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Nationalist Party frontman and Harvard Law School (HLS) graduate Ma Ying-jeou is set to assume Taiwan’s top executive office in the wake of his victory in the country’s recent presidential elections. Ma, a 1981 HLS alumnus and the former mayor of Taipei City, won Taiwan’s March 22 election by a 17 percent margin. His party, considered more favorable to a rapprochement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) than the rival Democratic Progressive Party, will face challenges in reestablishing relations with the Mainland. HLS professor and Director...
CORRECTION APPENDED With many a law student drawn to the high-powered, high-paying jobs of corporate America, Havard Law School (HLS) recently announced a new initiative aimed at incentivizing public interest law. The plan eliminates tuition payments for the third year of law school for any student who commits to spending the first five years after graduation in public sector or public interest...
...beyond monetary incentives, we also hope that HLS Dean Elena Kagan pursues other changes to bolster HLS’s public interest program. Students should be encouraged to enter the field not simply to alleviate the burdens of tuition, but also because the quality of teaching, scholarship, and public interest programs at HLS genuinely motivate students’ career choices. In that vein, Kagan has already made strides with her recent hires, from Cass R. Sunstein ’75 to Noah Feldman ’92 to Jeannie Suk, all of whom have made significant contributions to scholarship that...
...early 1980s, while studying at Harvard Law School (HLS), Eliot L. Spitzer worked as a research assistant for one of his professors. Today, that professor has come to Spitzer’s defense as the governor of New York finds himself embroiled in a public controversy after evidence surfaced linking him to a prostitution ring. Alan M. Dershowitz has talked to various media outlets, including ABC’s Boston affiliate and the New York Times, about his take on the situation, in the midst of widespread criticism and numerous calls for Spitzer’s immediate resignation...
...course, we are HKS, in parallel with HBS and HLS,” Kennedy School professor Dani Rodrik ’79 wrote on his blog. “HBS teaches business, HLS teaches law, and we teach...Never mind...