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Drum Major for Justice
June 25, 1999
Professor Charles Ogletree, Jr. ’78 will complete several major writing projects begun by his late friend and mentor, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., chief judge emeritus of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, who died in December.
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Abram Chayes Honored at Reunions
June 25, 1999
Professor Abram Chayes ’49 received the HLSA Award, the association’s highest honor, for his service as an "inspirational teacher and distinguished scholar, advocate for the rights of sovereign nations and the protection of the global environment, [and] beloved mentor to generations of Harvard Law students."
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Sir John Popham Restored to His Former Glory
June 25, 1999
The portrait of Sir John Popham, chief justice of the King’s Bench during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, returned to the HLS Art Collection…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun ’32 died March 4 at age 90. Appointed to the Court in 1970 by President Nixon, he retired in 1994 after a 24-year career on the Court marked by a movement from moderate conservatism to outspoken liberalism.
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Kathleen Sullivan: Stanford’s new law dean
June 24, 1999
Nearly a decade ago Kathleen Sullivan’s first argument before the U.S. Supreme Court prompted American Lawyer to observe that the young Harvard Law professor was "on the fast-track to forensic stardom."
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Building in Cyberspace
June 24, 1999
The intrepid crew of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
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The Law of Their Land
June 24, 1999
In February, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court came to HLS to hear a real and momentous case, Navajo v. Russell Means. The central issues: the jurisdiction of Navajo courts, equal protection under the Constitution, and the power of Congress to regulate Indian affairs. Chief Justice Robert Yazzie and HLS experts weigh in.
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For several years now, Eizenstat has been deeply involved in what he calls "the unfinished business of the twentieth century." For him that business is accounting for the astonishing array of assets looted by the Nazis, and securing some long-delayed justice for Holocaust survivors and victims’ families.
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Champion Associate
June 17, 1999
When he’s not working on major real estate transactions, Boise Ding ’93 can often be spotted perfecting his double axel at the Pasadena Ice Skating Center in Pasadena, California.
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Bok and Bowen: affirming affirmative action
February 25, 1999
Lance Liebman '67 offers a former law school dean's take on The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by Derek Bok '54, former Harvard president and HLS dean, and William Bowen, former Princeton president.
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Lani Guinier: Present and visible
February 25, 1999
New faculty member Lani Guinier talks about her decision to come to HLS, her commitment to experimenting in the classroom, law school "gamesmanship," and the importance of creating a "learning community."
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Celebration 45
February 25, 1999
Since the first alumnae of 1953, more than 5,000 women have claimed their place at HLS. Hundreds came back to the School in November to applaud Attorney General Janet Reno '63 as she accepted the Celebration 45 Award, and to connect with the other remarkable women of Harvard Law.
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From the ballpark to the box office
April 26, 1998
More than a dozen years ago, student and alumni interest in the role law plays in sports prompted Professor Paul Weiler LL.M. '65 to introduce an HLS seminar called Sports and the Law. Since then, matters such as labor disputes between players and team owners and the impact of rules requiring equivalent college athletics programs for men and women students have been regular fare in Weiler's classroom.
