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Man of Steel
September 1, 2002
When Robert "Steve" Miller Jr. '66 got a call from Bethlehem Steel's board last year asking him to assume the flagging company's reins as chairman and CEO, he accepted in a matter of hours.
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Pension Plans
September 1, 2002
Years before Enron's collapse spotlighted the vulnerability of employee retirement savings, Karen Ferguson '65 was immersed in what she half-jokingly refers to as the "arcane" area of pension law.
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Talking About a Revolution
September 1, 2002
Radio talk show host Juan Manuel García-Passalacqua '62 is urging his listeners--again--to go out and demonstrate. This time it's to stop the U.S. Navy from testing weapons on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
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A Place of One’s Own
September 1, 2002
Roy Prosterman '58 wants people in the poorest countries to own property. Think of it, he says, as an insurance policy for the planet.
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Clark Urges Corporate Ethics in Speech to Students
August 29, 2002
This afternoon, in his annual orientation speech to new students, Harvard Law School Dean Robert C. Clark spoke of the need for "moral courage" among the nation's lawyers and business leaders.
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HLS Changes Its Military Recruiting Policy
August 26, 2002
The following is a memo from Dean Robert C. Clark to the Harvard Law School community outlining changes to the school's military recruiting policy for the 2002-2003 academic year.
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2001-2002 Sears Prize Recipients
August 22, 2002
Harvard Law School has awarded the Joshua Montgomery Sears, Jr. prize to five students for academic achievement during the 2001-2002 academic year. Christian Pistilli of Staten Island, New York; David Landau of Cambridge, Mass.; and Jared Kramer of Atkinson, NH were the first-year recipients. Michael Shah of Muttontown, New York and Michael Gottlieb of Hyattsville, MD were the second-year recipients.
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Survey Examines Careers of Black Harvard Law Grads
August 1, 2002
A new survey demonstrates that black Harvard Law alumni have achieved impressive professional success despite the fact that discrimination-based both on race and gender-remains an obstacle in today's workplace. The research, conducted by the Law School's Program on the Legal Profession, also indicates that black Harvard Law alumni devote a larger amount of time to pro bono work than the typical American lawyer.
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Southern African Tax Institute Established
July 19, 2002
On June 23, the Harvard Law School International Tax Program joined with the University of Pretoria, University of the Witswatersrand, and the University of South Africa in establishing the Southern African Tax Institute in a ceremony at the University of Pretoria.
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Berkman Center Examines Saudi Arabian Filtering
July 16, 2002
Researchers from Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society have released a report concluding that the Saudi Arabian government maintains an active interest in filtering non-sexually explicit Web content.
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At Your Service
July 1, 2002
Nicole De Sario '03 clears tables after lunch at the CASPAR Emergency Center for the homeless in Cambridge, as part of Harvard Law School's inaugural Springfest Volunteer Service Day on April 20. About 300 students took part in the event, which also included work at the Charles River Earth Day Cleanup, Habitat for Humanity, and the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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The Sorrow and the Hope
July 1, 2002
Benjamin Ferencz '43 had an opportunity Eli Rosenbaum could never have--to bring Nazis before a criminal tribunal. In 1947 Ferencz served as chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg trial of 22 SS officers, including six generals, accused of mass murder.
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A Conversation with Joy Covey
July 1, 2002
Joy Covey '89, a graduate of the J.D./M.B.A. program, recently wrapped up four years at Amazon.com, where she worked as the chief financial officer and strategist for the online retail giant.
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Ernest J. Brown, 1906-2001
July 1, 2002
Langdell Professor of Law, Emeritus, Ernest Joseph Brown '31 died December 31, 2001, in Fort Worth, Tex. He was 95.
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Hearsay: Summer 2002
July 1, 2002
“[I]f we approve torture in one set of circumstances, isn’t every country then free to define its own exceptions, applicable to Americans as well as…
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Teaching Lessons
July 1, 2002
Guided by their professors, students find HLS a training ground for academic careers.
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Never Forget
July 1, 2002
Eli Rosenbaum '80 is driven to bring Nazis to justice before it's too late.
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The New 1L
July 1, 2002
For the first time in decades, HLS has changed the basic structure of its first-year experience, and students and faculty are singing the praises of The New 1L.
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Moving from the Past
July 1, 2002
If HLS were to move, it would not be the first time. Indeed, the school has moved twice since its inauguration in 1817, according to Visiting Professor Daniel Coquillette '71, who is writing a history of HLS.
