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Glendon on Roosevelt and Rights
September 12, 2001
Professor Mary Ann Glendon set out to write a straightforward history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But Eleanor Roosevelt would not let her do it.
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The French Connection
September 1, 2001
HLS Celebrates Second Worldwide Alumni Congress in the City of Light.
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Balancing Acts
September 1, 2001
After an editor at Oxford University Press read Unbending Gender, a book her own company published, she quit her job. In a way, it was the ultimate compliment for the author, Joan Williams '80, a professor at American University's Washington College of Law.
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Talking Liberties
September 1, 2001
Burt Neuborne '64 has often been in the public eye--leading the charge for ballot access in New York State, arguing for Holocaust reparations, presenting cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Harvard Law School Welcomes New Students
August 30, 2001
In his welcoming address, Dean Robert C. Clark called the incoming class, trailblazers as important as the Law School's first class in 1817. Clark noted that the incoming J.D. class will be divided into seven sections instead of the traditional four. This will result in smaller class sizes and greater student-faculty interaction.
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Ogletree Presented with Houston Medallion
August 29, 2001
Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree has been awarded the 2001 Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit by the Washington Bar Association. The award was presented in honor of Ogletree's work promoting social justice and equality.
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A Conversation with Jenö Staehelin
July 12, 2001
Jenö Staehelin LL.M. ’65 is the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations. A member of the HLS Dean’s Advisory Board, Staehelin last fall hosted more…
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The Dean Saves the Day
July 1, 2001
For Dean Robert Clark ’72 it was just another day at the office when students in the Drama Society’s spring parody, License to Bill, called…
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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…