HLS News February 2006

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  Human Rights Journal hosts conference on UN reform

  This weekend, HLS's Human Rights Journal will host its annual conference, which will focus on UN reform and human rights. The event is particularly timely given that, this year, the UN is slated to undergo the biggest reforms since its creation. The event will take place on February 25, 2006 in Pound Hall on the HLS campus.
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  Dershowitz on the failure of the press

  The following op-ed, co-written by Professor Alan Dershowitz, A Failure of the Press, appeared in The Washington Post on February 23, 2006: There was a time when the press was the strongest guardian of free expression in this democracy. Stories and celebrations of intrepid and courageous reporters are many within the press corps.
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  Legal Aid Bureau elects new leadership

  The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau has elected a new board of directors, with Kimberly Harbin, 2L, taking the helm as president. Joining Harbin on the new board are 2Ls Jean Kosela, Julie Park, Paul Pineau, Humayun Khalid, Mira Edmonds, Vivian Chum, Libby Brown and Jonathon Bashford.
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  HLS Democrats visit nation's capital

  Last weekend, a group of about 20 Harvard Law School Democrats traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet alumni and other lawyers with a variety of experience in government and politics.
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  Article by Palfrey and MacKinnon: Censorship Inc.

  The following article by John Palfrey and Rebecca MacKinnon, Censorship Inc., was published in the February 27, 2006 issue of Newsweek: Executives of some of the world's most powerful companies squirmed in their seats last week as U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (Democrat of California), a Holocaust survivor, lectured them about their role in helping China censor the Internet. "These companies tell us that they will change China," he told them. "But China has already changed them."
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  Students win national negotiation championship

  Last weekend, third-year students Amar Mehta and Sabastian Niles took first place in the American Bar Association National Negotiation Championship. From a pool of 200 teams, Mehta and Niles were selected to represent the United States at the International Negotiation Competition in July.
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  An op-ed by HLS fellow Emran Qureshi: The Islam the Riots Drowned Out

  The following op-ed by HLS fellow Emran Qureshi: The Islam the Riots Drowned Out, was published in The New York Times on February 12, 2006. In a world of wrenching change, the Danish cartoon affair has widened a growing fissure between Islam and the West. The controversy comes at a time when many in the Islamic world view the war on terrorism as a war on Islam. They draw on memories of colonization and of the Crusades, when Western invaders ridiculed the Prophet Muhammad as an imposter.
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  Student wins award for overseas journalism

  First-year student Elizabeth Barchas recently won the Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship, an award given to students who aspire to become foreign correspondents. From a pool of more than 175 applicants from 65 different schools, Barchas and twelve students were chosen by a panel of leading journalists.
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  Fisher and Shapiro win best book in negotiation

  Professor Roger Fisher and Lecturer Daniel Shapiro were recently honored for their book "Beyond Reason" by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. The institute presented the authors with the book prize in a ceremony held in New York last month to recognize outstanding scholarship and practice in alternative dispute resolution.
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  HLS students spend winter break helping hurricane victims

  This January, twenty-five Harvard Law School students volunteered a week of their winter break to provide free legal and humanitarian assistance to area residents and community organizations in Southeast Louisiana.
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  Op-ed by Lecturer Daniel Shapiro and student Molly Dunham: The Replacements

  The following op-ed co-written by HLS Lecturer Daniel L. Shapiro and student Molly Dunham, The Replacements, was published in The New York Times on February 1, 2006: The executive board of New York City's Transport Workers Union met yesterday to discuss what steps to take now that its members have rejected the proposed contract deal that ended the three-day transit strike back in December.