News Archive
2003/07
- HLS Launches Nuremberg Trials Project
- The Harvard Law School Library has launched a new website, the Nuremberg Trials Project, devoted to analysis and digitization of documents relating to the Nuremberg Trials. The site will make available on the web for the first time more than one million pages of documents related to the trials of military and political leaders of Nazi Germany and other accused war criminals before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT). [Thu, 31 Jul 2003]
- The Washington Post on Prof. Kennedy's Latest Book
- The Washington Post reviews Professor Randall Kennedy's book Interracial Intimacies: "Throughout, Kennedy displays his usual plain-spoken sharpness, his disavowal of the determined drama of much academic race theory, and an old-fashioned respect for empirical complexities. Ranging from legal cases to contemporary mating rites, from history to novels, Kennedy examines the tangle of attraction and loathing as it has appeared from slave times through black power; in the enforcement and collapse of antimiscegenation laws; in the mix of self-abasement and defiance that energized "passing" (as white); and in recent battles over biracial families, child custody and adoption." [Tue, 29 Jul 2003]
- Berkman Center Gains Ownership of Web Log Format
- The Berkman Center took over ownership of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 2.0 specification this week after UserLand, a company owned by RSS 2.0 author David Winer, transferred the copyright to the center. RSS, also known as rich site summary, is an XML-based format for content distribution that is becoming increasingly popular tool in creating online personal journals known as Web logs, or "blogs." The technology allows people to create, and Web users to access, content such as news and observations that can be automatically syndicated to other Web sites. (from cnet.com) [Fri, 25 Jul 2003]
- Prof. Fisher Unveils Compulsory Licensing Scheme
- Professor William Fisher writes: "The [RIAA's] proposed litigation campaign will be extraordinarily costly. It is likely to be ineffective--as file swappers use proxy servers, offshore Internet sites, and encrypted peer-to-peer systems to avoid detection. And it will further alienate the already disaffected community of music consumers. More importantly, better solutions to the crisis in the music industry are available. The more dramatic--but also the best--would be the establishment of a compulsory licensing system." [Mon, 21 Jul 2003]
- Prof. Wolfman on Lawyers, Auditors and Ethics
- Professor Bernard Wolfman discusses the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, recent tax cuts and whether law school does a good enough job teaching ethics. [Fri, 18 Jul 2003]
- Kaplow in American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Professor Louis Kaplow has recently been named a new fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, an interdisciplinary society of scholars based in Cambridge, Mass. A law and economics scholar, Kaplow joins 18 other current HLS professors who have been selected to become academy fellows in previous years. [Mon, 14 Jul 2003]
- Prof. Guinier on Affirmative Action and the Court
- Professor Lani Guinier, writing in the Village Voice, considers the Supreme Court's decision in Grutter v. Bollinger: "In her majority opinion...Justice Sandra Day O'Connor takes pains to distinguish between a commitment to diversity as a compelling governmental interest and the unconstitutional use of quotas. Only justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia attack the idea of diversity itself, leading some legal scholars to go so far as to characterize this as a '7-2' victory for diversity." [Fri, 11 Jul 2003]
- Visiting Prof. Pozen Sees Improving Job Market
- Writing in the New York Times, Visiting Professor Robert Pozen notes that the "jobless recovery" might be nearing an end: "The rates of change in recent Labor Department surveys, reinforced by the optimism in the recent set of chief executive surveys, strongly suggest that the job market is about to turn the corner. The trend in these surveys may mean an end to the 'jobless' recovery as more Americans find work outside manufacturing — in areas like education, health care and credit services." [Tue, 08 Jul 2003]
- Prof. Ogletree on Access to Legal Services
- Writing in the Boston Globe, Professor Charles Ogletree urges the state Legislature to override three vetos in the state budget. "Last Monday Governor Mitt Romney issued a line item veto of all funding for civil legal services, including funds for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation, the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, and Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services. This week the Legislature will consider an override vote to restore funding for these programs. We urge the Legislature to move swiftly to preserve all of them." [Tue, 08 Jul 2003]
- Corporate Law Professors Honored
- Articles by Professors Lucian Bebchuk, John Coates, Guhan Subramanian, Reinier Kraakman and Mark Roe will be named among the top ten corporate and security law articles of 2002 in the upcoming issue of the Corporate Practice Commentator, a quarterly journal that reprints articles about corporations law. The articles were selected based upon a survey of corporate and securities law teachers across the nation. [Tue, 08 Jul 2003]
- ITP Co-Sponsors Southern Africa Tax Institute
- Harvard Law School's International Tax Program, working with a group of universities and international institutions, co-sponsored the second annual Southern African Tax Institute ("SATI") at the University of Pretoria from June 2 through June 27. [Mon, 07 Jul 2003]
- Gerken Receives Sacks-Freund Teaching Award
- Professor Heather Gerken has been named the 2002-2003 Sacks-Freund award winner. Presented each year on Class Day, the Sacks-Freund award recognizes teaching ability, attentiveness to student concerns, and general contribution to student life at Harvard Law School. [Wed, 02 Jul 2003]
- Kagan Becomes Dean of Harvard Law School
- Today Elena Kagan became the 11th dean of Harvard Law School. Appointed in April by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, Kagan succeeds Robert Clark, who served as dean for 14 years. [Tue, 01 Jul 2003]