Consumer Advocate
Ira Burnim’s clients are not like the rest of us. They don’t want any help. They’re just not worth the money, the time, the trouble. They’re better off locked away, out of sight.
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.
Panel Examines Influence of Popular Culture on Criminal Defense
A panel that included many former members of the Harvard Defenders marked the 50th anniversary of the group by examining the widely misunderstood role of the defender in the courtroom and in society.
Do Something
Early on April 13, a fleet of yellow school buses pulled up to the Law School, bringing 200 Boston high school students to a town meeting led by HLS Professors Lawrence Lessig and Bruce Hay ’88.