University of Colorado to honor Alfred Kahn
The University of Colorado Law School will host a conference Sept. 5 honoring Cornell Professor Emeritus Alfred Kahn. Thirty years ago, Kahn spearheaded the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. (Aug. 13, 2008)

Cornell librarian helps revamp copyright law
Peter Hirtle has worked for three years to hammer out what libraries can do in support of research and teaching in this age of widespread digitization. (Aug. 8, 2008)

Alumna on Green Party ticket
Rosa A. Clemente, who received a master of professional studies degree from Cornell in 2002, has been named the 2008 vice presidential candidate by the Green Party. Her running mate is Cynthia McKinney. (July 16, 2008)

Lowi suggests changes in presidential election process
The cure for what ails the American method of electing a president is a dose of parliament, says Ted Lowi, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell. (June 25, 2008)

Law student receives New York Bar scholarship
Cornell Law School student Nicholas A. Dorsey '09 won the 2008 Judge Bernard S. Meyer Scholarship for his winning legal essay on the Americans with Disabilities Act. (June 24, 2008)

Garvey helps create new interactive approach to legal scholarship
Cornell Law School's Stephen Garvey is one of three leaders in a new online project that resembles 'American Idol' in that legal arguments that receive too few votes get kicked off the stage. (June 3, 2008)

Lehman named chancellor, founding dean of new law school in China
Jeffrey S. Lehman '77, Cornell's president from 2003-05, has been named chancellor and founding dean of the School of Transnational Law at Peking University. (May 29, 2008)

CU faculty to offer insights for water problems in Greece
Cornell faculty members Gail Holst-Warhaft and Tammo Steenhuis will meet with government leaders, activists and academics in Greece this summer to discuss the water-scarcity problem in the Mediterranean. (May 27, 2008)

Stewart Schwab reappointed Law School dean
Stewart J. Schwab, professor of law at Cornell Law School and a specialist in labor and employment law, has been reappointed the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Law School. (May 23, 2008)

Blindness no barrier to Angela Winfield's passion
While attending Cornell Law School, graduate Angela Winfield was active in Moot Court competitions and served on the University Committee on Web Accessibility. (May 21, 2008)

Law alumnus appointed to clerkship with French supreme court
Law School graduate Juscelino F. Colares '03 will be the first American to hold a prestigious clerkship with the Conseil constitutionnel in Paris, where he will research American constitutional law for French justices. (May 7, 2008)

When bodies are battlefields: prosecuting gender crimes
Akua Kuenyehia, the first vice president of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, discussed the challenge of indictment and prosecution of gender crimes during a Law School workshop, April 28. (May 1, 2008)

Francis Fukuyama urges change in U.S. foreign policy
The next U.S. administration must work with weak Middle Eastern states and focus on Asia, especially China, asserts foreign policy expert Francis Fukuyama '74. (April 25, 2008)

Laws don't protect human rights, says Amnesty International head
When British and American forces invaded Iraq in 2003, they were unprepared for their obligations to keep local residents safe, said Director of Amnesty International for Asia Saman Zia-Zarifi '90, J.D. '93. (April 24, 2008)

Taniguchi gives keynote address at Law School's WTO meeting
The WTO needs to revamp the way it resolves its disagreements, says Yasuhei Taniguchi, a 1964 Cornell Law graduate, in a speech at the Berger/Cornell International Law Journal symposium. (April 18, 2008)

General Anthony Zinni discusses the future of global politics
The next president of the United States needs to truly understand and engage the 'new world order,' says Retired General Anthony Zinni. (April 16, 2008)

Chinese economist Shi Zhengfu to give Clarke Lecture April 24
Economist Shi Zhengfu will address how recent market and political reforms are deeply linked in his talk, sponsored by the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture. (April 16, 2008)

Tale of exoneration emphasizes need for death penalty law reform
Kirk Noble Bloodsworth sported a blue silk necktie with a DNA model during two talks at Cornell Law School, April 1. The tie is far more than window dressing: It symbolizes the key to his freedom. (April 10, 2008)

Area students learn how small particles make a big difference
Middle- and high school students learned about nanotechnology March 30 by making slime, extracting salmon DNA and attending workshops at Cornell's Nanoday, an open house in Duffield Hall. (March 31, 2008)

Iraqi High Tribunal judge discusses Saddam Hussein trial
Judge Ra'id Al-Sa'edi, Cornell Law School's Clarke Middle East Fellow and chief investigative judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal, delivers his first public talk 'Iraqi High Tribunal: The End of Immunity.' (March 26, 2008)

Retirees on the move are boon to some rural communities
Retirees who move to rural areas often have a positive impact on local economies, but they also drive up housing prices and can have other negative effects, Cornell research finds. (March 26, 2008)

Legal Information Institute assists IRS and taxpayers
The IRS requests -- and gets -- Cornell's Legal Information Institute's Title 26 for the agency's top-drawer Tax Products CD/DVD package, which includes tax publications and forms, research tools and answers to FAQs. (Feb. 29, 2008)

Robert Summers on co-founding minority lawyers organization
In 1968, Robert Summers was asked to serve as a co-consultant in the founding of the Council of Legal Education Opportunity. Since then more than 8,000 students have participated in the program. (Feb. 29, 2008)

Cornell co-sponsors Darfur conference in Ethiopia
Cornell and the Africana Studies and Research Center are co-sponsoring a major international conference, 'Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan,' at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 21-22. (Feb. 19, 2008)

Student think tank drafts public policy to submit to legislators
The Cornell chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, a student-run think tank, held an expo Feb. 7 to present their proposed public policies on democracy, community development and criminal justice. (Feb. 12, 2008)

Alums' defense of underdogs is honored by Cornell Law School
Steadfast commitment to social justice and underserved communities around the world will be honored when Cornell Law School confers its third annual Public Service Alumni Awards, Feb. 7 in New York City. (Jan. 25, 2008)

Promoting local foods is paying off, Cornell research shows
Duncan Hilchey of Cornell's Community and Rural Development Institute says northern New York is selling more food directly to consumers, but more needs to be done. (Jan. 22, 2008)