HLS News November 2004

• Statement by Dean Elena Kagan on the Solomon Amendment

  On the basis of yesterday's decision by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals enjoining the enforcement of the Solomon Amendment, Harvard Law School will return to its prior policy on employers' use of our Office of Career Services (OCS)...

• Editors of Indian Law Handbook Convene

  A team of Indian law experts met recently at Harvard Law School to finalize updates to Felix Cohen's landmark "Handbook of Federal Indian Law." Scholars consider the Cohen handbook--published in 1941--to be the leading text on federal Indian law. Cohen wrote the first edition while serving as an assistant solicitor in the Interior Department during the Roosevelt administration.

• Bebchuk on Making Directors Accountable

  After a decade of soaring to unprecedented levels, executive compensation is the subject of an intense debate. In their just published "Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation," HLS Professor Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. '80 S.J.D. '84 and UC Berkeley School of Law Professor Jesse Fried '92 explore the causes and consequences of flawed compensation arrangements.

• Should Software Developers Pay When Users Violate Copyrights?

  On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology will host a debate between spokespeople from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Recording Industry Association of America regarding the legitimacy of contributory copyright infringement liability for sellers of software and devices that consumers can use to violate copyright law.

• HLS Grad Gonzales Nominated for Attorney General

  President Bush has nominated Harvard Law graduate Alberto Gonzales to be the next U.S. attorney general, the nation's top law enforcement officer. A member of the HLS class of '82, Gonzales has served as the White House counsel for the past four years. If confirmed by the Senate, Gonzales will be the 10th Harvard Law graduate to serve as attorney general.

• Olin Center Hosts Law and Economic Program for Spanish Students and Academics

  Last month, Harvard Law School's John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business hosted a week-long law and economics program for Spanish law students and academics. The program attracted 30 attendees, all from Spain, and included courses on torts, fairness versus efficiency, litigation, risk, contracts, corporate governance, bankruptcy, antitrust, and crime and law enforcement.

• Alumni Score Victories in Congressional Races

  Harvard Law alumni from both political parties won elections yesterday to gain or retain seats in the U.S. House and Senate.

• Hay to Direct Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play 'Proof'

  On November 5, Harvard Law School will kick off four performances of David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Proof." Performances will be held on Nov. 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall. Tickets, which are $6 for the general public and $5 for students, can be purchased at the door or reserved ahead of time by emailing hay@law.harvard.edu.