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2008/03


Six recent HLS graduates awarded national writing prizes: Six out of the seven honored recipients of the H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition were Harvard Law School graduates, the Food and Drug Law Institute announced last week. [Sun, 30 Mar 2008]

Warren, Levitin, and Porter testify before Congress about Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights: Earlier this month, Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren testified along with two former students - Adam Levitin '06 and Katie Porter '01 - before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit regarding a proposed Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights. [Wed, 26 Mar 2008]

HLS grad is elected president of Taiwan: Running on a promise to improve relations with mainland China, former Taipei mayor and Harvard Law graduate Ma Ying-jeou S.J.D. '81 was elected president of Taiwan this weekend. Ma, the Nationalist Party (or Kuomingtang) candidate, defeated Frank Hsieh of the Democratic Progressive Party 58 percent to 42 percent. [Mon, 24 Mar 2008]

Anne Alstott, expert on tax law and social welfare, will join HLS faculty: Anne Alstott, an expert on federal income taxation, corporate taxation and tax policy as well as on social welfare policy, family policy, and feminism and economic justice, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a tenured professor, Dean Elena Kagan '86 announced today. [Thu, 20 Mar 2008]

Harvard Law School launches new Public Service Initiative: In a move that will further strengthen its commitment to public service, Harvard Law School is announcing that it will pay the third year of tuition for all future students who commit to work in public service for five years following graduation. Dean Elena Kagan '86 announced the new program following a three-day “Celebration of Public Interest,” which brought more than 600 alumni back to the HLS campus. [Tue, 18 Mar 2008]

An op-ed by Heymann and Falco: Fighting the online drug corner: The following op-ed, Fighting the online drug corner, co-written by Harvard Law School Professor Philip Heymann '60 and Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies, was published in the Washington Post on March 15, 2008. [Mon, 17 Mar 2008]

Justice Kennedy comes back to HLS to mark 20 years on the Supreme Court: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy '61 of the U.S. Supreme Court came to Harvard Law School this week for a two-day celebration of the 20th anniversary of his appointment to the Court. [Wed, 12 Mar 2008]

Bebchuk, Roe, and Subramanian honored for top corporate law articles: Writings by Professors Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. '80 S.J.D. '84, Mark Roe '75, and Guhan Subramanian '98 were included on this year's list of 10 Best Corporate and Securities Articles, published in the legal journal "Corporate Practice Commentator." [Mon, 10 Mar 2008]

Sitkoff to represent Massachusetts on the Uniform Law Commission: Harvard Law School Professor Robert Sitkoff was recently appointed to serve on the Uniform Law Commission by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Sitkoff is one of three commissioners representing the state. [Fri, 07 Mar 2008]

Kennedy discusses new book, "Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal": In a March 5 event sponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy discussed his new book, entitled "Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal." [Thu, 06 Mar 2008]

An op-ed by Professors John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain: Choices for Turkey in the digital age: The following op-ed, Choices for Turkey in a digital age, written by Harvard Law School Clinical Professor John Palfrey '01 and Visiting Professor Jonathan Zittrain '95, was published in the Turkish Daily News on March 5, 2008. [Wed, 05 Mar 2008]

Breyer comes to HLS for examination of Elhauge's book on statutory interpretation: How should judges interpret ambiguous statutes? Fourteen leading legal scholars -- including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer '64 -- took up that question in a conference at HLS yesterday, occasioned by the publication of a new book, "Statutory Default Rules: How to Interpret Unclear Legislation" (Harvard University Press, 2008) by Professor Einer Elhauge '86. [Tue, 04 Mar 2008]

An op-ed by Professor Tribe: Why the Supreme Court should take a minimalist approach to gun rights: The following op-ed, Sanity and the Second Amendment, written by Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe '66, was published in the Wall Street Journal on March 4, 2008. [Tue, 04 Mar 2008]

An op-ed by Professor Alan Dershowitz: Worshippers of death: The following op-ed, Worshippers of death, written by Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, was published in the Wall Street Journal on March 3, 2008. [Mon, 03 Mar 2008]