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#71 - Winter 2005
Highlights:
- From the Dean. Dean Larry D. Kramer explains why legal education must become more interdisciplinary, and how he plans to undertake this effort.
- Criminal Sentencing. New Center for Criminal Justice holds confab on Blakely.
- Law and Economics. John M. Olin Foundation completes $8.2-million gift to law school.
- Alumni Weekend 2004. Hundreds of alumni returned to Stanford to greet old friends, meet new dean Larry D. Kramer, and attend stimulating lectures and panel discussions.
- Judicial Independence. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (BA '59), California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George '64, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Pamela A. Rymer '64 engage in a spirited and stimulating discussion on judicial independence.
- The Tax Man. Professor Joe Bankman, one of the nation's leading tax law scholars, helped write a tough new tax shelter law that netted California $1.5 billion last year.
- Tackling a Tough Turnaround. Bill Kirsch '81 took on one of the toughest CEO jobs in America—turning around the once high-flying insurance company Conseco, Inc.
- Nuclear Proliferation. IAEA Executive Director Mohamed ElBaradei and Associate Professor Allen Weiner '89 discuss the role of international agencies and laws in slowing, and even preventing, the spread of nuclear weapons.
- Opening the Courthouse. Professor Deborah L. Rhode examines the inequities of the U.S. legal system in an article based on her new book, Access to Justice.
- Race and Culture. A conversation with Professor Richard Thompson Ford about his new book, Racial Culture: A Critique.
- Outside Directors and Lawsuits. Professor Michael Klausner explores payouts after WorldCom and Enron.
- Affidavit. Associate Professor Michele Landis Dauber says President Bush's efforts to privatize Social Security are a disaster.
- Classmates
- In Memoriam
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