HLS News February 2003

• Halley and Kennedy on Crucial Texts

  Beginning this Thursday, Feb. 6, Harvard Law School Professors Janet Halley and Duncan Kennedy will hold a series of workshops to reexamine notable--and often controversial--books. Entitled "Book Trouble 2003," these discussions will explore the role specific books play in the development of people's professional roles, historical crises, social alliances and social movements. The first book to be discussed will feature Professor Charles Fried on John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty". The discussion will begin at 4 p.m. in Pound 102.

• Cass Sunstein to Deliver 2003 Holmes Lecture

  Professor Cass Sunstein of the University of Chicago has been named the 2003 Harvard Law School Oliver Wendell Holmes Lecturer. Sunstein will deliver his two-part remarks, entitled "The Naked Emperor: Why Societies Need Dissent," beginning on Monday, Feb. 10. Sunstein will also be awarded the law school's Henderson Prize at the conclusion of the second part of his remarks on Feb. 11.

• Chief Justice Marshall on South Africa

  On Thurs., Feb. 13, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall will give a talk titled, "Reflections of South Africa: Now and Then." Marshall, a native of South Africa, graduated from Witwaterstrand University in Johannesburg and served as president of the national union of South African students from 1966 to 1968.

• Kirschner Elected Harvard Law Review President

  The Harvard Law Review has announced that second-year student Daniel B. Kirschner has been chosen as its 117th President. Kirschner was elected from a slate of eight candidates after eleven hours of debate.

• BLSA Submit Affirmative Action Brief

  The Black Law Students Association of Harvard Law School released the following announcement this morning: Yesterday, the Black Law Students Association of Harvard Law School, jointly with the Black Law Students Associations of Stanford Law School and Yale Law School (collectively, "BLSAs"), filed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action program at issue in Grutter v. Bollinger.

• ACS to Explore Liberalism

  On Fri. and Sat., Feb. 21 and 22, the Harvard chapter of the American Constitution Society will present its first annual spring conference, entitled "What is Liberalism?: A Multiplicity of Voices." The conference will feature a keynote address from U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Guido Calabresi and a keynote conversation on rights and liberalism between Jack Balkin of Yale Law School and Frank Michelman of Harvard Law School.

• Bosnian Director Tanovic on 'No Man's Land'

  On Wed., Feb. 26, Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanovic will speak at the Harvard Film Archive about his award-winning movie "No Man's Land" depicting the reality of the Bosnian war. The event is part of the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation's conflict resolution film series. After a screening of the film, Tanovic and Harvard Law School Professor Robert Mnookin will lead a discussion about the film and international conflict resolution as it relates to the Balkans. This event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m.