May 2008

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  Students participate in historic apartheid litigation

  Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a case that nearly 20 Harvard Law School Human Rights Program clinical students have worked on over the last three years. The students assisted with the case on behalf of a group of South African apartheid victims, who brought claims against over 50 top multinational corporations for doing buisiness with the apartheid regime.
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  Berkman Center celebrates 10th anniversary with conference exploring the future of the Internet

  The Berkman Center for Internet and Society is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week at its Berkman at 10 Conference entitled "The Future of the Internet." The two-day event features discussions celebrating the work the Berkman Center has done over the past decade, as well as looking ahead to what it hopes to accomplish in the future.

• Four young HLS faculty members selected to participate in Junior Faculty Forum

  Assistant Professors I. Glenn Cohen '03, Adriaan Lanni, Jed Shugerman, and Matthew Stephenson '03 each had papers selected for the ninth annual Stanford-Yale Junior Faculty Forum, which will take place at Yale Law School in June.

• Malone and Jacobs appointed clinical professors of law

  Phil Malone and Wendy Jacobs '81 have been appointed clinical professors of law, Dean Elena Kagan '86 announced today. Both currently lecturers on law, Malone is a co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society's clinical program and Jacobs is director of the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic.
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  HLS crew team wins graduate student regatta

  On April 26, the Harvard Law School crew team took home a first place finish in the International Graduate School Regatta. The regatta featured graduate school crews from Boston College, the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, MIT, Yale, and Harvard.
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  Harvard Law faculty votes for 'open access' to scholarly articles

  In a move that will disseminate faculty research and scholarship as broadly as possible, the Harvard Law School faculty unanimously voted last week to make each faculty member’s scholarly articles available online for free, making HLS the first law school to commit to open access.
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  David Kessler '09 publishes article in criminal law journal

  David Kessler '09 will have an article published in the January 2009 edition of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Though students regularly publish "notes" in law reviews and journals, it is more unusual for them to have articles published.
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  HLS clinical instructors write guide to help tenants stay in their homes

  At a time when increased home foreclosures are forcing many renters out of their homes, two HLS clinical instructors at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center have written a comprehensive guide on tenants' rights after foreclosure. The guide, written by instructors Esme Caramello '99 and Rafael Mares '99, will be featured in the forthcoming edition of Legal Tactics, published by the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.