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Animal Attraction
April 1, 2002
Wildlife photographer Bobby Haas '72 has discovered a place and a passion that have changed his view of the world.
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Passing the Bars
April 1, 2002
In defense of inmates, students in HLS's Prison Legal Assistance Project test their legal skills and their beliefs.
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A Common Good
April 1, 2002
Cynics call them do-gooders, hopelessly naïve people disconnected from the real world. These days, the cynical view could easily prevail.
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Games Saver
April 1, 2002
Mitt Romney '75, CEO and president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, plans for a safe and sound Winter Olympics.
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Novel Pursuit
April 1, 2002
Murad Kalam '02 sprinkles his conversation with name after name after name: Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, W.H. Auden, Virginia Woolf.
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A Strong Constitution
April 1, 2002
At a time when America could use a goodwill ambassador, Burton Caine '52 may seem like an unlikely candidate. He has sued his country's government and spoken out against its actions.
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The Right of Women
April 1, 2002
Do you expect Harvard Law women to be card-carrying liberals? Then you haven't met Cameron Casey '03 or other members of the Alliance of Independent Feminists.
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New Course on Legal Practice Gets Down to Business
April 1, 2002
As part of its Strategic Plan, HLS has instituted a program that introduces new students to the practical skills needed in the legal world.
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A Portrait of Diversity
April 1, 2002
Sometimes a painting is not just a work of art. That's the case with the most recent addition to the HLS collection, praised not only for its style but for all it represents.
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Students Establish Public Service Award
April 1, 2002
In memory of an HLS professor known as a champion of public interest law, HLS students have created the Gary Bellow Public Service Award. Bellow '60, who founded the School's Clinical Program, died in April 2000.
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Progressive Legal Organization Established at HLS
April 1, 2002
Twenty years ago, the Federalist Society was founded to change the way people think about the law. It has done its job well, say members of a new HLS student organization that champions liberal values in the law.
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‘A Critically Important Role’ Against Terrorism
April 1, 2002
Congresswoman Jane Harman '69 had long been fearful that America would become a target for terrorists.
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The New World of Islamic Legal Studies
April 1, 2002
"We ordinarily don't try to respond to the news of the hour," said Frank Vogel, director of the HLS Islamic Legal Studies Program. But for Vogel, like for so many other people, everything changed on September 11.
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Moot Court Team Wins U.S. Championship
March 26, 2002
With playoff-round victories over the University of Michigan and the University of Georgia, the Harvard Law School Jessup International Law Moot Court team won the U.S. Championship of the 2002 Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Despite being defeated in the international semi-finals by eventual champion South Africa, the team captured the award for best combined memorials, and third-year student David Mascari and LL.M. candidate Jin-long Pao were named fifth and eighth best oralists, respectively.
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Harvard Law School Student Wins Deak Award
March 20, 2002
Third-year student William Burke-White has won the 2002 Deak Award, for his piece Reframing Impunity: Applying Liberal International Law Theory to an Analysis of Amnesty Legislation, published in the Harvard International Law Journal. The Deak Award is an annual prize provided by Oceana Publications for the best student article in the United States appearing in a student-edited international law journal.
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Panel to Explore Progressive Law and Economics
March 19, 2002
On Tuesday, March 19, 2002, the Harvard Law School chapter of the American Constitution Society will sponsor a panel entitled Progressive Law and Economics: An Oxymoron? The panel will look at the relationship between economic analysis and law, and discuss what role politics plays in this increasingly influential approach to legal studies.
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HLS Hosts Debate on the Use of Military Tribunals
March 14, 2002
On Monday, March 18, the Harvard Law School Federalist Society will sponsor a debate on the Bush administration's proposal to use military tribunals to try suspected foreign terrorists. John Yoo, deputy assistant attorney general, and Harvard Law School Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter will be the participants.
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Current State of Legal Scholarship
March 12, 2002
On Thursday, March 14, the Harvard Law Review will present its spring symposium, Law, Knowledge, and the Academy. The event will address current intellectual trends in legal scholarship and explore directions for future work.
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Mock Trial Team Wins Boston Regional Competition
March 12, 2002
The Harvard Law School Mock Trial Team captured first place at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Student Trial Advocacy Competition regional tournament held in Boston the weekend of March 2-3.
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Law and the War on Terrorism
March 8, 2002
The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy has released a special issue, Law and the War on Terrorism. The issue presents articles by over 20 of the most respected legal scholars in the country on issues that face America following the attacks of September 11. Topics addressed range from patriotism in the face of foreign hatred to the legality of President George W. Bush's planned military tribunals.
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Conyers on Higher-Ed Aff. Action
March 8, 2002
On Tuesday, March 12, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, will join a panel of academic experts, practitioners and activists from across the nation for the Harvard Law School Journal on Legislation's spring symposium on affirmative action in higher education.