HLS News June 2006

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  Financial experts meet in China to discuss U.S.-China financial relationship

  This weekend, leaders of the financial systems of the United States and China will gather in Tianjin, China to examine the financial relationship between the two countries. Organized by HLS's Program on International Financial Systems and the China Development Research Foundation, the "Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for China and the United States" will allow participants from the U.S. and China to discuss financial challenges facing the two nations.

• Watch webcasts of Class Day and Commencement

  This month, Harvard Law School awarded 769 degrees to its JD, LLM and SJD graduates in ceremonies that took place on June 7 and 8. Webcasts of the events are now available.
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  Fallon honored with Sacks-Freund Teaching Award

  Professor Richard Fallon is this year's winner of the prestigious Sacks-Freund Teaching Award, an honor bestowed each year by the Harvard Law School graduating class. The award recognizes teaching ability, attentiveness to student concerns and general contributions to student life at the law school.
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  Bebchuk elected to lead American Law and Economics Association

  In its annual meeting this spring, the American Law and Economics Association elected Professor Lucian Bebchuk as its Vice-President/ President-Elect. He will serve as vice-president until the Association's annual meeting next spring when he will assume the Association's presidency for one year.
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  Graduating student wins Kaufman Pro Bono Award

  Anand Swaminathan '06 received the Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award for performing the highest number of pro bono service hours in the Class of 2006. The award is named for Professor Andy Kaufman who was a leader in supporting HLS's Pro Bono Service Program.
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  International law pioneer Louis Sohn dies at 92

  Professor Emeritus Louis Sohn, one of the 20th century's leading international law scholars and a member of the Harvard Law faculty for 39 years, died on Wednesday, June 7. He was 92.

• Updated Commencement information

  Today, Harvard Law degree candidates will participate in University-wide commencement ceremonies in Tercentenary Theatre. University President Lawrence Summers will confer degrees to graduates by school, and Martin Bell, HLS '06, will deliver the speech on behalf of the graduate students.

• Class Day updates available

  This week, Harvard Law School will award a total of 769 degrees to its JD, LLM and SJD graduates. Ceremonies will take place on Wednesday, June 7 with Class Day exercises and on Thursday, June 8 with Commencement.
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  Op-ed co-written by HLS student Goutam Jois: Cleaning up corruption

  The following op-ed co-written by Goutam Jois, 3L, and Scott Harshbarger '68, Cleaning up the corruption in business and politics, was published in The Boston Globe on June 1, 2006: Now it's all over, right? Former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted last week of securities fraud, insider trading, false statements, and conspiracy.