Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School Replaces Suspended Public Service Initiative
Harvard Law School announced yesterday that it would create a $1 million fund to provide “seed money” for students entering careers in public service.
David H. Souter To Deliver Address at Harvard's 2010 Commencement
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter ’61 will speak at this year’s Commencement on May 27, the University announced yesterday.
Harvard Law School "Tacky Prom"
Harvard Law School students celebrate a "Tacky Prom" including dancing, drinking, and a "king and queen" ceremony.
Law School In Discussion Regarding Deportation of HLS Student
Harvard Law School officials are still in discussion regarding potential responses to the deportation of an Egyptian-American HLS student from Israel in December.
Robert D. Joffe ’64, Former Cravath Head and Corporate Legal Adviser, Dies at 66
Robert D. Joffe ’64, a prominent attorney and former head of Cravath, Swaine & Moore law firm, died Thursday from pancreatic cancer. He was 66 years old.
Who Needs Harvard Law When You've Got Jersey Shore?
Hit the beach, or hit the books? Reality TV, or res ipsa loquitur? Vinny Guidagnino, a cast member on MTV’s "Jersey Shore," says he faced this decision, and for him, the choice was clear.
Alum Picked For Federal Court
The Honorable Lucy H. Koh ’90 was nominated by President Barack Obama last Wednesday to serve on the State District Court for the Northern District of California. If Koh, who is also a 1993 graduate of Harvard Law School, is confirmed by the Senate, she will become the nation’s first Korean-American federal district court judge.
BU Student Files for Retrial in File-Sharing Case
The legal team representing Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University graduate student who lost the second-ever jury trial on file-sharing, filed a motion on Monday requesting a retrial.
Bank Bailout Overseer, an HLS Professor, Named Bostonian of the Year
The Boston Globe has named Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren its 2009 Bostonian of the Year for bringing “a sense of sanity to the economic crisis” as the official overseer of the U.S. bank bailout program.
Law School Student Robbed on Mass. Ave.
A male law school student was the victim of an armed robbery near Porter Square on Sunday at approximately 4:22 a.m., according to a Harvard Police e-mail advisory sent yesterday afternoon.
NAACP Head Advises Law Students
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Benjamin T. Jealous urged a group of aspiring attorneys to use ...
Court Strikes Fair Use Claim
Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum will pay a $675,000 fine to the Recording Industry Association of America for illegally ...
The Hemingses of Monticello
Harvard Law School Professor Annette Gordon-Reed discusses her book, The Hemingses of Monticello, a work that provides a glimpse into one of America's first families, yesterday in Austin Hall. CORRECTION An earlier version of this Dec. 3 photo caption erroneously implied that the Jeffersons were one of the first families of Harvard.
Harvard Law Students Disappointed but Understanding of Public Service Fund Cuts
Students interviewed yesterday expressed discontent that the Law School made cuts to programs that support public interest careers, though they said they appreciated that large parts of the programs would remain intact.
Dukakis Touts Grassroots Angle
Former Mass. Governor Michael S. Dukakis emphasized the importance of grassroots campaign strategies to the future of the Democratic Party during a talk yesterday evening at Harvard Law School.
Harvard Law School To Reduce Public Service Funding
The latest round of financial readjustments hit Harvard Law School yesterday with a mix of cuts and expansions to public interest programs.
Sunstein 7th Global Thinker
HLS Professor Cass R. Sunstein ’75 ranked seventh in Foreign Policy magazine’s first annual “Top 100 Global Thinkers” list published yesterday.
Public Service Tuition Waiver Program May End at Harvard Law
Harvard Law School announced Monday that it is likely to scale back a program launched in 2008 that waives third-year tuition for students planning to pursue careers in public service, as University-wide budget cuts force schools to re-examine financial aid allocations.
Harvard Study Faults CEO Pay
Evidence pointing to excessive risk-taking by executives at investment banks Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers continues to emerge more than a year after the two investment banks collapsed in 2008—this time from a paper released online this weekend by three Harvard Law School affiliates.
Talk Touts Twitter’s News Value
The role digital communication played in this summer’s Green Movement in Iran suggests that tools like Twitter will increasingly acquire a pivotal role in breaking news reporting, said speakers at a talk hosted yesterday by Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Prof. Criticizes Obama Foreign Policy
A California State professor fiercely criticized the Obama administration’s foreign policy at a Harvard Law School speech yesterday for continuing ...
America's Next Great Pundit? With Finals Coming Up, Maybe Not.
As you may have read earlier this week, The Washington Post recently named Jeremy L. Haber, a joint J.D./M.B.A. student at HLS and the B School, as one of its four remaining finalists in the newspaper's "America's Next Great Pundit" contest. Unfortunately, the Internet has voted, and Haber came in fourth, receiving about 7 percent of the vote in the seventh round. Legal tabloid Above The Law has reported that Haber chalked up his loss to difficulties balancing the competition with his schoolwork.