A Conversation with Peter C. Krause ’74
Peter C. Krause is managing director of Greenhill & Co., a merchant bank with offices in New York City, Dallas, Toronto, London and Frankfurt.
The coming wave
In the 1970s, many went into law to make a difference. Some of them are finally making it now. Today’s young lawyers don’t want to wait that long.
Fighting for children, not over them
When Melissa Patterson ’06 signed up for a clinical placement through the school’s new Child Advocacy Program this year, she was looking for something as “real-world” as possible.
Who lives and who dies?
“Stay in role!” exhorts Professor Carol Steiker ’86, as some 90 students in her upper-level course Capital Punishment in America split into groups for an exercise in which they’ll argue whether a death sentence should be reversed due to ineffective assistance of counsel. “Don’t say, ‘If I were the lawyer, I would … ’”
Faculty Pro Bono, Four Takes
When Professor Elizabeth Bartholet ’65 spoke at a conference on international adoption in Guatemala City early this year, she addressed a room full of activists, lawyers and politicians. But at the heart of her speech, and her pro bono advocacy, are children–living in institutions or foster care around the world.
A Conversation with Donald Alexander ’48
Donald Alexander ’48 is a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C., where he has a wide-ranging tax practice.
Breathing Lessons
Hannah Zagon knows her mommy now gets tired easily because of the ouchies in her head and lungs called cancer.
New Course on Legal Practice Gets Down to Business
As part of its Strategic Plan, HLS has instituted a program that introduces new students to the practical skills needed in the legal world.
Firm Justice
In 1998 Pamela Coukos ’94 became an associate at a firm that barely existed.
Not Your Father’s Harvard Law School
The current Strategic Plan builds on changes that have taken place at HLS over the last 30 years.