Remixing Langdell
HLS Professor John Palfrey was appointed vice dean for library and information resources in 2008. A cyberspace visionary, his task is to meld the old, the new and the emerging digital-era library.
Minow addresses "The Past, Present, and Future of Legal Education" (video)
In an address to the Harvard Law School community, HLS Dean Martha Minow offered a survey of “The Past, Present, and Future of Legal Education: HLS and Beyond.” After discussing the historical evolution of legal education up to the present “time of innovation and renewal,” she offered a preview of future trends and developments.
Mack in the Boston Globe: A measure of history
“A measure of history,” an op-ed by Professor Kenneth Mack ’91, appeared in the Mar. 25 issue of the Boston Globe.
Mack delivers talk on NAACP at Library of Congress symposium (video)
The symposium “The NAACP: Reflections on the First 100 Years,” explored both the history of the NAACP, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009, and its future. The Feb. 26 event was held at the library’s Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.
Black and Crimson
Charles Hamilton Houston ’22 S.J.D. ’23, Raymond Pace Alexander ’23, Ben Davis ’29 and William Hastie ’30 S.J.D. ’33—all of these black civil rights attorneys graduated from Harvard Law School within a 10-year period.
Lanni on Reconciliation after Mass Atrocity: Lessons from Ancient Athens
On Dec. 14, Harvard Law School Professor Adriaan Lanni gave the annual Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Lecture on Aristotle and the Moderns at Columbia University. The title of the talk was “Reconciliation after Mass Atrocity: Lessons from Ancient Athens.”
Starstruck: One reasonable man’s crusade
It took a Hook to hand a Howe.
Shugerman receives Cromwell Prize for outstanding article in legal history
Harvard Law School Assistant Professor Jed Shugerman has received the prestigious American Society for Legal History Cromwell Prize for his Ph.D. dissertation, “The People’s Courts: The Rise of Judicial Elections and Judicial Power in America.” The award was presented at the Society’s annual conference this past weekend.
American Constitution Society hosts “The Constitution in 2020”
The American Constitution Society of HLS sponsored “The Constitution in 2020,” a panel discussion in November featuring Harvard Law School Professors Yochai Benkler ’94, Frank Michelman ’60, Mark Tushnet, and Noah Feldman, all contributors to a recently published book of the same title. The book’s goal is to contest the conservative idea that constitutional law should not be influenced by contemporary understandings of law and the political landscape.
Lanni, Stephenson gain tenure, Gregory appointed assistant clinical professor of law
Adriaan Lanni and Matthew Stephenson ’03 have been promoted to tenured professorships of law at Harvard Law School, and current Lecturer on Law Michael Gregory ’04 has been appointed as an assistant clinical professor of law.