Learning from the Past to Appreciate the Present

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Photo:  Martha Stewart

On the occasion of his appointment as the inaugural Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, Professor William Alford ’77, the vice dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, the director of the East Asian Legal Studies Program, and chair of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, delivered a chair lecture entitled “Learn from the Past to Appreciate the Present, That is What Makes One a Teacher 温故而知新，可以為師矣: Confucius, Cohen(s) and Contemporary China” to an overflow audience of close to 200.

Read more and listen to the chair lecture on Harvard Law Today.

Establishing and Enforcing Norms: Perspectives from Chayes Fellows

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On October 12, three recent Chayes Fellows — Niku Jafarnia ’19, Patrick Maxell ’20, and Terrence Neal ’19 — shared their perspectives at a panel discussion on “Establishing and Enforcing Norms.”  S.J.D. candidate Kwabena Oteng Acheampong served as moderator.  View their presentation here.

(Left to right:  Oteng, Terrence, Niku, and Patrick.  Photo credit:  Kim Wright.)