Charlotte Armstrong Named Harvard Medalist
Charlotte Armstrong ’53 was awarded a Harvard Medal at the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on June 8.
School Hosts First Celebration of Black Alumni
HLS hosts A Celebration of Black Alumni to honor the more than 1,600 black students who have graduated from the School.
The Captain of the US v. Microsoft
Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ’64 is a blunt, plain-speaking, and physically imposing man who knows how to run a tight ship. From the moment he drew judging duties for United States v. Microsoft, Jackson was determined to keep one of the 20th century’s largest antitrust cases running swiftly and on course.
Alumni Create Immigration Clinic Fellowship
Erik Gerding ’98 knew that fundraising, even for a good cause, is never easy. But as it turns out, when the cause is the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, it’s easier than might be expected. Gerding is one of a group of HLS alumni at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton who felt their experience at […]
At Loggerheads
For Minneapolis-based lawyer Stephen Young ’74, a tree is just a tree. Yet for others, he contends, trees are sacred objects. Last October, Young brought a suit in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, on behalf of Minnesota loggers, against two nonprofit environmental groups and the U.S. Forest Service. He contended that the environmentalists believed in […]
Law School Graduate Serves up Kosher Haikus with a Side of Chutzpah
You were expecting Shakespeare? We hope not, because this is a story about a different kind of bard. Call him the bard of oy vey. David Bader ’85 has transformed a classic poetic form into something to kvell about in his book Haikus for Jews: For You, A Little Wisdom. Using the five-syllable/seven-syllable/five-syllable format that […]
Stooge Searching
In its storied history, Harvard Law School has produced presidents, senators, knights, CEOs, professors, attorneys general, and Supreme Court justices. But only now can the institution say that it has accomplished everything. It has produced the world’s foremost authority on the Three Stooges. Robert Kurson may not have made a mark on the world of […]
James Vorenberg [1928-2000]
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law James Vorenberg, 72, the ninth dean of Harvard Law School, former Watergate associate special prosecutor, and first chair of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, died on April 12, 2000, of cardiac arrest.
A Novel Idea
Most law school papers don’t get glowing reviews from the New York Times Book Review. But most law school papers aren’t like Mohsin Hamid’s.
The Dean of Solo Practitioners
Oscar Fendler ’33 has always done things his own way. He remains the only graduate of HLS to ever practice law in Blytheville, Ark.