2008 Woodie Awards
The Mogul Speaks: Clive Davis Returns to HLS
Most Friday afternoons, one would be hard-pressed to find a single law student in a classroom on campus. On September 28th, however, Langdell North was filled to capacity with students and professors not only from the law school, but also from Harvard College and even Berklee College of Music.…
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Profs Cole and Dershowitz Debate Preemption
BY REBECCA AGULE On Thursday, September 27th, the Harvard Law School Program on Terrorism and the Law, along with the American Constitution Society, hosted a debate on preemption, featuring HLS Professor Alan Dershowitz and Georgetown University Law Center's Professor David Cole.…
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Ed Norton Speaks About Environmental Reform in China
Ed Norton, HLS '71, spoke to a standing room only crowd in Hauser Hall Tuesday night in a presentation entitled "Environment and Law: Lessons from China and Indonesia." Norton spoke about his work with the Nature Conservancy in China and Indonesia, particularly China's Yunnan province, where he had worked to establish a system of nature preserves and to strengthen the protections on already existing reserves.…
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Town Hall Meeting Updates Community on NW Plans
On Wednesday, September 26th, the law school administration hosted a town hall meeting to discuss progress and future plans for the construction of the Northwest Corner building. Mark Johnson, Harvard's Director of Major Capital Projects and Physical Planning, began his presentation by explaining good-naturedly, "I'm the scapegoat…everything that you see is my fault in one way or another.…
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Pakistani Official Akram Discusses Extremism
"The soul of Pakistan," observed Zamir Akram, chief foreign policy advisor to Pakistan's Prime Minister, "is about freedom of choice, tolerance, and liberalism." In an September 26th event sponsored by the Harvard International Negotiation Initiative and the South Asian Law Students Association, titled "Terrorism: Identity, and Moderation: The Struggle for Pakistan's Soul," the Pakistani official spoke on how the country hoped to live up to these ideals.…
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Dear Judge Mukasey: Advice from DOJ Veterans
On Monday, October 1, the Berkman Center and the Heyman Fellowship Program hosted a panel of government experts to give some advice to President Bush's nominee for Attorney General, former federal Judge Michael Mukasey. Assembled in front of a standing-room-only crowd of students and on speakerphone from around the country, and moderated by Senior Heyman Fellow in Residence James Flug, the veterans weighed in on what the new Attorney General will need to do in terms of hiring, prosecutions, national security, and working with the White House.…
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Reproductive Rights Litigator Discusses Carhart's Impact
Priscilla Smith, Supreme Court litigator in Gonzales v. Carhart, spoke about the impact the case will have on reproductive rights litigation in Austin East on September 26th. Approximately sixty students attended the talk, entitled "Gonzales v. Carhart: Expanding Restrictions on the Right to Choose", and many stayed late to ask questions.…
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The 2nd Amendment and the Future of Gun Control
Second Amendment interpretation and the future of gun control laws in America were the focus of a September 27th debate between Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet and Clark Neily, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice. The event, sponsored by the Harvard Federalist Society, came in response to the expected certiorari grant for Parker v.…
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Students Show Their Skills in Negotiation Competition
Eight 1Ls took home prizes at the 54th annual Williston Competition, run by the Program on Negotiation at HLS. Teammates Mary-Hunter Morris and Sean McDonnell and teammates Evan Simpson and Harry Drozdowski won for best contract overall. Teammates David Kessler and Trevor Cox and teammates Avery Day and G.…
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