Spotlight
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- Wolfman challenges the patenting of 'tax strategies' in influential article
- Harvard Law School professor emeritus Bernard Wolfman, a leading tax law expert, has written a strong critique of an emerging trend: the patenting of specific tax strategies. [Thu, 24 Jul 2008]
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- Faculty Q and A: Levinson talks about how he's helping students get on the law teaching track
- 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. In the latest issue of Harvard Law Today, he answered some questions about how students -- and alumni -- can become legal academics. [Mon, 14 Jul 2008]
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- HLS alums working in New Orleans discuss the political struggles of putting the city back together
- When Becca O'Brien '05 and Ommeed Sathe '06 returned to HLS last October to talk about building partnerships in post-Katrina New Orleans, they gave a painstaking account of what should, but doesn't, work. [Wed, 02 Jul 2008]
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- Exit Interview: Six students from the Class of 2008 are profiled
- 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. [Wed, 25 Jun 2008]
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- Martha Minow discusses equality in education
- Harvard Law School Professor Martha Minow is co-editor of "Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference," a new book exploring ways to create more equal schools in an increasingly multicultural America. [Tue, 24 Jun 2008]
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- Berkman Center makes national headlines for its impact on public policy
- The Berkman Center for Internet and Society received some major media recognition this week with the pulbication of a June 10 article in USA Today headlined "Berkman pioneers steer the course of cyberspace." [Tue, 17 Jun 2008]
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- In 'I Dissent,' Tushnet looks at the great 'nays' in history
- In his most recent book, "I Dissent: Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases" (Beacon Press 2008), Professor Mark Tushnet offers an anthology of dissenting opinions, putting them in political context and examining their impact on constitutional law. [Thu, 05 Jun 2008]
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- As judicial review is questioned, Fallon offers an answer
- "For a long season," writes Professor Richard Fallon in a major article just published in the Harvard Law Review, the desirability of judicial review of legislation was "a complacent assumption" of American constitutional, political and moral thought. [Wed, 21 May 2008]
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- Dershowitz argues for post-9/11 paradigm shift in latest book
- In his new book, "Is There a Right to Remain Silent? Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment After 9/11," (Oxford University Press 2008), Professor Alan Dershowitz examines the status of the Fifth Amendment privilege in a post 9/11 "preventive" state. [Fri, 09 May 2008]
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- Student Spotlight: A young entrepreneur builds a startup to aid the neediest
- Last January, Andrew Klaber '09 was invited to Davos, Switzerland, to participate in the World Economic Forum with the world's elite business, political and intellectual leaders. In a panel discussion about innovations in leadership, Klaber brought his message of social entrepreneurship to the world stage. [Mon, 28 Apr 2008]