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Glendon Wins Inaugural Bradley Prize
In October, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation awarded Professor
Mary Ann Glendon the inaugural Bradley Prize. The $250,000 prize is
given to individuals who support "the promotion of liberal democracy,
democratic capitalism and a vigorous defense of American institutions,"
according to Michael W. Grebe, president and CEO of the Bradley
Foundation. "I was quite overwhelmed by this news, and grateful to be
honored in such company as Charles Krauthammer, Thomas Sowell and my
University of Chicago college classmate Leon Kass," said Glendon,
referring to the three other winners of the prize.
Fisher Named Hale and Dorr Professor
Professor William Fisher III '82 has been named the Hale and Dorr
Professor of Intellectual Property Law. To celebrate the appointment,
Fisher delivered a lecture last fall to the HLS community titled "The
Disaggregation of Intellectual Property." During his remarks, he
examined the enormous growth in the three fields of intellectual
property--copyright, patent and trademark--over the past 200 years, and
addressed the pros and cons of developing specific intellectual property
regimes for different industries. Fisher's forthcoming book is titled
"Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment."
Ogletree Honored by Charter School
A Cambridge charter school committed to teaching math and science to
minority students has named its new library and media center after
Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. ' 78 and his wife, Pamela. In its
announcement, officials from the Benjamin Banneker Charter School said
they hope that the Charles and Pamela Ogletree Library and Media Center
will serve students as an information source about African-American
figures and careers in the sciences. The Ogletrees have been supporters
of the Banneker school since its inception in 1992. The school's
namesake is an 18th-century African-American science and math scholar.
Mack Delivers Hugo Black Lecture
Assistant Professor Kenneth Mack '91 gave the Hugo
Black Lecture last fall at the University of Alabama School of Law, an
annual event named for the late Supreme Court justice. The talk, titled
"The Relationship Between the Legal Realist and Civil Rights Movements,"
outlined the differences--and the surprising commonalities--in each
movement's advocacy of the 14th Amendment to advance civil rights in the
era of racial segregation. "The pragmatic legal method of the realists
had more in common with the legal consciousness of the nation's civil
rights lawyers than is generally presumed," said Mack.
Corporate Law Professor Convenes Scholars, SEC Officials
Professor Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. '80 S.J.D. '84 organized, and other HLS
corporate law professors participated in, a conference at HLS in early
October to discuss shareholder nomination of directors to corporate
boards. The SEC proposed a new rule on this subject later in the month.
Attendees included the leading corporate scholars in the nation, an SEC
commissioner and SEC staff, corporate directors and CEOs, institutional
and other investors, shareholder activists, lawyers and judges. Dean
Elena Kagan '86 called the event "a perfect example of how we can both
improve our work and enhance our influence by building stronger
connections to practitioners."
Giving Opinion on Taking of Land
A recent article by Professor Emeritus Charles Haar '48 has been
selected for publication in Land Use & Environment Law Review 2003.
Haar's article, "Euclid Lives: The Survival of Progressive
Jurisprudence," argues that the Supreme Court's recent rulings on land
takings have taken the wrong approach. An expert in land use, Haar
chaired the task force that created the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
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