HLS News 2001

• Professor Levine to Testify on Airline Mergers

  Michael Levine, adjunct professor of law at Harvard Law School, will testify as an expert witness on airline mergers before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee tomorrow morning. The hearing chaired by Arizona Sen. John McCain will examine the proposed acquisition of Trans World Airlines (TWA) by American Airlines.

• Professor Alford Recognized for International Work

  Last month, William P. Alford, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law and director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, was the guest of President and Mrs. Clinton at a White House dinner honoring Special Olympics.

• Zittrain Named Berkman Assistant Professor

  Harvard Law School Assistant Professor Jonathan Zittrain has been named the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies.

• D.C. Mayor to Speak on Prospects of Statehood

  This Saturday, Feb. 24, Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams will tackle the controversial issue of statehood for the District of Columbia in a Harvard Law School address at 12 noon in Pound Hall 100.

• Conference to Examine Violence in Sports

  This Friday, Feb. 23, experts from across the country will convene at Harvard Law School to examine the legal issues surrounding two controversial topics: violence in sports and college sports betting. Harvard Law Professor Paul Weiler, a well-known sports law expert, will kick off the event by delivering opening remarks at 2 pm in Langdell Hall.

• Michael Rodman Appointed HLS News Officer

  Michael Rodman has been named the News Officer at Harvard Law School, a key position in the Law School's newly created Office of Communications. As News Officer, Rodman will serve as the school's primary contact for the news media and assist in the development and execution of communications strategies for the Law School. Rodman is a 1999 graduate of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

• Jonathan Zittrain Comments on Napster Ruling

  In a long-awaited ruling, this afternoon a federal court appeared to deal a lethal blow to Napster, the controversial online music swapping service. While news organizations around the world scrambled to make sense of the complex 58-page ruling, Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Zittrain offered his legal expertise.

• Q & A with...Jonathan Zittrain

  Jonathan Zittrain, the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, discusses the recent Napster court decision and the prospects for copyright protection in the digital age.

• HLS to Host International Tax Conference

  Beginning Monday, March 26, the Harvard Law School International Tax Program will host a weeklong conference featuring officials from fifteen countries to discuss international transfer-pricing rules. The conference-co-sponsored by the Office of Overseas Operations and Tax Administration Advisory Services, and the Internal Revenue Service-seeks to assist foreign government tax officials drafting transfer-pricing rules and conducting transfer-pricing audits for multinational corporations.

• Q & A with...Arthur Baer

  Arthur Baer '86, the assistant director of the Harvard Law School Appleseed Electoral Reform Project, discusses the various campaign finance reform bills being debated in Congress.

• Panel to Examine Civil Rights in the 2000 Election

  In the wake of recent allegations that voters' civil rights were violated during the 2000 presidential election, the Black Law Students Association at Harvard Law School will convene a panel of legal experts to determine what steps can be taken to prevent similar problems in the future.

• Mark Roe Appointed Professor of Law

  Mark J. Roe, a Columbia Law School professor and current visiting professor at Harvard Law School, has been named Professor of Law at Harvard-a tenured appointment. A 1975 Harvard Law graduate, Roe has written extensively on corporate law and new methods of corporate reorganization and bankruptcy. At Harvard, he has taught Corporate Finance and Reorganization, as well as a seminar on advanced issues in corporate law.

• HLS Conference to Examine Punitive Damage Reforms

  U.S. Representative Robert Barr (R-Ga.) will join other nationally recognized panelists this Tuesday, March 13, at a Harvard Law School symposium entitled "Reforming Punitive Damages." The magnitude of recent punitive damage awards-in Florida against the tobacco companies and in California against General Motors-has shed new light on this issue and led some critics to call for reform.

• HLS Conference to Tackle Online Entertainment

  This Friday, March 2, entertainment industry executives and litigators will partake in a Harvard Law School conference exploring the impact of technological convergence in the media. Additionally, the participants will examine contract and labor negotiations in the industry. Harvard Law Professor Paul Weiler, a noted entertainment law expert, will deliver opening remarks at 2 p.m. in Langdell Hall.

• HLS Receives Major Collection of Rare Books

  Harvard Law School announced today that its library-the largest law library in the world-has received its most significant gift in more than 150 years, a major collection of rare English law books spanning 400 years of legal writing from 1481 to 1881. The books, which total more than 1,000 volumes, are a gift of the late Henry N. Ess III and include a treatise known as Abridgements of the Statutes, which some scholars believe is the first legal book ever printed in England.

• HLS Symposium to Address Online Entertainment

  On April 21, Harvard Law School will host one of the first academic symposia to analyze the fluctuating landscape of the music industry due to the growth of the Internet and online entertainment. The event, titled "All Shook Up: The Music Industry Confronts the Internet and Consolidation," will feature some of the most prominent executives in the online entertainment industry including Nicholas Butterworth, CEO of MTVi; Matt Oppenheim, head of anti-piracy litigation for the Recording Industry Artists Association; and Manus Cooney, Vice President for Corporate and Policy Development at Napster.

• HLS to Host Senate Democratic Leader

  This Thursday, U.S. Sen. Thomas Daschle, the Senate Democratic Leader, will address the future of the Democratic Party in a speech at Harvard Law School. Daschle will examine topics ranging from the current budget battles to the possibility of Democrats recapturing the Senate in the 2002 mid-term elections. His speech will be followed by a question and answer period.

• HLS Auction Offers Pieces of History

  The election might be over, but on April 19, Harvard Law School students are offering an opportunity to bid on history. Among the items available at the annual Harvard Law School Public Interest Auction is an official Broward County election ballot signed by all four members of the canvassing commission, and Bush v. Gore legal briefs signed by authors Ted Olson and Laurence Tribe. The silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m. with the live auction following at 7 p.m. in Austin Hall.

• Noted Author to Discuss Gender Studies

  The Harvard Law School Alliance of Independent Feminists will host a presentation by Christina Hoff Sommers on Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in the Langdell South classroom. Sommers' address is titled "Gender Studies: Legitimate Academic Discipline or Political Agenda?" The event is free and open to the public.

• Q & A with...Heather Gerken

  Assistant Professor Heather Gerken discusses the current Supreme Court session and expectations for the High Court's future.

• Expert Panel to Examine the Aftermath of Lockerbie

  More than 12 years after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, verdicts were handed down in the trial of the two men accused of the crime. On Wednesday, April 11, the Harvard International Law Journal will present a panel discussion to evaluate the aftermath of the verdict that sent one man, Abdel Baset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi, to jail for the murder of 270 people, and another, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, home to Libya-his name cleared in a court of law, if not in the court of public opinion.

• Christine Jolls Appointed Professor of Law

  Christine Jolls, a pioneer in the emerging field of behavioral law and economics and a scholar of employment law, has been named a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School-a tenured position. Jolls, a 1993 graduate of Harvard Law School, has served as an assistant professor since 1994, with a two-year hiatus when she served as a law clerk first for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals, then for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

• Harvard Colloquium to Focus on U.S. Foreign Policy

  Beginning May 3, world leaders, scholars, journalists, and business executives will join high-level U.S. government officials for the 2001 Harvard Colloquium on International Affairs. The three-day event, co-sponsored by Harvard Law School, will focus on regions and issues most important to American foreign policy.

• HLS Launches Digital Divide Policy Initiative

  Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society today announced a new project to create public policies that support digital entrepreneurship. The project, Open Economies, will support developing nations seeking to embrace digital technology and digitally-enabled entrepreneurship as a means to economic development.

• HLS Receives Gift to Study Animal Rights Law

  Harvard Law School has received a $500,000 gift to establish the Bob Barker Endowment Fund for the Study of Animal Rights. The Fund will support teaching and research at the Law School in the emerging field of animal rights law. The income generated by the gift will fund periodic courses and seminars at the Law School on animal rights taught by visiting scholars with a wide range of views and perspectives. In addition to classroom instruction, the gift will assist visiting and permanent faculty members in conducting research in this emerging field.

• Commencement 2001

  Today, at 10 a.m., the Sheriff of Middlesex County gaveled in order the 2001 Harvard University Commencement exercises.

• Ogletree Presented with Houston Medallion

  Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree has been awarded the 2001 Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit by the Washington Bar Association. The award was presented in honor of Ogletree's work promoting social justice and equality.

• Harvard Law School Welcomes New Students

  In his welcoming address, Dean Robert C. Clark called the incoming class, trailblazers as important as the Law School's first class in 1817. Clark noted that the incoming J.D. class will be divided into seven sections instead of the traditional four. This will result in smaller class sizes and greater student-faculty interaction.

• HLS Announces Sears Prize Recipients

  Harvard Law School has awarded the Joshua Montgomery Sears, Jr. prize to four students for academic achievement. The prizes are awarded annually to the two students receiving the highest grade averages in the first year and to the two students receiving the highest averages in the work of the second year.

• Panel to Examine Law and the Media

  On Friday, September 21 at 2 p.m. in the Austin North classroom, Harvard Law School will host a panel discussion on the intersection of law and the modern media.

• Watch the HLS Alumni Town Meeting

  On Saturday, September 22 at 9:30 a.m., Harvard Law School will be hosted an alumni town meeting to discuss the school's Strategic Plan.

• Jackson Addresses America's Response to Terrorism

  In his first public address on the September 11 attack on America, the Reverend Jesse Jackson called for the country to rise from the tragedy and lead a new world of coalition, of faith, and of economic and political justice

• Elena Kagan Named Professor of Law

  Elena Kagan, a former White House senior administrator and expert in administrative law, has been named a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School-a tenured position. Kagan served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School for the past two years.

• John Coates Promoted to Professor of Law

  John Coates, a corporate law expert and leader in the study of the legal profession, has been named a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School-a tenured position. Coates has served as an Assistant Professor of Law at Harvard since 1997.

• Mikva To Address ACS Kick-Off Event

  In his speech, "Bringing Justice Back to Law," Mikva will argue that conservative lawyers have out hustled those on the left, which has resulted in a narrow interpretation of legal doctrine.

• Ogletree on U.N. World Conference Against Racism

  Ogletree will address some of the major conflicts, including the efforts to equate Zionism with racism, the reparations movement, and the U.S. media's coverage of international racism.

• Gary Bellow Public Service Award Recipients

  The Gary Bellow Public Service Award is granted annually to one graduate and to one student who demonstrate an inspirational commitment to public interest work and an innovative approach to lawyering in the interest of promoting justice.

• Alexander on America's Response to Attacks

  On Tuesday, October 23, Lamar Alexander, former Governor of Tennessee and U.S. Secretary of Education, will give an address titled: After 9/11, America's Greatest Opportunity. Alexander will speak in the Langdell South classroom at 4 p.m.

• HLS to Unveil Portrait of Judge Deborah A. Batts

  A portrait of United States District Judge Deborah A. Batts, the first and only openly gay, lesbian or bisexual member of the federal judiciary, will be unveiled at Harvard Law School on Saturday, October 27, 2001.

• Howell Jackson Named Associate Dean for Research

  In this position, Jackson will oversee, coordinate, and promote the Law School's extensive research activities, including research by members of the faculty and the work of Harvard Law's 17 research centers, programs, and projects.

• Anita Hill to Speak at Harvard Law School

  On Monday, November 5, Professor Anita Hill will discuss the scholarly legacy of A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.

• Negotiating in the Face of Terror

  On Tuesday, November 13, two of the world's best-known negotiation scholars, Harvard Law Professors Robert H. Mnookin and Roger Fisher, will discuss the possibilities and the limits of negotiation in the post-September 11 world.

• Julie Englund Appointed Dean for Administration

  By recruiting Julie Englund for this important position, Harvard Law School has secured itself a tremendously accomplished professional who is extremely qualified to manage the administrative operations of the School, said Dean Clark. I join the entire Harvard Law School community in welcoming Julie to campus.

• The 90th Annual Ames Moot Court Competition

  The final argument of the 2001 Harvard Law School Ames Moot Court Competition was held today, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ames Courtroom. For the first time in the history of the competition, the arguments were Webcast to a worldwide audience on the Internet.

• 2001-2002 Lewis, Houston, and Kramer Fellows

  Harvard Law School has named three distinguished scholars as its 2001-2002 Lewis, Houston, and Kramer Fellows. Cristina Rodriguez has been selected as the Reginald F. Lewis Fellow; Eric Miller has been named the Charles Hamilton Houston Fellow; and Phillip Malone has been chosen as the Victor H. Kramer Fellow.

• Intellectual Property in Age of Terrorism

  On Monday, December 3, a panel of experts will examine the costs of prescription drugs in emergency situations. Sponsored by the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, The Emergency Exception: Pharmaceutical Patents in the Time of Crisis will being together academics and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry.

• Justice Breyer to Discuss Public Service

  On Tuesday, December 11, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer will discuss the value of public service in an address at Harvard Law School.

• Japanese Financial Restructuring

  Last week, the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems held its annual Symposium for Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Japan and the United States. The event addressed the need for financial restructuring in Japan, particularly the importance of dealing with bank non-performing loans, improving the management of banks, and restructuring corporate debt.

• Professors Comment on Aftermath of September 11

  In the aftermath of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, Harvard Law School professors have been called upon to help educated the world about the legal aspects of issues such as international tribunals, military courts, and civil liberties. The following is an abbreviated list of professors and their terrorism-related opinion pieces, testimony, and comments.