Alex Whiting (left), Urs Gasser LL.M. ’03
Whiting, Gasser professors of practice
Alex Whiting and Urs Gasser LL.M. ’03 were recently named professors of practice at Harvard Law School. Whiting most recently served as the prosecution coordinator in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, where he was responsible for managing prosecutions of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. He has focused on ICC investigations in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, the Central African Republic and Kenya, among other countries. He worked as the investigation coordinator at the ICC from 2010 to 2012. He previously taught at HLS as an assistant clinical professor. Gasser, an executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, focuses his scholarship and teaching on information law and policy, societal issues, and the interplay between law and innovation. His projects explore such topics as policy and educational challenges for young Internet users, the regulation of digital technology (currently with a focus on cloud computing), information and communication technology interoperability, information quality, the law’s impact on innovation and risk in the ICT space, cybersecurity, and alternative governance systems.
Shavell receives law and economics medal
Steven Shavell
The American Law and Economics Association selected Professor Steven Shavell as the 2014 recipient of the Ronald H. Coase Medal, a biennial award that recognizes major contributions to the field of law and economics. Shavell is an expert on the economic analysis of the basic subject areas of law—contracts, torts, property and criminal law—past director of the Law and Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a co-founder and past president of the American Law and Economics Association. The award, named in honor of Ronald Coase, who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991, was given to Judge Richard A. Posner ’62 in 2010 and Judge Guido Calabresi in 2012.
John F. Manning ’85
Manning elected to Academy of Arts & Sciences
Professor John F. Manning ’85, an expert in administrative law, statutory interpretation, separation of powers law and the federal courts, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. This year, 198 individuals were selected to join the academy, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, whose ranks include scholars, scientists, writers, artists, politicians, and civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders.
100 Most Influential Lawyers
Several members of the Harvard Law School faculty and more than a dozen alumni were named to The National Law Journal’s list of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America: Professors Lawrence Lessig and Cass Sunstein ’78; Lecturers on Law Martin Bienenstock, Dale Cendali ’84, Thomas Goldstein and William Lee; and alumni Robert S. Bennett LL.M. ’65, Morgan Chu ’76, Paul Clement ’92, H. Rodgin Cohen ’68, Cari Dawson ’93, Brackett Denniston ’73, Patrick Fitzgerald ’85, Patricia Millett ’88, John B. Quinn ’76, Eric T. Schneiderman ’82, Kathleen Sullivan ’81 and Timothy Wu ’98.
Jody Freeman, on the back of a Harley on the Golden Gate bridge, with PBS host Peter Sagal.
Featured on PBS: Professors Freeman, Goldsmith, Lessig and Gordon-Reed
Professors Jody Freeman LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’95, Jack Goldsmith and Lawrence Lessig were featured on “Constitution USA,” a four-part series which aired on PBS in May. The series, hosted by Peter Sagal, explored the meaning of the Constitution, historical events that have defined it and some of today’s major constitutional debates.
Professor Annette Gordon-Reed ’84 was featured on PBS’s “10 Buildings that Changed America.” She discussed the Virginia State Capitol, which was designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1788.