HLS News June 2003

• HLS Receives $5.1 Million in Gifts Honoring Clark

  Several Harvard Law School alumni have made gifts totaling $5.1 million in honor of Dean Robert C. Clark, who steps down from the deanship today. The gifts come from members of the Dean’s Advisory Board, a core group of alumni leaders who also act as advisers to the School.

• Shah Awarded Fay Diploma

  Harvard Law School has awarded the 2003 Fay Diploma to Michael Shah of Brookville, New York. The Fay Diploma is awarded each year to the graduating J.D. student with the highest combined grade point average for three years of study at the law school.

• Minow Receives Radcliffe Graduate Society Medal

  Harvard Law School Professor Martha Minow has received the 2003 Radcliffe Graduate Society Medal. The prize, given to women who have earned a Radcliffe or Harvard Graduate degree and have made an outstanding contribution to their field, was presented to Minow at the Radcliffe Day symposium on June 6.

• HLS Launches Campaign to Raise $400 Million

  Kicking off the most ambitious fund-raising drive in the history of legal education, Harvard Law School leaders gathered today in Cambridge to launch "Setting the Standard: The Harvard Law School Campaign." At a formal kickoff luncheon, the campaign’s chairman, Finn M.W. Caspersen, announced that $170.1 million in commitments have already been secured toward a $400 million goal. These initial gifts total more than the entire $150 million goal of the law school’s previous record-setting campaign.

• Conference Examines Risk-Based Capital Standards

  The Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems held a conference today that examined risk-based capital standards for financial institutions. The conference is the culmination of a two-year study on risk-based capital, supported by Swiss Reinsurance Company.