HLS Student Wins Los Angeles County Bar Association Entertainment Law Writing Competition

January 14, 2002 -- 9:15 a.m.

Harvard Law School third-year student Brian Devine has won first prize in the Los Angeles County Bar Association Entertainment Law Writing Competition of 2001 for his paper "'Free as the Air' - Rethinking the Law of Story Ideas." Devine's paper surveys the current law of story idea submission claims, and suggests some changes that would improve the law. This issue frequently arises when a movie becomes a commercial success and someone claims the studio stole the idea.

Devine will receive a $1,000 award and his paper will be published in the spring 2002 issue of COMM/ENT, the University of California Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal.

Ryan Goodman and Guhan Subramanian to Join Harvard Law Faculty

February 13, 2002 -- 9:15 a.m.

Continuing to enact an ambitious strategic plan that calls for expanding its core faculty and fostering greater student-faculty interaction, Harvard Law School has hired two new assistant professors. Ryan Goodman and Guhan Subramanian will officially join the Harvard Law faculty in July and begin teaching in the fall.

"By recruiting Ryan Goodman and Guhan Subramanian, we have added two rising stars to our already impressive faculty," said Dean Robert C. Clark. "Ryan and Guhan are both terrific teachers who will bring new perspectives and expertise to many Harvard Law classrooms. By adding them to our permanent faculty, we have taken another crucial step toward implementing the goals outlined in our strategic plan."

The addition of Goodman and Subramanian as assistant professors brings the permanent Harvard Law faculty from 80 to 82 tenured and tenure-track professors. This core teaching cohort is supplemented by more than 100 additional faculty members who work as visiting professors, adjunct professors, clinical instructors, and lecturers on law. Together they teach 268 different courses and seminars, the largest curriculum in the School's 185-year history.

Goodman, who holds a J.D. and Ph.D. from Yale University, is currently a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. An expert in international law and human rights, Goodman is researching multilateral treaties in the context of international human rights. Prior to joining the University of Chicago in 2000, Goodman worked on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the U.S. State Department.

"I am thrilled to join the Harvard community, especially at such an important moment in transnational and global affairs," said Goodman. "Harvard has always been at the forefront of developments in international law, and I am eager to contribute all my efforts to helping continue and deepen that tradition."

Subramanian is currently an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. A 1998 graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, Subramanian has taught at the Business School since 1999. His expertise is in corporate law and negotiation and his research has included studies of defense mechanisms in hostile corporate takeovers. Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty, Subramanian worked at the consulting firm of McKinsey and Company where he helped start the mergers and acquisitions practice.

"I am very excited to be joining the Harvard Law School faculty. I look forward to working with and learning from world-class scholars in the negotiations and corporate law arenas, and I hope to make important contributions in both of these fields in the years to come," said Subramanian. "I also aspire to be an excellent teacher-Harvard Law School was a transformative experience for me as a student, and I hope to be able to similarly inspire the next generation of HLS students."
Harvard Law School's strategic plan calls for the addition of 15 permanent faculty members over the next decade. This fall, a key part of the plan went into effect when first-year sections were reduced from 140 students to 80 and specific faculty leaders developed intellectual and social programming for sections outside the classroom. This innovation has been enthusiastically embraced by both students and faculty and forms the basis of a new system of "Law Colleges" within the School.

During Dean Clark's 12-year tenure, the size of the permanent faculty has risen from 66 to 82 professors, while the size of the overall student body has remained constant. These additions have allowed the unprecedented expansion of the curriculum and increased the diversity of the faculty. Under Dean Clark, the number of women on the permanent faculty has nearly tripled and the number of minorities has more than doubled.

November 12, 1999 

$5 Million Gift From Samuel J. Heyman To Encourage 
HLS Students To Pursue Public Service Careers 
With The Federal Government 
Harvard Law School and Dean Robert Clark (Harvard Law School, 1972) announced today a gift of $5 million from Samuel J. Heyman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GAF Corporation, to establish an innovative program designed to encourage students to enter Federal Government service upon graduation from the Law School. 
Mr. Heyman, a graduate of the Harvard Law School in 1963, began his career as a lawyer for the United States Justice Department and later served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. 
Under the program, Heyman fellowships will be annually awarded to 20 Harvard Law School graduates, based upon academic performance, promise, personal financial requirements, and the commitment of individual Federal agencies to attract the best to service in the Federal government. The awards will consist of honorariums and student loan assistance, and will be designed to encourage graduating Harvard Law School students to commit to at least three years of Government service. 
"This gift will invigorate the School's rich tradition of public service by graduates at the Federal level," said Dean Robert Clark. "Perhaps this program will help produce the next Elizabeth Dole or Archibald Cox. 
"Our thanks goes to Samuel Heyman for his generous support of Harvard Law School and its students," he added. 
Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Heyman said, "I have a high conviction that among our nation's most critical issues today is our increasing inability to attract a sufficient number of the brightest and the best to Government service. This program represents an attempt to address this issue by not only reducing the financial disincentives associated with Government service, but also by encouraging Federal agencies to make changes in the way they do business in order to make Government service more attractive. It is our hope that this program will ultimately be replicated at other law schools and universities across the country." 
It is expected that the Harvard program will conduct periodic conferences with the fellows, as well as conferences with senior officials from Federal agencies interested in participating in the program, with a view toward working together to make Government service a more appealing career option. 
The program will be managed by Professor Philip Heymann (Harvard Law School, 1960), who will serve as the Director of the program, and Asst. Professor Margo Schlanger (Yale Law School, 1993). Prof. Heymann has had a long and distinguished career in Government service, as well as academia, and most recently served as Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (1993-1994). Prof. Schlanger was a Senior Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice before coming to Harvard. 

Government Public Service At HLS 

•Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA) 
•Low Income Protection Plan (LIPP) 
•School Resources for Federal Government Employment 
•Alumni in Federal Government (sample) 
•HLS Externships