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2008/02


Triantis, taking Goldston chair, looks at emerging threats to transactional legal practice: Law firms that have built practices providing transactional work for business clients must "innovate or die." That was the message delivered by Professor George Triantis yesterday in a lecture marking his appointment to the Eli Goldston Professorship of Law. [Thu, 28 Feb 2008]

FCC hears testimony at HLS about Internet openness: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission was on the Harvard Law School campus today to hear testimony about whether or not Comcast deliberately blocked Internet users from sharing files online. In a packed Ames Courtroom, the five commissions heard from representatives of Comcast and Verizon about their network management practices, as well as from academics and small business owners who urged more freedom on the Internet. [Mon, 25 Feb 2008]

Harvard Law Review launches online version of The Bluebook: Editors of the Harvard Law Review announced the launch of an online version of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation on February 15. The standard citation guide for American legal writing, The Bluebook is widely used throughout legal practice, by paralegals, attorneys, professors, and students. [Mon, 25 Feb 2008]

An op-ed by Professor Kenneth Mack: Even at Harvard, Obama had a knack for bonding: The following op-ed, Even at Harvard, Obama had a knack for bonding with diverse people, written by Harvard Law School Professor Kenneth Mack '91 , was published in the Harrisburg Patriot-News on February 17, 2008. [Fri, 22 Feb 2008]

Sunstein to join Harvard Law School faculty: Renowned legal scholar and political theorist Cass R. Sunstein '78 has accepted an offer to join the Harvard Law School faculty, Dean Elena Kagan '86 announced today. Sunstein, currently a tenured professor at the University of Chicago Law School, will begin teaching at HLS in the fall. He will also become director of the new Program on Risk Regulation. [Tue, 19 Feb 2008]

Glendon takes oath as U.S. envoy to the Vatican: Surrounded by family members, friends and colleagues, Professor Mary Ann Glendon was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See today in a brief ceremony held in the Caspersen Room of Harvard Law School's Langdell Hall. [Fri, 15 Feb 2008]

Panel examines how neuroscience can help judges determine what is in the best interests of the child: At a February 12 event, Harvard Law School faculty members joined juvenile court judges and experts in child development to discuss how neuroscience can be better used in the courtroom to break the cycle of child maltreatment. [Thu, 14 Feb 2008]

Professor William J. Stuntz: Four things the party loyalists won't want to hear: The following article, The inconvenient truths of 2008, written by Harvard Law School Professor William J. Stuntz, was published in The Weekly Standard on February 18, 2008. [Tue, 12 Feb 2008]

Panel looks at the "shifting borders" of U.S. immigration law: The distinction between citizen and non-citizen lies at the heart of immigration law, and is often drawn at the border. But where precisely does the “border” lie in U.S. immigration law and practice? [Mon, 11 Feb 2008]

Professor Noah Feldman: liberal values and Islam can be complementary: The West doesn't know quite what to think of Turkey's Islamic-oriented ruling party: does it envision a liberal, European future for Turkey or an Islamist one? A vote this week on the seemingly minor issue of whether head scarves should be allowed at universities will help us begin to answer that question. [Fri, 08 Feb 2008]

Mission to Istanbul: Palfrey urges Internet freedom in Turkey: John Palfrey '01, clinical professor of law and executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, made a whirlwind visit to Turkey this week to urge authorities not to filter or censor content on the internet. [Thu, 07 Feb 2008]

Coates, taking Cogan chair, looks at market forces in corporate law: Professor John C. Coates, one of the nation's foremost experts in corporate law, was formally presented with the John F. Cogan Jr. Professorship of Law and Economics on February 4, in a ceremony attended by HLS faculty, students, members of the Coates family, and Cogan himself. [Wed, 06 Feb 2008]

Harvard Law Review elects Robert Allen as president: The Harvard Law Review has elected Robert Allen '09 as its 122nd president. Allen has excelled at HLS, winning last year's prestigious Sears Prize, which is awarded to the student with the highest grades in the 1L class each year. [Wed, 06 Feb 2008]