AUTUMN 2005 Volume XV Senior Director of Communications Elyse Mall Klayman Managing Editor Jeanhee Kim Creative Director David Niedenthal Assistant Managing Editors Jill Rachlin Marbaix Elizabeth Rohlfing
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A Worldly Affair
Thomas Nagel gamely submits his paper . for examination—and some slightly painful intervention—with stimulating results.
Wendy Davis reports on a celebration loaded . with esteemed international guests. Current and . former students gather to say thank you to our . generous alumni, Rita Hauser ’59 and Gustave Hauser (LL.M. ’57), who make it possible for the NYU School of Law to rightfully call itself the . first and only truly global law school.
The Global Table
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Making the Grade
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Around the Law School The Law School community holds a multitude of events around pressing contemporary issues including post–9-11 security, the death penalty, the 2004 election and animal law. Plus: Gary Hart says the U.S. needs a “grand strategy”; two judges from South Africa’s constitutional court visit; Judge Diane Wood argues for dynamic interpretation; and more.
Commencement and Convocation: Who spoke, what they said and how the end-of-year ritual . was celebrated. Hooding Album: Law School alumni, faculty, donors and trustees proudly induct new graduates. .
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12 questions for trustee Anthony Welters ’77, . the chair of the Law School’s new $400 million capital campaign.
Alumni Almanac
Marc Marmaro ’72 wins the largest intellectual property settlement in history; Congresswoman Diana DeGette ’82 fights for stem cell research; celebrating reunion; the Graduate Tax Program turns 60; photos from U.S. and international regional alumni events; and the dedication of the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room.
Graphic Designer Nathan Coates Senior Writers Wendy Davis Jennifer S. Frey Adam Liptak Kathleen Maloney Graham M. Reed Larry Reibstein Vanessa Richardson Hagar Scher Tamar Schreibman Intern Writers Shakera Khandakar. Ranjani Ramaswamy Copy Editors Amy Allison Parlan McGaw Kelli Rae Patton Contributors Amy Aronson Jodi Balsam ’86 Daniel Bell David Chubak ’05 Marilyn Dickey Marie Ewald ’07 Jill Filipovic Angelina Fisher Wangui Kaniaru ’07 Elizabeth M. Kim ’05 Margaret Middleton ’07 Raphael Rajendra ’07 Robert Sarvis ’05 Joseph Tuzzo Delcianna Winders ’06 Assistant Editor Jeremy Coleman Design Assistant Sterling Talob Waters
The Back Page
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Senior Designer Michael Bierman
Assistants Jonathan Oak Kathryn Wood Photographers Steve Barrett Bart Bartholamew Bryan Burkey Bruce Cook Susan Cook John Earle Mark Finkenstaedt Annemarie Poyo Furlong Marcus Halevi Ken Levinson Elena Olivo Don Pollard Marissa Roth Debra Rothenberg Dario Ruberto Matthew Septimus Leo Sorel Keith Thrash Woodruff/Brown Send your comments to law.magazine@nyu.edu © 2005 New York University School of Law. . All rights reserved.