HLS News April 2006

• Professors claim four spots on 'Top 10' in corporate and securities laws

  This year's list of 10 Best Corporate and Securities articles includes articles by four Harvard Law faculty: Professors Lucian Bebchuk, Einer Elhauge, Mark Roe and Guhan Subramanian. The list was chosen by corporate and securities law faculty from around the country and will be announced in an upcoming issue of the legal journal, "Corporate Practice Commentator."
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  3L receives award for commitment to ethics

  Luke Nikas, 3L, has been awarded the Professional Responsibility Award by the Northeast Region of the Association of Corporate Counsel. The award recognizes six Boston-area law students who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to ethics. Nikas was nominated for his clinical work at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center.
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  Johansen to lead Islamic Legal Studies Program

  Professor Baber Johansen will become the acting director of Harvard Law School's Islamic Legal Studies Program and an affiliated professor at HLS, while continuing to serve as a professor at Harvard Divinity School. Established in 1991, the program focuses on the study of Islamic law and supports open inquiry of both Muslim and non-Muslim perspectives.
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  Fallon selected to join American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  Professor Richard Fallon is among the 195 new fellows recently selected to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Members are chosen on the basis of "preeminent contributions to their disciplines and to society at large."
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  Conference gathers experts on Latino policy and legal issues

  Thursday, April 20 marks the beginning of the ninth Harvard Latino Law and Public Policy Conference, with a keynote address by Maria Echaveste, former deputy chief of staff to President Clinton. The three-day event will address the growth of Latino communities in the United States and their relationship to Latinos abroad.
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  Clinical Instructor Susan Cole wins legal services award

  Susan F. Cole, a clinical instructor at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center, recently won the 2006 Legal Services Award, presented by the Massachusetts Bar Association. The award honors an attorney for exceptional work in providing legal services to low-income groups.
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  Barron on eminent domain

  Last summer in Kelo v. City of New London, the Supreme Court upheld a redevelopment plan for New London, Conn., that involved seizing private homes to enable commercial development near a major pharmaceutical company. New London argued the plan would jump-start the stalled local economy, and the decision, a 5-to-4 vote, affirmed the government's power under the Constitution to use eminent domain to take private property for economic development as long as just compensationis paid.
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  2L, co-author of education book, receives honors for scholarship

  Martin Kurzweil, 2L, recently won two prominent awards along with co-authors William Bowen, the former President of Princeton University, and Eugene Tobin, former president of Hamilton College. This week, their book, "Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education," won both the 2006 Outstanding Book Award from the American Education Research Association and the University Continuing Education Association's 2006 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature.
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  Navajo Nation Supreme Court to hear case at Harvard Law School

  On Wednesday, April 12, the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation will covene in the Ames Courtroom at Harvard Law School to hear the case of Perry v. Navajo Nation Labor Commission. The Navajo court will not only hear a current case while at Harvard, but also offer students the chance to gain first-hand insight into one of the nation’s most influential tribal courts.
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  Federal judge discusses Presidential powers after 9/11

  On Tuesday, April 11, Judge Richard C. Wesley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will speak at Harvard Law School about legal issues arising from the war on terrorism. His speech, titled "Presidential War Powers in a Post-9/11 World," is sponsored by the HLS Federalist Society.
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  AIG, Bristol-Myers and Time-Warner amend by-laws in response to Bebchuk's proposals

  Three major U.S. corporations -- AIG, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Time-Warner -- recently amended their corporate by-laws in response to stockholder proposals submitted by Professor Lucian Bebchuk.
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  Sports and entertainment law group hosts event on the role of agent

  Tonight, HLS's Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law will host a panel discussion entitled, "Agents and the Changing Economic and Political Landscape of Baseball." Baseball agent Scott Boras and the Chief Executive of the Major League Baseball Players Association, Donald Fehr, will be among the panelists. The event – which is free and open to the public – will take place on the HLS campus at 7 pm.
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  In new article, Miller calls for rethinking idea protection

  SCHOLARLY PURSUITS: The following is a summary of a recent law review article by Professor Arthur Miller. Though ideas fueled the progress of the 20th century, scholars and the judiciary have been complacent about protecting the rights of idea originators.