Program of Activities
All events open to all classes unless specified otherwise
All activities are held on campus, except for the class dinners which are held at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. No activity requires formal wear; attire commonly ranges from casual to business. Please dress for your own comfort. Spouses and guests are warmly invited to attend all activities.
Times are approximate and the schedule is subject to change.
Inquiries: ▪ Tel. 617-384-9523
Friday, October 28, 2016
8:00 am – 8:00 pmReunion Registration
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC), 1st Floor
8:00 am – 12:00 pmClass Visitation
Time / Course / Faculty / Location8:15 am – 9:40 am / Taxation / Alvin C. Warren, Jr. / Austin Hall, Room 111
8:20 am – 9:40 am / Legislation and Regulation / Todd D. Rakoff ’75 / Wasserstein Hall, Room 1010
8:20 am – 9:40 am / Legislation and Regulation / Matthew C. Stephenson ’03 / Wasserstein Hall, Room 1019
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Contracts / Oren Bar-Gill LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’05 / Wasserstein Hall, Room 2009
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Conflict of Laws / Joseph William Singer ’81 / Wasserstein Hall, Room B010
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Civil Procedure / D. James Greiner / Wasserstein Hall, Room 1010
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Employment Law / Benjamin I. Sachs / Austin Hall, Room 101
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Property / Henry E. Smith / Wasserstein Hall, Room 1019
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Corporations / J. Mark Ramseyer ’82 / Langdell Hall, Room 225
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Criminal Law / Elizabeth Papp Kamali ’07 / Austin Hall, Room 111
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Legislation and Regulation / Susan M. Davies / Wasserstein Hall, Room 2004
9:50 am – 11:50 am / Legislation and Regulation / Nina A. Mendelson / Wasserstein Hall, Room 1015
10:00 am – 11:30 am / From Protest to Law: Triumphs and Defeats of the Civil Rights Revolution, 1950-1970 / Randall L. Kennedy / Hauser Hall, Room 104
10:00 am – 11:30 am / Comparative Law: Ancient Law / Adriaan Lanni / Hauser Hall, Room 102
10:00 am – 11:30 am / Legal Profession / Timothy J. Dacey ’69 / Wasserstein Hall, Room 1023
10:00 am – 11:30 am / Evidence / Eric D. Green ’72 / Austin Hall, Room 100
10:00 am – 11:30 am / International Humanitarian Law/Laws of War / Naz K. Modirzadeh / Pound Hall, Room 102
10:15 am – 11:45 am / Trademark / William W. Fisher ’82 / Langdell Hall, Room 272
8:00 am–5:00 pmHospitality Area
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC), 1stFloor
9:30 am – 11:45 amHarvard Law School Association(HLSA) Executive Committee Meeting
Wasserstein Hall, Room 5048
9:15 am – 12:00 pmTours of the Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building
Tours will depart from the Simpson Thacher Lounge
9:00 am – 5:00 pmExhibit: Facing History and Looking Forward – Retiring the Harvard Law School Shield
HLS Library Caspersen Room
12:15 pm –1:45 pm Reunion Luncheon
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East & West, 2nd Floor
Presentersof theJames E. Bowers, ’70, Senior Counsel, Day Pitney LLP, Harvard Law School
HLSAAward: Association (HLSA) Vice President at Large and Chair of the HLSA Awards
Committee and Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
HLSA AwardKathleen M. Sullivan ’81, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Recipient:
Introduction:Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
The 2016 Election: Issues and Answers
Keynote:David R. Gergen ’67, Professor of Public Service and Co-Director of the Center for PublicLeadership, Harvard Kennedy School
2:00 pm –3:15pmConcurrent Sessions
Cutting Edge Issues in Medical Ethics and the Law:The Globalization of Health Care, Buying and Selling Organs, and Big Data
Austin Hall, Room 101, Austin East
Speaker:I. Glenn Cohen ’03,Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy,
Biotechnology & Bioethics
Corporate Governance Today: What Really Matters?
Austin Hall, Room111, Austin West
Moderator:Robert C. Clark ’72, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and
Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law
Panelists:Robert E. Denham ’71, Partner, MungerTolles & Olson LLP
John G. Finley ’81, Chief Legal Officer, The Blackstone Group
John F. Savarese ’81, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Stephen A. Weiswasser ’66, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
Betty Whelchel ’81, U.S. Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs at BNP Paribas
567 Nations: The History of Federal Indian Law
Wasserstein Hall, Room 1015
Speaker:Joseph William Singer ’81, Bussey Professor of Law
The Future of War?:Algorithms and International Law
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2004
Speakers: Gabriella Blum LL.M. ’01, S.J.D. ’03, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Naz K. Modirzadeh J.D. ’02, Professor of Practice, Director of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict
3:30 pm –5:00 pmPlenary Session: HLS Thinks Big
Austin Hall, James Barr Ames Courtroom, 2nd Floor
Moderator:Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law
Speakers:Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic: New Frontiers, Challenges, Projects and Partnerships
Wendy B. Jacobs ’81,Emmett Clinical Professor of Environmental Law and Director of the Harvard Law School Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic
The Future of the American Death Penalty
Carol S. Steiker ’86, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law
Jordan M. Steiker ’88, Judge Robert M. Parker Endowed Chair inLaw and
Director, Capital Punishment Center, University of Texas School of Law
A New Century of Animal Law
Kristen A. Stilt,Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Animal Law & Policy Program; Director, Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change
The Present and Future of Veterans Benefits
Daniel Nagin,Clinical Professor of Law; Vice Dean, Experiential and Clinical Education; and Faculty Director, WilmerHale Legal Services Center & Veterans Legal Clinic
From Protest to Law: Triumphs and Defeats of the Civil Rights Revolution
Randall L. Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law
3:30 pm –5:00 pmOptional Social Activities
Option A: Student-led Historical Walking Tour of Harvard Campus
Tour will depart from Langdell Hall, Main Steps. Highlights include the John Harvard Statue,
Harvard Hall, Campus Libraries, and Massachusetts Hall.
Option B: Harvard Museum of Natural History Guided Tour of the Ware Collection of Glass Flowers
Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Option C: Self-Guided Tour of the Harvard Art Museums
Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Option D: Trolley Tour of Boston
Space is limited, pre-registration is required. Tour will pick up/drop off in front of Wasserstein Hall.
5:15pm – 6:30pmNetworking Reception
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West, 2nd Floor
5:15 pm – 6:30 pmPrivate Champagne Reception for the Class of 1966 (50th Reunion)
Caspersen Student Center, The Pub & Haas Lounge, 1st Floor
6:30 pm– 9:30pmEvening Celebration
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East & West, 2nd Floor
Saturday, October 29, 2016
7:45 am – 5:00 pmReunion Registration
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC), 1st Floor
7:45 am – 8:45 amEmeritus Club Breakfast (with the classes of 1956 and 1961)
Caspersen Student Center, Harkness South Dining Room, 2nd Floor
Forty Years on CBS Radio: Looking at the Law, and Thinking about Conflict
Speaker:Neil Chayet ’63, Host of CBS Radio’s “Looking at the Law” and Co-Chair,
HLSA Senior, Advisory Network
8:00 am – 5:00 pmHospitality Area
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC), 1st Floor
9:00 am – 5:00 pmExhibit: Facing History and Looking Forward – Retiring the Harvard Law School Shield
HLS Library Caspersen Room
9:00 am– 10:00 amClass Symposia
Class of 1956: Would You Do It Again?
Austin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
Moderator:Charles J.Queenan ’56,Chairman Emeritus, K & L Gates LLP
Class of 1961: Making a Living, Making a Life
Austin Hall, Room 101, Austin East
Moderator:Bill D. Zabel’61,Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Panelists:Tom J. Farer ’61,University Professor, University of Denver
Barry M. Bloom’61, Law Firm Counsel, Drohan Lee LLP
Anthony F. Essaye ’61,Co-President Emeritus, International Senior Lawyers
Class of 1966: Looking Forward
Austin Hall, Room 100, Austin North
Moderators:H. David Rosenbloom ’66, Member CaplinDrysdale Chartered
Edith Brown Weiss ’66,Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Panelists:William R. Harris’66, Attorney and Member of the Board, Foundation for Resilient Societies
MichaelDonlan ’66,Counsel and Planner for NE Electric Grid, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Peter Wallison ’66,Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Richard Stewart ’66,University Professor, John Sexton Professor of Law, New York University
Class of 1971: What’s Next – Challenges and Opportunities
Lewis International Law Center, Room 214 A
Speaker:Doug Rauch, Co-CEO, Conscious Capitalism, Inc., Founder/President of Daily Table, Former President of Trader Joe’s
Class of 1976: Criminal Justice and the Future of the Legal Profession: A Conversation with Some of our Judicial Classmates
Langdell North, Room 225, Vorenberg Classroom
Moderator:Richard Foltin’76,Director, National and Legislative Affairs, American Jewish Committee
Panelists:Patti Saris ’76,Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts
Colleen McMahon ’76,Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Dan Polster ’76,District Judge, U. S. District Court- Cleveland Ohio
Class of 1981: The Next Phase: Transitions In and Out of Law
Langdell South, Room 272, Kirkland and Ellis Classroom
Moderator:Philip Marcovici ’81, Principal, Offices of Philip Marcovici
10:15 am– 10:45amClass Photos
TimeClassLocationRain Location
10:15 am1956Langdell North StairsAustin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
10:15 am1961Langdell Main StairsAustin Hall, Room 101, Austin East
10:15 am 1966Austin Main StairsAustin Hall, Room 100, Austin North
10:30am 1971Langdell North StairsAustin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
10:30 am1976Langdell Main StairsAustin Hall, Room 101, Austin East
10:30 am 1981Austin Main StairsAustin Hall, Room 100, Austin North
11:00 am –12:00 pmA Conversation with the Dean
Austin Hall, James Barr Ames Courtroom, 2nd Floor
Additional viewing room: Austin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
Introduction:Morgan Chu ’76,Partner, Irell & Manella LLP
Speaker:Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
12:15 pm – 1:45 pmReunion Luncheon
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East & West, 2nd Floor
Keynote:A Conversation with Laurence Henry Tribe ’66, Carl M. Loeb University ProfessorandMartha Minow,Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
2:00 pm – 3:15 pmConcurrent Sessions
Private Equity, Venture Capital, and the Innovation Business Revolution
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2012
Moderator:Jack S. Levin’61, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Panelists:Dennis N. Berman’76, Co-Founder andExecutive Vice President, Corporate Development, Tocagen Inc.
David Bonderman ’66, Chairman and a Founding Partner,Texas Pacific Group (TPG)
Ron E. Foy ’76, Managing Director - Investment Banking, Cambria Capital, LLC
On the Battlefield of Merit: Harvard Law School, the First Century
Austin Hall, James Barr Ames Courtroom, 2nd Floor
Speaker: Daniel R. Coquillette’71, Charles Warren Visiting Professor of American Legal History and the J. Donald Monan, SJ, Professor of Law at Boston College Law School
The Cyberlaw Clinic: Practical and Pedagogical Issues in Clinical Teaching of Tech Law
Wasserstein Hall, Room 1023
Moderator: Christopher T. Bavitz, WilmerHale Clinical Professor of Law and Managing Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Panelists:Leonidas Angelakos ’17, Cyberlaw Clinic Student
Crystal Nwaneri ’17, Cyberlaw Clinic Student
My Brilliant Career: A Candid Conversation about Work, Life and Purpose
Wasserstein Hall, Room 1015
Moderator: Lynn Ashby Savarese ’81, Photographer
Panelists:Helen R. Kanovsky ’76,General Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association
The Honorable Patti B. Saris ’76,Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of Massachusetts
Kathleen M. Sullivan ’81, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Edith Brown Weiss ’66, Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Andrea L. Zopp ’81, Deputy Mayor, Chief Neighborhood Development Officer, City of Chicago
2:00 pm – 3:15 pmOptional Social Activities
Option A: Student-led Historical Walking Tour of Harvard Campus
Tour will depart from Langdell Hall, Main Steps. Highlights include the John Harvard Statue,
Harvard Hall, Campus Libraries, and Massachusetts Hall.
Option B: Self- Guided Tour of the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Option C: Self-Guided Tour of the Harvard Art Museums
Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Option D: Trolley Tour of Boston
Space is limited, pre-registration is required. Tour will pick up/drop off in front of Wasserstein Hall.
3:30 pm– 5:00 pmPlenary Session: A Conversation with the Justices
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East & West, 2nd Floor
IntroductionDean Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
and
Moderator:
Speakers:The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy ’61,Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the U.S. and The Honorable David H. Souter ’66, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the U.S., 1990-2009
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm1817 Reception
The Charles Hotel, Regatta Bar, One Bennett Street at Eliot Street, Harvard Square
By invitation only. The 1817 Society is Harvard Law School’s way of recognizing our loyal alumni and friends who
have made a gift to the School each year for at least the last five consecutive years; in many cases, for much longer.
7:00 pm– 10:00 pmCocktail Reception and Class Dinners
The Charles Hotel, Regatta Bar, One Bennett Street at Eliot Street, Harvard Square
Sunday, October 30, 2016
9:15 am – 10:00 amCelebration of Life Program
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Officiated byFr.George Salzmann, OSFS, Graduate School Chaplain, Catholic Student Center, Harvard University
A nondenominational memorial service to honor fellow reunion-year alumni.
10:00 am – 12:00 pmFarewell Buffet Brunch
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Times are approximate and subject to change – As of October17, 2016