As of 4/15/2015 – Schedule Subject to Change
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, and the Farewell Brunch which is held at the Harvard Faculty Club 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, April 24, 2015
8:00 am – 8:00 pm Reunion Registration
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC)
1st Floor Main Entrance, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Hospitality Area
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC)
1st Floor Main Entrance, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Class Visitation
Time / Location / Course / Faculty8:15 - 9:40 am / Langdell Room 225 / Taxation / Alvin C. Warren
8:20 - 9:40 am / Hauser Room 102 / Federal Courts and the Federal System / Sergio J. Campos
9:50 - 11:50 am / Austin Room 100 / Constitutional Law: First
Amendment / Noah Feldman
9:50 - 11:50 am / Austin Room 101 / Public International Law / Gabriella Blum LL.M. '01 S.J.D '03
9:50 - 11:50 am / Langdell Room 272 / Employment Law / Benjamin I. Sachs
9:50 - 11:50 am / Wasserstein Room 1019 / International Law and Human Rights / Samuel Moyn '01
9:50 - 11:50 am / Wasserstein Room B010 / Conflict of Laws / Joseph William Singer '81
10:00 - 11:30 am / Wasserstein Room 3034 / Contracts / Christopher P. Taggart S.J.D '13
9:00 am – 11:45 am HLSA Executive Committee Meeting
Wasserstein Hall, Room 5048
9:15 am – 12:00 pm Tours of the Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC)
Tours will depart from the Simpson Thatcher Lounge, 1st Floor Main Entrance.
Tours will depart at 9:15am, 10:15am, and 11:15am.
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Reunion Luncheon
Wasserstein Hall, 2nd Floor, Milstein East – Seating by Class Year
Welcome: Salvo Arena LL.M. ’00, President, Harvard Law School Association
Presenters of the HLSA Award:
Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor;
Salvo Arena LL.M. ’00, President, Harvard Law School Association
HLSA Award Recipient: Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. ’78, Jesse Climenko Professor ofLaw
Introduction: Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
Updates from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Library: Scholarship on Digital Issues and Digital Issues for Scholarship
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Zittrain ’95, George Bemis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources for the Harvard Law School Library; and Co-Founder and Faculty Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions I
Cutting Edge Issues in Complex Litigation Law and Practice
Langdell North, Room 225, Vorenberg Classroom
Moderator: William B. Rubenstein ’86, Sidley Austin Professor of Law
Panelists: Ryan G. Baker ’00, Managing Partner, Baker Marquart LLP
Suzanne B. Goldberg ’90, Executive Vice President for University Life; Herbert and Doris Wechsler Clinical Professor of Law; and Director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law and Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic, Columbia Law School Andrés W. López ’95, President, The Law Offices of Andrés López, P.S.C.
Kathy Patrick ’85, Litigation Partner, Gibbs & Burns LLP
Robyn Tarnofsky ’95, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
The Future of Food: How the Food Law and Policy Clinic is Improving Our Food System
Langdell South, Room 272, Kirkland and Ellis Classroom
Moderator: Emily M. Broad Leib ’08, Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic and Deputy Director, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School
Panelists: Ona Balkus ’13, Clinical Fellow, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
Emily Cole ’15, Food Law and Policy Clinic Student
Kristie Gurley ’15, Food Law and Policy Clinic Student
Rohan Taneja ’16, Food Law and Policy Clinic Student
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions I (continued)
Career Transitions within the Organization and Outside
Austin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
Moderator: Scott A. Westfahl ’88, Professor of Practice and Faculty Director of Executive Education, Harvard Law School
Panelists: Patricia Hennessy ’87, Principal, Hennessy Consulting Group
Michele Pinder Moorman ’95, Associate Director of People Development, White & Case LLP
Jennifer Mays Weston ’85, General Counsel and Chief of Staff,
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
2:00 pm – 4:45 pm Tours of the Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC)
Tours will depart from the Simpson Thatcher Lounge, 1st Floor Main Entrance.
Tours will depart at 2:00pm, 2:45pm, 3:30pm, and 4:15pm.
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Concurrent Sessions II
The Economy in a Time of Global Unrest
Austin Hall, 2nd Floor, James Barr Ames Courtroom
Moderator: Marshall Sonenshine ’85, Chairman, Sonenshine Partners and Professor, Columbia University Business School
Panelists : Eva Herbst Davis ’90, Chair of West Coast Private Equity, Winston & Strawn
Peter R. Fisher ’85, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Business & Government, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Lester Ross ’90, Managing Partner, WilmerHale LLP, Beijing Office
Barry Volpert ’85, Partner, Crestview Partners
Michael Waldorf '95, Partner, Paulson & Company, Inc.
Corporate Governance Today: The Battle for the Soul of the Boardroom
Austin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
Moderator: Allen Ferrell ’95, Harvey Greenfield Professor of Securities Law,
Harvard Law School
Panelists: Ricardo Anzaldua ’90, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Metlife
Lisa M. Fairfax ’95, Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
Burt M. Fealing ’95, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Southwire Company
David J. Millstone ’05, Co-CEO and Co-CIO, 40 North Industries
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Concurrent Sessions II (continued)
International Human Rights: Perspectives on Accountability and Advocacy
Langdell South, Room 272, Kirkland and Ellis Classroom
Moderator: Mindy J. Roseman, Academic Director of the Human Rights Program and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Panelists: Matthew Koch Bugher ’10, Global Justice Fellow for the Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School
George E. Edwards ’85, Special Assistant to the Dean for Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental Organizations and the C.M. Gray Professor of Law, Indiana University McKinney School of Law Judge O-Gon Kwon LL.M. ’85, International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
Fatemeh Ziai ’90, Chief of Staff to the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
Katie Zoglin ’85, Senior Deputy City Attorney, San Jose City Attorney's Office
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Optional 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: Guided Tour of the Ware Collection of Glass Flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tour will depart from the Reunion Registration Area.
Option C: Self-Guided Tour of the Harvard Art Museum
Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tour will depart from the Reunion Registration Area.
Option D: Trolley Tour of Boston
Space is limited, pre-registration is required.
Tour will depart/drop off in front of Wasserstein Hall (1585 Massachusetts Ave).
Option E: The 21st Century Law Library – Open House and Guided Tour of the HLS Library
Highlights include current exhibits in Langdell Hall and the Caspersen Room, Digitization Lab/Digital Projects and Reference. Tour will depart from the circulation desk in the Lemann Lounge in Langdell Hall. Library staff will be available to answer questions for alumni wishing to explore the building on their own.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Graduate Program Reception
Mioduski Graduate Program Lounge, Wasserstein Hall, Room 5053
Reconnect with fellow LL.M. and S.J.D. alumni.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Private Champagne Reception for the Class of 1990 (25th Reunion)
The Pub & Haas Lounge, Caspersen Student Center 1st Floor
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Networking Reception
Wasserstein Hall, 2nd Floor, Milstein West
Mix and mingle with current students from various journals, student organizations and clinical programs.
6:00 pm – 7:00pm Latino Alumni/La Alianza Reception
Caspersen Student Center (formerly Harkness Commons), 2nd Floor, South Dining Room
Latino alumni and students honoring Professor Andrew M. Crespo ’08.
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Evening Celebration
Wasserstein Hall, 2nd Floor, Milstein East & West
Good friends and great conversations! Join fellow classmates for an opportunity to reconnect in a relaxed environment over dinner, drinks, and music.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
8:00 am – 4:00 pm Reunion Registration
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC)
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Hospitality Area
Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building (WCC)
8:30 am – 9:30 am Continental Breakfast
Wasserstein Hall, 2nd Floor, Milstein West
9:30 am – 10:45 am Concurrent Sessions
International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School
Wasserstein Hall, Room 1019
Moderator: William P. Alford ’77, Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law; Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program; and Chair, Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Panelists: Christine A. Desan, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Mohamed Helal, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Jodie Liu ’15, Harvard Law School
The Cyberlaw Clinic: Practical and Pedagogical Issues in Clinical Teaching of Tech Law
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2012
Moderator: Christopher T. Bavitz, Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Managing Director, Cyberlaw Clinic; and Faculty Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Panelists: Kenyon Colli ’16, Cyberlaw Clinic Student, Fall 2014
Zach Lerner ’15, Cyberlaw Clinic Student, Spring 2014
Dalia Topelson Ritvo, Assistant Director, Cyberlaw Clinic; and Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Shuangjun Wang ’16, Cyberlaw Clinic Student, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
9:30 am – 10:45 am Concurrent Sessions (continued)
For the Greater Good: Serving the Public through Law and Lawmaking
Austin Hall, Room 100, Austin North
Moderator: Carolyn Stafford Stein ’85, Assistant Director for Alumni Advising, Office of Public Interest Advising, Harvard Law School
Panelists: Joaquín Castro ’00, Member of Congress
Lisa M. Kavanaugh ’00, Director, Committee for Public Counsel Services Innocence Program
Juliette N. Kayyem ’95, Founder, Juliette Kayyem Solutions LLC
Ashley R. Moore ’10, Policy Associate and Staff Attorney, Children's
Defense Fund
Anne Weisberg ’85, Senior Vice President, Families and Work Institute
11:00 am – 12:00 pm A Conversation with the Dean
Austin Hall, 2nd Floor, James Barr Ames Courtroom
Additional viewing rooms: Austin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
Introduction: Jennifer Raab ’85, President, Hunter College, City University of New York
Speaker: Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Reunion Luncheon
Wasserstein Hall, 2nd Floor, Milstein East & West – Seating by Class Year
Welcome: Steven Oliveira, Associate Dean and Dean for Development and Alumni Relations
Introduction: Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor
Re-igniting the American Dream in the 21st Century
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Julián Castro ’00, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and former Mayor of San Antonio
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Class Symposia
Class of 1985: Thirty Years of the Class of 1985 Impacting our Communities,
Country and the World
Langdell North, Room 225, Vorenberg Classroom
Moderator: Vernā Myers ’85, Founder and President, The Vernā Myers Company
Panelists: Greg Bigler ’85, Judge, Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Matthew Diller ’85, Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Chai R. Feldblum ’85, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Michelle Ifill Jenkins ’85, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Verizon Enterprise Solutions
Jennifer Raab ’85, President, Hunter College, City University of New York
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Class Symposia (continued)
Class of 1990: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed: A Conversation
for the Class of 1990
Austin Hall, Room 111, Austin West
Moderator: Suzanne Goldberg ’90, Executive Vice President for University Life; Herbert and Doris Wechsler Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law and Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic, Columbia Law School
Lewis Grossman ’90, Professor of Law, American University
Class of 1995: The Crossroads: Perspectives on Life and Career
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2012
Moderator: Rory Verrett ’95, Public Affairs Consultant
Panelists: Burt M. Fealing ’95, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Southwire Company
Jessica Herrera-Flanigan ’95, Partner, Monument Policy Group
Laura L. Putney ’95, Senior Counsel, Kauff McClain &McGuire, LLP
Jon Unger ’95, Teacher, Madeira High School
Class of 2000: The Class of 2000 in the Media: A Conversation
Austin Hall, Room 101, Austin North
Moderator: Jake Zimmerman ’00, County Assessor, St. Louis County
Panelists: Heather Dawn Thompson ’00, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Raj Goyle ’00, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Bodhala
Paul Gowder ’00, Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Law
Peter Stris ’00, Founding Principal, Stris & Maher LLP
Class of 2005: Veritas…Our Truth: Reviewing our Past, Examining the Present,
Exploring our Future
Austin Hall, Room 100, Austin North
Moderator: Voltaire Sterling ’05, Director of Strategy & Business Development,
Give the Change
Panelists: Ory Okolloh ’05, Director of Investments, Omidyar Network
Zamira Zapata ’05, Legal and Corporate Security Director, Diageo Mexico
Brett Joshpe ’05, Practicing Attorney, Author, Entrepreneur, Joshpe
Law Group LLP
Class of 2010: The Next Step: Decisions and Transitions
Langdell South, Room 272, Kirkland and Ellis Classroom
Moderators: Nilab Rahyar ’10, Associate, Jones Day and Adjunct Professor,
Western State College of Law
Talhia Tuck ’10, Consultant, Investor Relations and Communications