The General at Peace As her tenure as head of the Justice Department ends, Janet Reno '63 reflects on the criticism and controversies--and what she did with her Harvard Law School education.

Spring 2001

Takingachance@a.com

Despite the dizzying decline of the dot-com world, several alumni are determined to survive and thrive in their own digital start-ups.

The Record Breaker

The former chief of Arista Records, who has shaped the careers of music legends Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, and Whitney Houston, launches a new record label.

Missing

An HLS librarian discovers a poster and unearths a mystery from 1937.

Inside HLS

  • In Defense of Blondes

    Can a Southern California sorority queen survive the rigors of Harvard Law School, overcome virulent anti-blondeism, triumph in class and in the courtroom, and get…

  • Faculty Approves Strategic Plan

    Proposal Would Reduce Class Sizes, Increase Financial Aid After more than two years of studies, committee meetings, and debate, the Harvard Law School faculty has…

  • Board of Student Advisers Turns Ninety

    Founded in 1910 to “educate and assist students,” the Board of Student Advisers, the Law School’s oldest service organization, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.

  • Dalkon Shield Litigation Papers Donated to HLS

    The Harvard Law School library recently acquired a voluminous collection of papers from the Dalkon Shield litigation, a tort case involving nearly 400,000 claims. The…

  • HLS’s Party Central

    In a theater district alley in downtown Boston, dozens of Harvard Law students line up to get into the New Orleans-themed Big Easy club. At…

  • 89th Ames Challenges Nurses’ Constitutional Right to Protest Wages

    “Thirsty men want beer, not explanations,” said U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter ’66, quoting Lord Macnaghten, after presiding over the 89th annual Ames Moot…

Alumni Notes and Newsmakers

  • Alumni Bid for Congress

    While Ralph Nader ’58 grabbed the spotlight in the presidential race, several other HLS alumni also sought elective office in the fall. Perhaps the most…

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    Adopting a Cause

    Frederick F. Greenman Jr. ’61 LL.M. ’63 fights for a right almost everyone takes for granted. All people, he believes, should be able to find…

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    Guilty, by Reason of HLS Degree

    A Harvard law degree is not always advantageous. In fact, for Nguyen Ngoc Bich LL.M. ’73, it was downright dangerous. Largely because of his HLS…

  • An Independent Woman

    Credit: Richard Chase A fellow at HLS during the academic year, Jennifer Braceras ’94, argued the conservative’s case as a columnist for the Boston Glove…

  • Class Mates

    For Carolyn Cochran Clark ’68 and L. David Clark Jr. ’68, the seating chart in their 1966 commercial transactions class proved to be prescient. Professor…