HLS News September 2004

• Harvard Law School Announces New Professorship Dedicated to Accounting and Statistics

  James S. Reid, Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio has made a gift to Harvard Law School to endow a professorship dedicated to the teaching of accounting, statistics and related subjects. Income generated from the gift--which totals $3 million and includes funds given by Reid, John D. Drinko and others who were encouraged to contribute--will support the salary, benefits and research endeavors of a tenured Harvard Law professor.

• Students and Faculty Connect in First-Year Reading Groups

  This semester, many first-year students at HLS are reading more than the typical load of cases and books on legal doctrine. The newly minted 1Ls are signing up for new first-year reading groups that cover everything from cyberlaw to the laws of war. Designed in part to foster student-faculty interaction in the 1L year, the new program consists of faculty members holding reading groups in their spare time with about a dozen students who sign up for specific subjects.

• Clinical Program in Human Rights Expanded to Meet Student Demand

  A recent surge in student demand for human rights clinical work has led to a major expansion of the HLS Human Rights Program's Clinical Advocacy Project. Beginning this year, students will have greater opportunities to do hands-on, advocacy work in the human rights field.

• HLS Student Seeks to Reform Presidential Debates

  When the 2004 presidential debates begin this month, few will be watching more closely than George Farah '05. Indeed, he's worried that most American voters will be dozing before the first question is asked or, worse, "voting with their remotes" by clicking over to something more entertaining, like major league baseball.

• Professor Arthur Miller on His Teaching Career and the State of the Legal Profession

  A member of the HLS faculty since 1971, Professor Arthur Miller '58 discusses his teaching career, the state of the legal profession and "My Cousin Vinny."

• Three Professors Join Tenured Faculty

  The Harvard Law School faculty has added three tenured professors to their ranks, a move that will broaden the school’s coverage of different subject areas and bring increased depth and diversity to existing subjects. The additions include two new hires and the promotion of an HLS assistant professor.

• Ogletree statement concerning corrections in All Deliberate Speed

  I write to express my profound apologies for serious errors I made during the final days of the research and production process for my recent book -- errors which resulted in several paragraphs from another book appearing in my own, without quotation marks or other attribution. The errors were avoidable and preventable, and I take full and complete responsibility for them.