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Harvard Law School announced today that its library-the largest law library in the world-has received its most significant gift in more than 150 years, a major collection of rare English law books spanning 400 years of legal writing from 1481 to 1881. The books, which total more than 1,000 volumes, are a gift of the late Henry N. Ess III and include a treatise known as Abridgements of the Statutes, which some scholars believe is the first legal book ever printed in England.

On April 21, Harvard Law School will host one of the first academic symposia to analyze the fluctuating landscape of the music industry due to the growth of the Internet and online entertainment. The event, titled "All Shook Up: The Music Industry Confronts the Internet and Consolidation," will feature some of the most prominent executives in the online entertainment industry including Nicholas Butterworth, CEO of MTVi; Matt Oppenheim, head of anti-piracy litigation for the Recording Industry Artists Association; and Manus Cooney, Vice President for Corporate and Policy Development at Napster.

This Thursday, U.S. Sen. Thomas Daschle, the Senate Democratic Leader, will address the future of the Democratic Party in a speech at Harvard Law School. Daschle will examine topics ranging from the current budget battles to the possibility of Democrats recapturing the Senate in the 2002 mid-term elections. His speech will be followed by a question and answer period.

The election might be over, but on April 19, Harvard Law School students are offering an opportunity to bid on history. Among the items available at the annual Harvard Law School Public Interest Auction is an official Broward County election ballot signed by all four members of the canvassing commission, and Bush v. Gore legal briefs signed by authors Ted Olson and Laurence Tribe. The silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m. with the live auction following at 7 p.m. in Austin Hall.

The Harvard Law School Alliance of Independent Feminists will host a presentation by Christina Hoff Sommers on Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in the Langdell South classroom. Sommers' address is titled "Gender Studies: Legitimate Academic Discipline or Political Agenda?" The event is free and open to the public.

Assistant Professor Heather Gerken discusses the current Supreme Court session and expectations for the High Court's future.

More than 12 years after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, verdicts were handed down in the trial of the two men accused of the crime. On Wednesday, April 11, the Harvard International Law Journal will present a panel discussion to evaluate the aftermath of the verdict that sent one man, Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi, to jail for the murder of 270 people, and another, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, home to Libya-his name cleared in a court of law, if not in the court of public opinion.

1920-29 | 1930-39 | 1940-49 | 1950-59 | 1960-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-1989 1920-1929 John R. Ramsey Jr. ’27-’29 of Marblehead, Mass., died September 13, 2000. An Episcopal priest, he…

Jonathan Zittrain, the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, discusses the recent Napster court decision and the prospects for copyright protection in the digital age.

Beginning Monday, March 26, the Harvard Law School International Tax Program will host a weeklong conference featuring officials from fifteen countries to discuss international transfer-pricing rules. The conference-co-sponsored by the Office of Overseas Operations and Tax Administration Advisory Services, and the Internal Revenue Service-seeks to assist foreign government tax officials drafting transfer-pricing rules and conducting transfer-pricing audits for multinational corporations.

Arthur Baer '86, the assistant director of the Harvard Law School Appleseed Electoral Reform Project, discusses the various campaign finance reform bills being debated in Congress.

In the wake of recent allegations that voters' civil rights were violated during the 2000 presidential election, the Black Law Students Association at Harvard Law School will convene a panel of legal experts to determine what steps can be taken to prevent similar problems in the future.

Mark J. Roe, a Columbia Law School professor and current visiting professor at Harvard Law School, has been named Professor of Law at Harvard-a tenured appointment. A 1975 Harvard Law graduate, Roe has written extensively on corporate law and new methods of corporate reorganization and bankruptcy. At Harvard, he has taught Corporate Finance and Reorganization, as well as a seminar on advanced issues in corporate law.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.