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Harvard Law Today: November 2008

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Excitement was building on election night as 1Ls Jennifer Lambert (left) and Ashley Manning joined close to 300 students to watch the returns in the Harkness Commons. Even before HLS grad Barack Obama '91 was declared the president-elect by the networks at 11:01 p.m., Lambert and Manning were confident of the results.

Ginsburg traces the struggle for equal rights

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who attended the law school from 1956 to 1958, was the star attraction of Celebration 55, a four-day September event which drew 600 alumnae, students and guests and marked the 55th anniversary of female graduates of the law school.
Affirmative action is still necessary, says O'Connor at HLS

Not enough progress has been made toward racial equality in education, said former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at Harvard Law School.
Briefs

Original intent; Goldstone receives MacArthur Award; Directing corporate players; Award-winning dean; Bending history; and Supreme Court clerks
Scholars probe turmoil in financial markets

On Oct. 1, two days before Congress approved the $700 billion bailout bill, several Harvard Law School professors came together in a panel discussion moderated by Dean Elena Kagan '86 about the current economic crisis and the government's plan for a bailout.
Faculty Q&A: Focusing on racial justice

Professor Michael Klarman, a constitutional law and history scholar, joined the faculty earlier this year after a distinguished tenure at the University of Virginia since 1987.
Student Spotlight: Far and wide—Three spif-fy summers

Anna Fecker and Michael Admirand in Jackson Miss., and Hagan Scotten and Madison Kitchens in Washington, D.C.
Appointments: Torts expert John Goldberg joins HLS faculty

Vanderbilt University Law School Professor John Goldberg, an expert on torts, jurisprudence and political philosophy, joined the Harvard Law School faculty as a tenured professor this fall.
Chair talks: Feldman, Benkler, Hanson

Three more members of the HLS faculty recently commemorated their appointments to endowed chairs with lectures.
Scalia defends the 'methodology of originalism'

A standing-room-only crowd in Ames Courtroom heard Associate Justice Antonin Scalia '60 of the U.S. Supreme Court deliver the inaugural Herbert W. Vaughan Lecture on Oct. 2.
Campaign wrap-up: Counting our blessings

With Harvard President Drew Faust on hand, HLS celebrates a record-setting campaign.