HLS News July 2007

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  Warren testifies before Congress about medical-related bankruptcy

  Harvard Law School Professor and bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary today about her research linking rising healthcare costs to increasing bankruptcy rates among the middle-class.
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  Ferrell testifies before the Senate about regulating cross-border exchanges

  Harvard Law School Professor Allen Ferrell '95 testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment yesterday about regulating cross-border exchanges. Ferrell described the current state of international exchanges and discussed ways for the SEC to better regulate international trading.
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  An op-ed by Professor Jack Goldsmith: The terrorists' court

  The following op-ed, The terrorists' court, co-written by Harvard Law School Professor Jack Goldsmith, was published in the New York Times on July 11, 2007.
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  HLS professors start faculty-edited legal journal

  Harvard Law School Professors J. Mark Ramseyer ’82 and Steven Shavell are launching what will be the nation’s first faculty-edited journal with a broad legal focus. Entitled the Journal of Legal Analysis, the first issue is slated to be published in fall 2008.
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  Tribe testifies before the Senate about the free speech implications of regulating TV programming

  Harvard Law School Professor and constitutional law scholar Laurence Tribe '66 testified before a packed Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on June 26 about legislation proposed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller to regulate violent programming on television. Tribe warned against adopting the legislation in his testimony, saying it would violate free speech.
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  An op-ed by Professor Kenneth Mack '91: Which side is Brown v. Board On?

  The following op-ed, Which side is Brown v. Board on?, written by Harvard Law School Professor Kenneth Mack '91 , was published in the Los Angeles Times on July 4, 2007.
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  Robert E. Keeton, pioneer of insurance law and District Court judge: 1919-2007

  Professor Emeritus Robert E. Keeton S.J.D. '56, a leading scholar on insurance law, torts, and trial tactics who taught at Harvard Law School and served as a District Court judge, died July 2 at the age of 88.

• HLS faculty comment on fractious Supreme Court term

  The Supreme Court concluded its 2006-07 term on June 29 by issuing several controversial decisions on topics ranging from campaign finance to school desegregation. The first full term of the Roberts Court was characterized by 24 5-4 decisions, more than any other recent term. Harvard Law School’s cadre of leading constitutional scholars offered their take on this historic term.
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  An op-ed by Professor Charles Ogletree '78: Brown's legacy lives, but barely

  The following op-ed, Brown's legacy lives, but barely, written by Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree '78 , was published in the Boston Globe on June 29, 2007.