HLS News June 2007

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  HLS clinical professor successfully prosecutes Serbian rebel

  Harvard Law School Assistant Clinical Professor Alex Whiting celebrated a victory on June 12 after winning his case against former Serbian rebel leader Milan Martic, who was sentenced to 35 years in jail by the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague for atrocities carried out in Croatia in the early 1990s.
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  HLS moves three historic houses down Massachusetts Avenue

  Shortly after sunrise, Harvard Law School moved three Victorian houses down Massachusetts Avenue to make room for the new Northwest Corner complex. The largest of the three buildings -- the Ukrainian House -- rolled from its location at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Jarvis Street at around 5 a.m. The other two buildings -- Baker House and the carriage house -- followed shortly after.
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  Leaders gather to discuss opportunities for the China, U.S. financial relationship

  This weekend, leaders from the financial sectors of the United States and China will gather in Half Moon Bay, Calif., at a symposium organized by Harvard Law School’s Program on International Financial Systems and the China Development Research Foundation to examine issues affecting the financial relationship between the two countries.
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  HLS to move historic houses in preparation for new campus development

  To prepare for the construction of a major new academic complex, Harvard Law School will move three Victorian era houses from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Jarvis Street to the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Mellen Street on June 23. The move, which repositions the buildings approximately 150 yards away, will begin at 6 a.m. on the 23rd.
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  Olara Otunnu receives Harvard Law School Association Award

  Harvard Law School graduate Olara A. Otunnu LL.M. '78 is the newest recipient of the prestigious Harvard Law School Association Award. The award will be presented by Dean Elena Kagan ’86 and Harvard Law School Association President Jay H. Hebert ’86 on June 15 at the Worldwide Alumni Congress, held this year in Washington DC.
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  Yochai Benkler joins HLS faculty

  Yale Law School Professor Yochai Benkler '94 has accepted a tenured offer to join the Harvard Law School faculty. Benkler is a renowned expert in information law and policy, communications law, and intellectual property.
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  Highlights from Harvard Law School's Commencement

  Harvard University’s 356th annual Commencement festivities came to a close yesterday. The Harvard Law School conferred 742 total degrees upon graduates, including 574 J.D.'s, 154 LL.M.'s, and 14 S.J.D's on Thursday, June 7.
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  Bordone and Cox honored on Class Day

  Harvard Law School Clinical Professor Robert Bordone '97 is this year’s winner of the prestigious Sacks-Freund Teaching Award, and Doralean Cox is the winner of the Suzanne Richardson Staff Recognition Award.
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  Scott testifies about impact of new Sarbanes-Oxley standards on small businesses

  HLS Professor Hal Scott testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business today. The hearing was called to examine new rules passed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23 which cut back regulations in Section 404 of the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accounability law.
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  Jackson testifies about accounting for Social Security and Medicare

  Harvard Law School Professor Howell Jackson '82 testified before the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board last week about his proposal to reform accounting for social insurance programs such as Social Security and Medicare. If adopted, the new standards could facilitate entitlement reform in the U.S.