Guide to Past Programs
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Date:  March 4, 1990
Title:  "Should Drugs Be Legalized?"
Speaker:  Edward I. Koch - Former Mayor of New York City

Date:  March 19, 1990
Title:  "Writs and Glitz:  Law Through a Camera Lens"
Speakers:  Blair Underwood - Actor, "L.A. Law"
    Chuck Rosenberg - Legal Advisor, "L.A.. Law"
    Bob Breech - Co-Producer, "L.A. Law"

Date:  April 25, 1990
Title:  "Should Drugs Be Legalized?"
Speaker:  Maynard Jackson - Mayor of Atlanta
[PART 1 - AUDIO - PART 2]

Date:  May 14, 1990
Title:  "The Importance of Mistakes"
Speaker:  John Cleese - Actor, Comedian

Date:  November 14, 1990
Title:  "America's Military Budget in the 1990's"
Speaker:  Rep. Barney Frank - D., Massachusetts

Date:  October 23, 1990
Title:  "The Bush Administration's Environmental and Energy Policy"
Speaker:  C. Boyden Gray - Counsel to President Bush
[AUDIO]

Date:  March 7, 1991
Title:  "The Effects of Foreign Investment on the U.S. Economy"
Speaker:  T. Boone Pickens - Entrepreneur
[PHOTO]

Date:  April 3, 1991
Title:  "From Radio Shack to Riches: NEMO the Robot's Recovery of the Lost
    Treasure of the S.S. Central America"
Speaker:  Richard T. Robol - Partner, Hunter & Williams

Date:  May 1, 1991
Speaker:  David Dinkins - Mayor of New York City

Date:  September 26, 1991
Speaker:  Robert Fulghum - Author, All I Really Need To Know I Learned in 
    Kindergarten

Date:  October 14, 1991
Title:  "The 1992 Presidential Election"
Speaker:  Eugene McCarthy

Date:  November 14, 1991
Title:  "Can Congressional Investigations Be Conducted Fairly?"
Speaker:  Arthur Liman - Fmr. Chief Senate Counsel, Iran-Contra Investigation; 
    Fmr. President, Legal Aid Society of New York; 
    Fmr. Chief Counsel, New York Special Commission on Attica
[AUDIO]

Date:  February 10, 1992
Title:  "Freedom, Free Speech and the Courts"
Speaker:  Edwin Meese III - Former U.S. Attorney General
[AUDIO]

Date:  February 27, 1992
Title:  "Television in the Courts"
Speaker:  F. Lee Bailey
[AUDIO]

Date:  March 4, 1992
Title:  "Civil Liberties and the Supreme Court"
Speaker:  Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union
[AUDIO]

Date:  March 5, 1992
Title:  "The Politics of Sexuality"
Speaker:  Andrew Sullivan - Editor, The New Republic

Date:  March 16, 1992
Title:  "The Corrupting Influence of Harvard Law School"
Speaker:  Richard D. Kahlenberg - Author, Broken Contract: A Memoir of
    Harvard Law School

Date:  April 8, 1992
Title:  "The Politics Before Us"
Speaker:  Tom Wicker - Political Columnist, The New York Times

Date:  April 13, 1992
Speaker:  Catherine Crier - Host, CNN's "Crier & Company"

Date:  October 13, 1992
Title:  "Public Accountability"
Speaker:  Dan Rather - "CBS Evening News"
[NEWS ARTICLE]

Date:  December 10, 1992
Title:  "An Evening With Dr. Ruth"
Speaker:  Dr. Ruth Westheimer
[AUDIO]        [PHOTO]

Date:  February 25, 1993
Title:  "Do Law Students Abandon Their Ideals: The Crisis of Idealism in the
    Age of Affluence"
Speaker:  Robert Granfield - Author, Making Elite Lawyers: Visions of Law at 
    Harvard and Beyond

Date:  April 7, 1993
Title:  "The State of Women's Rights After the Year of the Woman"
Speaker:  Elizabeth Holtzman - New York City Comptroller

Date:  April 15, 1993
Topic:  The First Amendment and Religion
Speaker:  Professor Michael McConnell

Date:  March 7, 1994
Title:  "Recent Congressional Developments"
Speaker:  Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II - D., Massachusetts
[NEWS ARTICLE]

Date:  April 8, 1994
Title:  "The Current Crisis in Haiti: The Overthrow of Democracy and the Plight of 
    Refugees"
Speaker:  Jean-Bertrand Aristide - President, The Republic of Haiti
[AUDIO]        [NEWS ARTICLE]        [PHOTO]

Date:  April 26, 1994
Title:  "Public Policy Responses to the Changing Dynamics of the AIDS Epidemic"
Panel:  Kristine Gebbie - National AIDS Policy Coordinator
    Nicolās Parkhurst Carballeira - Executive Director, Boston's Latino Health Institute
    Rodger McFarlane, Executive Director, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
    Mindy Thompson Fullilove - Assoc. Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public 
            Health, Columbia University
Moderator:  Jean McGuire - Former Executive Director, AIDS Action Council
[SYNOPSIS]        [AUDIO]

Date:  April 28, 1994
Title:  "Free Speech Wars"
Speaker:  Kathleen Sullivan - Professor, Stanford Law School

Date:  March 21, 1995
Title:  "The CIA After Ames"
Speaker:  Frederick P. Hitz - Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency

Date:  April 18, 1995
Title:  "Welfare Reform:  A New State of Mind"
Speaker:  Barbara A. Mikulski - U.S. Senator (D), Maryland

Date:  April 18, 1996
Title:  "The Modern Athlete's Agent-Attorney"
Speaker:  Ron Shapiro - Sports Agent, Attorney

Date:  November 14, 1996
Title:  "'Fear and Loathing' at Harvard Law School"
Speaker:  Hunter S. Thompson - "Creator of Gonzo Journalism"

Date:  September 16, 1996
Title:  "Economic Affirmative Action"
Speaker:  Richard D. Kahlenberg - Author, Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard 
                Law School

Date:  September 19, 1996
Title:  "Only in America"
Speaker:  Don King - Boxing Promoter
[Video Recording housed at Harvard Law School Library Special Collections]

Date:  September 19, 1996
Speaker:  Jamie Gorelick, '75 - U.S. Deputy Attorney General

Date:  October 9, 1996
Speaker:  Ed Koch - Former Mayor, New York City
[TRANSCRIPT]

Date:  April 15, 1997
Title:  "Intelligence to Combat International Organized Crime:   The Balance of Rights"
Speaker:  David Bickford CB- Legal Advisor, British Security and Intelligence Services
[TEXT]

Date:  September 26, 1997
Speaker:  Oliver Stone - Academy Award Winning Writer, Producer, Director
[PHOTO]

Date:  October 15, 1997
Title:  "'Deep Inside the Beltway:  Are We Stuck With Only Two Parties Forever?"
Speaker:  Robert K. Dornan - R., Congressman, 46th Dist,. California 1977-97

Date:  November 11, 1997
Title:  "CIA in the 21st Century"
Speaker:  Fredrick P. Hitz - Inspector General, CIA
[TEXT]

Date:  November 20, 1997
Topic:  A Debate:
    "Is Our Constitutional Amendment Process Overused?"
    "Should it be Guided by Standards and Restraint?
Speaker:  Louis Michael Seidman - Professor, Georgetown Law School
    Alan Morrison - Supreme Court Litigator
    Virginia Sloan - Exec. Dir., Citizens for the Constitution
    Roger Pilon - Director, Cato Center for Constitutional Studies
    Frederick Schauer - Academic Dean - Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Richard Parker - Professor, Harvard Law School
Moderator:  Greta Van Susteren - Host, CNN's "Burden of Proof"

Date:  December 5, 1997
Title:  "The People v. The Movies"
Speaker:  Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert - Movie Critics
[PHOTO]

Date:  February 28, 1998
Title:  "Democracy in D.C.... or the Lack Thereof"
Speaker:  Marion Barry - Mayor of Washington, D.C.
[PHOTO]

Date:  March 4, 1998
Speaker:  Rep. John P. Slattery - Massachusetts House of Representatives - cast eleventh hour swing vote to defeat the death penalty implementation bill

Date:  March 9, 1998
Title:  "What's at Stake in 1998 and Beyond: A Debate"
Panel:  Steve Grossman - Chairman, Democratic National Committee
    Jim Nicholson - Chairman, Republican National Committee

Date:  April 1, 1998
Speakers:  Judith L. Lichtman - President, Women's Legal Defense Fund
    Martha Coakley - Louise Woodward Prosecutor

Date:  April 21, 1998
Title:  "The Dayton Peace Accords: The Inside Story"
Speaker:  Miomir Zuzul - Croatian Ambassador to the United States

Date:  September 16, 1998
Title:  "Does Character Count?"
Speaker:  Zig Ziglar - Best-selling Author, Success Speaker

Date:  October 1, 1998
Title:  "Historical Perspective of the Civil Rights Movement: Destroying Everything 
    Segregated I Could Find"
Speaker:  Fred Gray - Attorney to Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Date:  October 20, 1998
Title:  "The Missiles of August: Clinton's Embarrassing Military Attacks on Terrorist 
    Osama bin Laden"
Speaker:  Seymour Hersh - Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, The Dark Side of Camelot
[PAGE 1 -ARTICLE- PAGE 4]

Date:  October 26, 1998
Title:  "Public Service, Citizenship, and the Law"
Speaker:  Senator John Kerry - D., Massachusetts
[PAGE 1 -ARTICLE- PAGE 3]

Date:  February 16, 1999
Title:  "Winning the Cultural War"
Speaker:  Charlton Heston - Actor; President, National Rifle Association
[TEXT]    [PART I - AUDIO -PART II]    [PHOTO]    [PAGE 1 -ARTICLE- PAGE 2]

Date:  February 24, 1999
Title:  "Why All Campus Speech Codes, Including Harvard Law School's Sexual 
    Harassment Guidelines, Should be Repealed"
Speaker:  Harvey Silvergate - Author, The Shadow University
[PAGE 1 -ARTICLE- PAGE 6]

Date:  March 22, 1999
Title:  "Prosecuting the President: Reflections of a House Manager"
Speaker:  Rep. Asa Hutchinson - D., Arkansas
[AUDIO]    [PHOTO]

Date:  April 15, 1999
Title:  "The First Amendment Firsthand"
Speaker:  Vince McMahon - Chairman, World Wrestling Federation
[AUDIO]     [PHOTO]

Date:  April 20, 1999
Title:  "Public Spirit in the Private Sector"
Speaker:  Mario Cuomo - Former Governor of New York
[PART I - AUDIO - PART II]        [PHOTO]

Date:  October 29, 1999
Title:  "The Laws, The Practice, The Education: Continuing Illusion or Wake-up Time?"
Speaker:  Ralph Nader
Introduction:  Richard Parker - Professor, Harvard Law School
[PART I - AUDIO - PART II]    [PHOTO]    [PAGE 1 -ARTICLE- PAGE 4]

Date:  December 2, 1999
Title:  "New Politics for the New Millennium"
Speaker:  Jack Gargan - Chairman-elect, The Reform Party
[AUDIO]        [PHOTO]         [LINK TO C-SPAN EVENT VIDEOTAPE]

Date:  December 3, 1999
Title:  "Non-Recourse Borrowing and Non-Recognition Transfers: A Case Law 
    Analysis"
Speaker:  Al Franken - Emmy-winning Political Satirist, Best-selling Author
Introduction:  Alan Simpson - Former Senator, R., Wyoming;
    Director, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government
[PHOTO - Franken]        [PHOTO - Simpson]