HLS News March 2007

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  Noted social psychologist Phil Zimbardo speaks at HLS

  On Tuesday evening, April 3, prominent social psychologist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University Phil Zimbardo spoke in Ames Courtroom about his new book titled The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil.
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  The YouTube Defense: Human rights go viral

  The following article by 3L Andrew Woods was published on Slate.com, March 28, 2007: Last month, a federal court in Virginia dismissed the appeal of Khaled el-Masri, a German man whom the Bush administration admits it mistakenly kidnapped and tortured in the CIA's "salt pit" in Afghanistan.
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  Kathryn Spier to join HLS faculty

  Kathryn Spier, currently a tenured professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and School of Law, has accepted an offer to join the Harvard Law School faculty. Spier is an expert in law and economics, with a particular focus on liability, strategic contracting, and litigation strategy.
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  HLS European Law Moot Court team wins second place

  This past weekend, Harvard Law School's European Law Moot Court team won second place at the the All-European Final, which took place at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
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  Wasserstein Family Gives $25 Million to Harvard Law School for Academic Center

  The Wasserstein family has made a $25 million gift to Harvard Law School to support construction of Wasserstein Hall, the new academic center of the Harvard Law School campus, Dean Elena Kagan announced today. The gift is the second biggest in the Law School’s history.
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  Harvard's Jessup team wins second place at New England regional competition

  Last weekend, Harvard Law School's Jessup International Moot Court team finished second in the regional round of the competition held at Suffolk Law School.
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  Obama supporters at HLS rally for presidential hopeful

  A group of Harvard Law School students announced their support for Barack Obama '91 last week at an event held in Pound Hall to rally support for the Obama campaign.
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  Documentary about credit card debt shown at HLS

  "Maxed Out," a new documentary examining the proliferation of debt in America, was shown on March 14, 2007 at an advanced screening in Ames Courtroom.
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  Bebchuk testifies before House Financial Services Committee

  Professor Lucian Bebchuk, LL.M. '80 S.J.D. '84 testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on March 8 in a hearing on executive pay.
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  An op-ed by Assistant Professor Jeannie Suk: Japan's Uncomfortable History

  The following op-ed, co-written by HLS Assistant Professor Jeannie Suk and NYU School of Law Professor Noah Feldman, was published in The Wall Street Journal on March 13, 2007: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reopened old wounds in Asia with his defense of Japan's participation in sex slavery during World War II.
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  HLS Child Advocacy Program to host conference this spring

  Harvard Law School's Child Advocacy Program (CAP) and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law will jointly host a conference on legal issues affecting children, to be held at HLS April 13-15.
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  Harvard Law School Legal Aid Bureau elects new Board of Directors

  The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, the oldest student-run legal services organization in the country, has elected its new Board of Directors. Lam Ho and Anna Ferrari will be heading the public-interest law firm as president and executive director, respectively.
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  Students launch progressive law journal sponsored by the American Constitution Society

  Progressive students at Harvard Law School now have a journal of their own thanks to Michael Negron '07 and James Weingarten '07.