Past Reunion

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008

Plenary Session:

Corporate Leadership in Time of Turmoil

• Robert C. Clark '72, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law; Moderator
• Domenico De Sole '72, Chairman, Tom Ford International
• Frank E. Dangeard '85, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
  Thomson S.A.
• Brackett B. Denniston III '73, Vice President & General Counsel, General Electric Company
• Bruce Wasserstein '70, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lazard LLC

Victory Celebration Dinner for Setting the Standard: The Harvard Law School Campaign - all invited

• Greetings, Introductions and Closing Remarks: Elena Kagan '86, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School
• Remarks: Finn M.W. Caspersen '66, Chairman, Setting the Standard: The Harvard Law School Campaign; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Knickerbocker, LLC;
• Remarks: Drew Faust, President and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008

Breakfast Seminar - Plenary Session

Supreme Insights: Examining the Future of America's Highest Court

• Moderator: Elena Kagan '86, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School
• David Barron '94, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Cass R. Sunstein '78, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Jeffrey R. Toobin '86, Writer, The New Yorker; Senior Legal Analyst, CNN
• Laurence H. Tribe '66, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School

Concurrent Sessions

Leading Today's Law Firm

• Moderator: David B. Wilkins '80, Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law; Director, Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School
• H. Rodgin Cohen '68, Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• Mark B. Helm '82, Co-managing Partner, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
• Brad S. Karp '84, Partner and incoming Chairman, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
• Elliott I. Portnoy '92, Chairman, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
• Barton J. Winokur '64, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Dechert LLP

Striking a Balance in an Age of Terror: Protecting Citizens and Civil Liberties

• Moderator: Philip B. Heymann '60, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Gabriella Blum '01, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• Hon. Michael Chertoff '78, Secretary of Homeland Security, United States of America
• Lord William H. Goodhart Q.C. '58, Parliament, House of Lords, United Kingdom
• Hon. Jane Lakes Harman '69, U. S. House of Representatives (California)
• Juliette Kayyem '95, Undersecretary for Homeland Security, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Concurrent Sessions

Human Rights in the 21st Century

• Introduction: Mindy J. Roseman
• Remarks: Olara A. Otunnu '78, President, LBL Foundation for Children; World's Children's Ombudsman; former Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

New Frontiers in Negotiation

• Robert H. Mnookin '68, Samuel Williston Professor of Law; Director, Harvard Negotiation Research Project; Chair, Steering Committee, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
• Guhan Subramanian J.D./M.B.A. '98, Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business, Harvard Law School; H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law, Harvard Business School

Recognition Luncheon and Discussion
Recognitions--

• Greetings: Harold P. Hope III '99, President, Harvard Law School Association; Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
• Introduction: Elena Kagan '86, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School
• Harvard Law School Fund Tribute: Peter C. Krause '74, former Chair, Harvard Law School Fund; Managing Director, Greenhill & Co, Inc.
• Presentation of the Harvard Law School Association Award: Elena Kagan '86 and Harold P. Hope III '99
• Recipient: Finn M. W. Caspersen '66, Chairman, Setting the Standard: The Harvard Law School Campaign; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Knickerbocker, LLC
  

Discussion--

The Making of the President 2008: A Roundtable

• Moderator:Jeffrey R. Toobin '86, Writer, The New Yorker; Senior Legal Analyst, CNN
• Hon. Kerry Healy A.B. '82, former Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Ronald A. Klain '87, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Revolution LLC; former Chief Staff, Vice President Al Gore; General Counsel, Gore-Lieberman Recount Committee

Concurrent Sessions

The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It

• Jonathan L. Zittrain '95, Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School

Changing the Climate of Environmental Law

• Jody L. Freeman J.D. '91/S.J.D. '95, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

Concurrent Sessions

At Home in the World: International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School

• William P. Alford '77, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law; Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies; Director of East Asian Legal Studies; Chair, Harvard Project on Disability, Harvard Law School
• John F. Cogan, Jr. '52, Of Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

The Challenges and Rewards of a Public Service Career

• Moderator: Joan E. Ruttenberg '82, Director, Heyman Fellowship Program, Harvard Law School
• Glenn I. Cohen '03, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• James F. Flug '63, Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Acting Director of the Federal Legislation Clinic, Georgetown Law Center
• Hon. John P. Sarbanes '88, U.S. House of Representatives (Maryland)

Town Hall Forum: An Examination of Race, Age, Gender & Religion in the 2008 Election

• Moderator: Charles J. Ogletree '78, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
• Charlotte P. Armstrong '53, Senior Consultant, The Ross Companies; Member, Brock Group; President, Harvard Law School Association 1994-96; President, Harvard University Board of Overseers 1998-99
• Joi Chaney '03, Policy Team Leader, Democratic Policy Committee, US Senate
• Neil Chayet '63, President, Chayet Communications Group; Host "Looking at the Law" CBS Radio; Vice President At-Large, Harvard Law School Association
• Hon. Artur Davis '93, US Congressman (D-Alabama)
  (with additional alumni participation)

A Conversation with the Dean

• Greetings: Peter C. Krause '74, former Chair, Harvard Law School Fund; Managing Director, Greenhill & Co, Inc.
• Elena Kagan '86, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law

Luncheon and Remarks

• Greetings: Robert N. Shapiro '78, Partner, Ropes & Gray; President, Harvard Law School Association 2000-2002; Member, Harvard University Board of Overseers
• Introduction: Elena Kagan '86, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School
• Hon. Artur Davis '93, U. S. House of Representatives (Alabama)

Class Photographs

• 1948
• 1953
• 1988

• 1963
• 1978
• 1993

• 2003

Class Symposia

• Class year--topic
• 1948--Open Discussion
• 1953--What I Know now That I Wish I Knew Then
• 1963--(to be determined)
• 1978--The Current Economic Crisis
• 1988--Open Discussion
• 1993--Open Discussion
• 2003--Open Discussion

Class Dinner Parties
• Cocktails at 7:00
• Dinner at 8:00
• Entertainment: music and dancing
• Attire: not formal

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2008