The French Connection
A Conversation with Jenö Staehelin
Jenö Staehelin LL.M. ’65 is the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations. A member of the HLS Dean’s Advisory Board, Staehelin last fall hosted more than 200 alumni at a dinner with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. You’ve been a UN ambassador for four years now. How do you like your work? It’s a fascinating […]
The World Court
By the 20th time Wade Coriell ’01 argued for this year’s Philip C. Jessup International Moot Law Court Competition, he was certain he could respond to just about anything. Coriell and his teammates, Woo Lee ’01, William Burke-White ’02, and Natalie Reid ’03, joined the 300 other teams from 60 countries that participated this year […]
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 education, Bich spent 12 years in prison in his native Vietnam. The experience has not diminished his will, his sense of humor, or his affection for the School. Indeed, he […]
A Novel Idea
Project Aids Countries in Transition
With the support of Professor Philip Heymann ’60, a joint Harvard project seeks to foster cooperation and progress for countries in transition.
Taipei’s High-Profile Mayor
Death in Texas
The Double Life of George Abram’s ’57
Even as a Law School student, Abrams was drawn to the world of art. He has divided has time between lawyering and collecting, building with his wife, Maida, one of the world’s preeminent collections of seventeenth-century Dutch drawings. Recently, this famous collecting duo made a dazzling gift to the Fogg.