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BollingerPresident of Columbia University and a law professor, Lee C. Bollinger focuses primarily on free speech and First Amendment issues. He will deliver the inaugural Assembly Series lecture at Washington University. with a talk entitled “The Foundations of the Principles of Academic Freedom,”

Washington University is among 15 universities across the country selected by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Mo., to participate in its “Kauffman Campuses Initiative,” a new program aimed at making entrepreneurship education a common and accessible opportunity campus-wide. The Kauffman program builds on an emerging trend at colleges and universities — expanding […]

BollingerThe respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger and a member of the American Society on International Law’s executive counsel are part of the fall lineup for the School of Law’s sixth annual Public Interest Speaker Series. This popular series, titled “Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers,” was initiated to highlight the excellence of the law school’s Clinical Education Program; to expose students to public interest advocates and practitioners; to illuminate the pro bono and public interest responsibility of law students and lawyers; and to engage the wider University community in an interdisciplinary discussion about social justice. All of the fall lectures are held in Anheuser-Busch Hall unless otherwise noted, and are free and open to the public.

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Business, Law & Economics Tip Sheet

Though the labor unions have agreed to concession plans and new CEO, Gerard J. Arpey, is in place, the future of American Airlines still remains uncertain. Besides American Airlines’ looming financial issues, the company may have continuing labor problems. Neil N. Bernstein, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert in labor law, is available to comment.

Distinguished Law Alumni Award honorees were John W. Kozyak, Sanford S. Neuman, Joan M. Newman and Maury B. Poscover; Pamela H. Bucy and R. Mark McCareins received Young Alumni Awards.

SadatInternational lawyers, human rights advocates, top government officials and, most recently, the U.S. House of Representatives have urged that Saddam Hussein and other top Iraqi leaders be indicted for the massive atrocities they have committed during the past two decades. Leila Nadya Sadat, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on international war crimes tribunals, notes that the current military action could make effective and legitimate war crimes prosecutions much more difficult.

John O. Haley leads the law school’s Whitney Harris Institute.