Pension Plans
Years before Enron’s collapse spotlighted the vulnerability of employee retirement savings, Karen Ferguson ’65 was immersed in what she half-jokingly refers to as the “arcane” area of pension law.
A Place of One’s Own
Roy Prosterman ’58 wants people in the poorest countries to own property. Think of it, he says, as an insurance policy for the planet.
At Your Service
Nicole De Sario ’03 clears tables after lunch at the CASPAR Emergency Center for the homeless in Cambridge, as part of Harvard Law School’s inaugural Springfest Volunteer Service Day on April 20. About 300 students took part in the event, which also included work at the Charles River Earth Day Cleanup, Habitat for Humanity, and the Greater Boston Food Bank.
A Conversation with Joy Covey
Joy Covey ’89, a graduate of the J.D./M.B.A. program, recently wrapped up four years at Amazon.com, where she worked as the chief financial officer and strategist for the online retail giant.
To the Mountaintop
Not everyone would trade a top job at the Department of Justice to teach at a brand-new law school nestled deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
School to Institute Pro Bono Requirement
First-year students entering HLS in the fall of 2002 will be the first required to meet the pro bono service standards of the law school’s Strategic Plan.
A Common Good
Cynics call them do-gooders, hopelessly naïve people disconnected from the real world. These days, the cynical view could easily prevail.
Students Establish Public Service Award
In memory of an HLS professor known as a champion of public interest law, HLS students have created the Gary Bellow Public Service Award. Bellow ’60, who founded the School’s Clinical Program, died in April 2000.
The Voters’ Advocate
Scott Harshbarger ’68, the president of Common Cause, is charged with reinvigorating the venerable watchdog organization.
A Stamp of Honor
It didn’t take long for the U.S. Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee to deliver Claude Pepper ’24 to the top of its list. His nearly 50 years of public service and many accomplishments inspired immediate support from the committee, which recommends stamp subjects to the postmaster general. On September 7, 2000, one day before the 100th […]