law School conference exploring the impact of technological convergence in the media. Additionally, the participants will examine contract and labor negotiations in the industry. Harvard Law Professor Paul Weiler, a noted entertainment law expert, will deliver opening remarks at 2 p.m. in Langdell Hall.
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Zittrain Named Berkman Assistant Professor
February 28, 2001
Harvard Law School Assistant Professor Jonathan Zittrain has been named the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies.
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D.C. Mayor to Speak on Prospects of Statehood
February 22, 2001
This Saturday, Feb. 24, Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams will tackle the controversial issue of statehood for the District of Columbia in a Harvard Law School address at 12 noon in Pound Hall 100.
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Conference to Examine Violence in Sports
February 20, 2001
This Friday, Feb. 23, experts from across the country will convene at Harvard Law School to examine the legal issues surrounding two controversial topics: violence in sports and college sports betting. Harvard Law Professor Paul Weiler, a well-known sports law expert, will kick off the event by delivering opening remarks at 2 pm in Langdell Hall.
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Michael Rodman Appointed HLS News Officer
February 16, 2001
Michael Rodman has been named the News Officer at Harvard Law School, a key position in the Law School's newly created Office of Communications. As News Officer, Rodman will serve as the school's primary contact for the news media and assist in the development and execution of communications strategies for the Law School. Rodman is a 1999 graduate of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Jonathan Zittrain Comments on Napster Ruling
February 12, 2001
In a long-awaited ruling, this afternoon a federal court appeared to deal a lethal blow to Napster, the controversial online music swapping service. While news organizations around the world scrambled to make sense of the complex 58-page ruling, Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Zittrain offered his legal expertise.
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Professor Levine to Testify on Airline Mergers
January 31, 2001
Michael Levine, adjunct professor of law at Harvard Law School, will testify as an expert witness on airline mergers before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee tomorrow morning. The hearing chaired by Arizona Sen. John McCain will examine the proposed acquisition of Trans World Airlines (TWA) by American Airlines.
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Professor Alford Recognized for International Work
January 9, 2001
Last month, William P. Alford, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law and director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, was the guest of President and Mrs. Clinton at a White House dinner honoring Special Olympics.
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HLS to Hold Latino Alumni Conference
November 6, 2000
Following up on its highly successful "Celebration of Black Alumni" in September, Harvard Law School will kick off its Latino Alumni Conference on December 1st in San Antonio, Texas. The three-day conference is sponsored by the Harvard Law School Association's Latino Committee and will recognize and honor the accomplishments of Latino alumni around the world.
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Bebchuk in American Academy of Arts and Sciences
October 16, 2000
Harvard Law School Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences during a ceremony at the Academy's Cambridge, Mass. headquarters on Friday, October 14.
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Shavell Named Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law
October 6, 2000
Harvard Law School Professor Steven Shavell has been named the Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law. The professorship honors Samuel R. Rosenthal, Class of 1924, an estate and probate attorney, philanthropist and rare-book collector. Rosenthal died in 1994 at the age of 95.
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Armini Named Director of Communications
October 4, 2000
Michael Armini has been appointed Director of Communications at Harvard Law School, a newly created position. Armini served most recently as Director of Public Affairs at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Prior to his experience at Harvard, Armini worked primarily in the political arena as a press secretary for a Member of Congress and for a gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts.
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A Judge for Human Rights
September 28, 2000
Not many people attend an event in Cambridge and end up in Tanzania. But that is precisely what happened to Gerald Gillerman ’52, a Massachusetts Appeals Court judge.
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Mandated by Law
September 28, 2000
Researchers exploring life under the Tsars of Russia from 1649 to 1913 will soon have access to an English language inventory of nearly 2,000 rare and little known illustrated etchings, engravings, and lithographs which were issued as supplements to Polonoe sobranie zakanov [Complete Collection of Laws]—recognized as the richest single source of materials for the legal, political, economic, administrative, and cultural development for this period.
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A Duty and Mission
September 28, 2000
She never saw herself as a politician. Indeed, she never thought she would even have the chance to lead. But now Hsiu-Lien Annette Lu LL.M. ’78, author, cancer survivor, former political prisoner, and founding member of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, has become the newly elected vice president of Taiwan.
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A Renaissance Man
September 28, 2000
Philip Lader ’71 jokes that he has “spent 25 years doing almost anything to avoid practicing law.” And everyone from Australian university students to the president of the United States has benefited from his alternative choices.
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An Open Court
September 28, 2000
Tennis, anyone? For Robert J. Kelleher ’38, that’s not just a phrase for someone in search of a game. It’s a campaign for justice that embroiled him in controversy and helped earn him a place in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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A Matter of Principle
September 28, 2000
Avery Dulles ’40–’41 knows that the law is important. But throughout his life he has focused on something even more important to him.
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Unconventional Wisdom
September 28, 2000
In her new memoir, An American Story (Pantheon Books, September 2000), Debra Dickerson offers her analysis of the HLS experience and its students as a coda to an autobiography filled with determination, hurt, achievement, and struggle.
