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Harvard Law Today: July 2008

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Out with a bang! "You've shown that you know you can use law to make a difference—a positive and an enduring difference in people's lives, and that you want to take the opportunities offered to do so. … I count on you to go out and do great deeds in other communities across this nation and around this world."—Dean Elena Kagan '86, June 5 commencement remarks.

New training for future professors

When Pamela Foohey '08 wanted to discuss a potential career as a law professor, she knew just where to turn. She sat down with Akiba Covitz, who, as director of Harvard Law School's Office of Academic Affairs, is offering advice to students and alumni interested in legal academia.
Appointments: Palfrey, Zittrain and six others join the faculty

John Palfrey '01, a director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and Jonathan Zittrain '95, one of the world's leading experts on the legal policy issues surrounding the Internet, have accepted offers to join the tenured faculty at HLS. In addition to the new tenured professors, six other scholars will join the full time faculty.
Scotus sightings

Yes, that was Antonin Scalia strolling through the Harvard Law School campus on an April Saturday, along with veteran CBS News reporter Lesley Stahl.
Briefs

HLS Professors William J. Stuntz and Elizabeth Warren were elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious scholarly societies.
HLS student veterans share their Iraq experiences

At a standing-room-only event in Austin Hall this spring, five Harvard Law School students who served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces spoke about their experiences in Iraq.
Faculty Q&A: Daryl Levinson

Daryl Levinson, the Fessenden Professor of Law, joined the Harvard Law School faculty in 2005. He teaches and writes primarily about constitutional law and theory. He has been tasked by Dean Elena Kagan '86 with helping students and alumni who want to become law professors.
Reunion perspectives

Alumni representing five HLS classes gathered on the law school campus at a reunion weekend in May. Panel discussions and lectures by distinguished alums marked the occasion.
Student Spotlight: Exit interview

They took different paths to get here and are headed in different directions as they leave. Here, a look at six graduates in the Harvard Law School Class of 2008.
Students participate in historic apartheid litigation

In May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case which nearly 20 Harvard Law School Human Rights Program clinical students have worked on over the last three years.
Class day and commencement highlights

In ceremonies held on June 4 and 5, the Harvard Law School Class of 2008 celebrated the end of one adventure and the beginning of many new ones.