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2 Honors 3 Ethics 6 Challenging 7 New © MORE HLS NEWS INSIDE for the of criminal the individual faculty at www.law. honorable defense mandate appointments harvard.edu Congratulations to the Class of 2012 The Harvard Law School graduating Class of 2012 was encouraged HARVARD LAW to remember the importance of service in their future careers, during Class Day and Commencement exercises this year. The law school conferred 757 www.law.harvard.edu/news/hltoday/ To day degrees—580 J.D.s, July 2012 169 LL.M.s, and 8 S.J.D.s—at Commencement on May 24. ,4 PHOTOS BY HERATCH PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY HERATCH BY PHOTOS “My colleagues are people who Celebrating recognize their own responsibility to get 35 years to the right answer, and I think they act on the Court “This is the kind of thing that in good faith.” aff ects billions of dollars for industry, pharma, hospitals, Harvard Law School researchers and universities across the world,” said Assis- celebrated Justice John tant Professor I. Glenn Cohen ’03 (right), co-director of the Paul Stevens’ 35 years of Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, service on the Supreme and Bioethics. Court with an April 25 event honoring his work and his MARTHA STEWART MARTHA contributions to the fields of environmental, energy and The future of human natural resources law. subjects research In her introduction, Dean Martha Minow said that Justice Stevens’ crucial leading role regulation in environmental law follows from his atten- tion to facts and his ability to cut through the LEADING EXPERTS IN the fields of law, science and fog to bring reason to bear in the midst of high medicine gathered at HLS May 18 and 19 to discuss the emotion, high drama and sometimes boring future of human subjects research regulation. detail. That focus on facts, she said, is “among The topic for the conference, sponsored by the Petrie- the dimensions for which Justice John Paul Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Stevens has set the standard defining what a Bioethics at Harvard Law School, was prompted by a July GUS FREEDMAN great judge is.” ,8 2011 advance notice of proposed rulemaking from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposing to amend the rule that has governed this research for more Harvard Law Today Nonprofit Org. than 20 years. Harvard Law School U.S. Postage “We felt this might be an opportunity to revisit and actu- 125 Mount Auburn Street PAID ally change things regarding human subjects research,” said Cambridge, MA 02138 Boston, MA Permit No. 54112 HLS Assistant Professor I. Glenn Cohen ’03, co-director of the center. “This is the kind of thing that affects billions of dollars for industry, pharma, hospitals, researchers and universities across the world.” In announcing a contemplation of the rule change, of- ficials at HHS noted that the research landscape involving ,6 HLT_July12_05a.indd 1 6/14/12 11:10 AM Glendon appointed to the U.S. Commission on BRIEFS International Religious Freedom and circumstances of violations of reli- Student pens Centenarian Bill Hogan Jr. gious freedom internationally and mak- ’36 helped celebrate Fenway one of the top ing policy recommendations to the presi- Park’s 100th anniversary. dent, secretary of state and Congress. securities articles AT THE OLD BALLGAME An article by ANDREW TUCH S.J.D. ‘12 Lifelong Red Sox fan and Harvard Law School has been voted by the nation’s corporate Cohen named a grad BILL HOGAN JR. ’36 celebrated his 100th and securities law professors as one of fellow for medical birthday by throwing out the ceremonial first the top 10 corporate and securities law pitch for the Red Sox-Rays game at Fenway Park papers of 2011. The article, “Multiple tourism on April 14. Hogan, born just six days before Gatekeepers,” was originally published The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Mary Ann Glendon the Red Sox played their first game in Fenway, in the Virginia Law Review. The Corpo- Study at Harvard University has select- was part of the centennial celebration leading rate Practice Commentator, a quarterly ed Assistant Professor I. GLENN COHEN up to Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary on April journal, polls corporate and securities law ’03 as a Radcliffe Institute Fellow for the 20. Also part of the WATCH VIDEO hvrd. l celebration on April 14 faculty to select the 10 best articles pub- 2012-2013 academic year. The co-director me/HLSatFenway lished during the prior year. Professors of HLS’s Petrie-Flom Center for Health were HLS staff members chose Tuch’s article out of 580 articles Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioeth- Ben Sears, Brad Conner and Joei Marshall Perry. on this year’s list. ics, Cohen will focus his fellowship on Sears and Conner, who have been performing as medical tourism and the legal and ethical a cabaret duo for more than 20 years, performed issues related to travel by patients who the national anthem. Joining the duo were Perry Academy fellows: are residents of one country to another and the cast of “Fabulous Fenway,” a concert Wilkins and country for medical treatment. celebrating Fenway Park in story and song. Vermeule Harvard Law Professors DAVID WILKINS Students ’80 and ADRIAN VERMEULE ’93 have been recognized for elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Wilkins, the community work Lester Kissel Professor of Law, is director CRYSTAL REDD ’13 and ANGELA CHUANG David Wilkins of the Program on the Legal Profession ’13 were among 10 students chosen as and vice dean for Global Initiatives on the 2012 Harvard University Presidential Legal Profession. Vermeule is a leading Fellows for their commitment to public scholar of administrative law and con- service initiatives. The university-wide stitutional law and theory. Several HLS fellowship program, designed to promote alumni were also named 2012 fellows: public service across Harvard’s schools, RITA HAUSER ’58, president of the Hauser provides grants to undergraduates and RINALDO TONY Foundation; KENNETH FRAZIER ’78, presi- graduate students to fund summer proj- Radcliff e honors Marshall as a dent and CEO of Merck & Co.; and DAVID ects. Redd will work at the Advancement WEISBACH ’89, the Walter J. Blum Profes- Project and with the Southern Center for ‘true pioneer in her field’ sor of Law at the University of Chicago. Human Rights, working with defendants Margaret H. Marshall, senior research fellow facing the death penalty. Chuang will in- and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, Adrian Vermeule Glendon joins tern at New York County Defender Ser- was recently awarded the Radcliffe Institute vices’ newly created Immigration Unit, Medal. Marshall, who is former chief justice helping to represent indigent clients. commission on of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court religious freedom and senior counsel at Choate Hall & Stewart, MARY ANN GLENDON, Learned Hand Pro- gave the keynote address during the Radcliffe fessor of Law and former ambassador to Day luncheon on May 25. the Holy See, was appointed to the U.S. l WATCH VIDEO hvrd.me/Marshall2012 Commission on International Religious Freedom on May 23 by Senate Minor- HARVARD LAW TODAY ity Leader Mitch McConnell. Compris- ing nine members, the commission is Assistant Dean/Chief of Editorial Office an independent, bipartisan federal body Communications Harvard Law Today ROBB LONDON ’86 125 Mount Auburn St. that is responsible for reviewing the facts Editor Cambridge, MA 02138 CHRISTINE PERKINS 617-495-3118 [email protected] Managing Editor LINDA GRANT Send change of address to A FAMILY OF HONORARY DEGREES HLS Dean Martha Minow and her parents and siblings Alumni Records Design Director 125 Mount Auburn St. received honorary degrees from Dominican University in May. Minow’s father, Newton, delivered the RONN CAMPISI Cambridge, MA 02138 commencement speech. 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Vis International Commercial (L-R) Rethink Music competition winners Adam Gottesfeld and Joey Seiler, with Allen Bargfrede and Assistant Arbitration Moot competitions, in Vienna music Director of HLS’s Cyberlaw Clinic Christopher Bavitz and Hong Kong, which aim to train future PHIL FARNSWORTH leaders in methods of alternative dispute TWO HLS STUDENTS, ADAM in legal services from the firm such as Spotify and Groove- bridge relationships between resolution. In Vienna, 282 universities from GOTTESFELD ’12 and JOEY Duane Morris, additional in- shark to make music listening artists and fans. 68 countries competed. HLS placed third SEILER ’12, recently won Re- kind consulting, and at least and sharing more rewarding They received the award in in oral arguments, making it to the semifi- think Music’s Genesis Project, three meetings with venture for fans and more lucrative for April during the Rethink Mu- nal round and winning Best Memorandum a startup competition that aims capitalists. artists and brands. sic conference, sponsored by for Claimant, and received honorable to encourage and monetize Their project, Have You The project combines the Berklee College of Music, in creativity in the music industry.