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  • Charlotte Armstrong Named Harvard Medalist

    September 28, 2000

    Charlotte Armstrong ’53 was awarded a Harvard Medal at the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on June 8.

  • Recent Faculty Honors

    September 28, 2000

    Professor William Alford ’77 has been named an honorary fellow of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Science, honorary professor of…

  • All Politics Is Local at Appleseed

    September 28, 2000

    Harvard Law School's Appleseed Electorial Reform Project, inaugurated last summer seeks to increase voter participation and ensure that residents’ interests are represented through lawmakers and by the referendum process.

  • HLS Appoints New Faculty

    September 28, 2000

    In addition to Janet Halley, HLS has appointed five new professors to the faculty, the largest addition of new faculty members during Robert Clark’s deanship,…

  • Sander Steps Down as Associate Dean

    September 28, 2000

    Since 1987 the size of the Law School curriculum has increased by nearly 20 percent. And the job of putting the teaching program together each…

  • Stanford’s Halley Named Professor at HLS

    September 28, 2000

    Janet Halley, an authority on legal issues surrounding gender, identity, and sexual orientation, has been appointed professor of law at HLS. “Janet Halley is one…

  • Bargain Hunting

    September 28, 2000

    In his new book, Professor Robert Mnookin '68 urges lawyers to negotiate with the aim of solving problems without resorting to hard-bargaining tactics.

  • A Generation Apart, A Common Goal

    September 28, 2000

    One of the founding members of the Black Law Students Association sees his daughter become president of the group.

  • School Hosts First Celebration of Black Alumni

    September 28, 2000

    HLS hosts A Celebration of Black Alumni to honor the more than 1,600 black students who have graduated from the School.

  • The Captain of the US v. Microsoft

    September 28, 2000

    Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson '64 is a blunt, plain-speaking, and physically imposing man who knows how to run a tight ship. From the moment he drew judging duties for United States v. Microsoft, Jackson was determined to keep one of the 20th century's largest antitrust cases running swiftly and on course.

  • Alumni Create Immigration Clinic Fellowship

    September 28, 2000

    Erik Gerding ’98 knew that fundraising, even for a good cause, is never easy. But as it turns out, when the cause is the Harvard…

  • The Bill of Wrongs

    September 28, 2000

    The word leaps off the page. It is unmistakable, unavoidable. Nigger. In Bryonn Bain’s view, the word still resonates in the heart and soul of…

  • At Loggerheads

    September 28, 2000

    For Minneapolis-based lawyer Stephen Young ’74, a tree is just a tree. Yet for others, he contends, trees are sacred objects. Last October, Young brought…

  • Intern Sent To Outskirts

    September 28, 2000

    Henry Stern ’57 said no to Monica Lewinsky. The New York City parks commissioner recently ruled that the infamous White House intern could not swing…

  • Law School Graduate Serves up Kosher Haikus with a Side of Chutzpah

    September 28, 2000

    You were expecting Shakespeare? We hope not, because this is a story about a different kind of bard. Call him the bard of oy vey.

  • Stooge Searching

    September 28, 2000

    In its storied history, Harvard Law School has produced presidents, senators, knights, CEOs, professors, attorneys general, and Supreme Court justices. But only now can the…

  • Soul Searching

    September 28, 2000

    Robert Kurson must have been lying. Surely, thought his prospective employer, no authentic graduate of Harvard Law School would want a menial, entry-level job. Robert…

  • 2000-01 Wasserstein Fellows

    September 23, 2000

    Eight Visiting Wasserstein Fellows and one Fellow-in-Residence have been named at Harvard Law School. The program brings outstanding public interest attorneys from across the country to campus for one or two days each to counsel and advise law students about public service. Wasserstein Fellows are selected based on the breadth and diversity of their public interest experiences, their ability to advise students and the areas of expertise that interest current students.

  • U.S. and Japanese Financial Experts to Meet

    September 14, 2000

    United States Under Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and Haruhiko Kuroda, Japanese Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, will be keynote speakers at the third annual Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Japan and the United States. The Symposium, to be held in Bretton Woods, NH on Sept. 15-17, 2000, will be attended by 80 senior government policy makers, academics, and bankers.

  • Celebration of Black Alumni

    September 12, 2000

    Harvard Law School will host on September 22-24 "A Celebration of Black Alumni" on the Law School's campus. This inaugural event will celebrate the more than 1500 Black graduates of the Law School.

  • Sears Prizes Awarded

    September 7, 2000

    Harvard Law School has awarded the Joshua Montgomery Sears, Jr. prize to four students for academic achievement. The prizes are awarded annually, one to each of the two students receiving the highest averages in the work of the first year, and one to each of the two students receiving the highest averages in the work of the second year.