HLS Class of '80

11/04/2026

Our theatrical Peters (playwright Peter Brav and actor Peter Lawson Jones) are teaming up again! On Sunday, April 26, at 7:00 pm EDT, Peter Lawson Jones will participate in a Zoom reading of Peter Brav's play SOLD OUT. The reading is free, and all you have to do is email Peter B. at [email protected] to receive the Zoom link. See you there!

10/04/2026

Read Mark Warner's guest essay in the NY Times: "Trump Is Trying to Override Our Voting System."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/opinion/midterm-elections-trump-interference.html #:~:text=By%20Mark%20R.,interference%20in%20the%202020%20election.

10/04/2026

Harold Koh, the Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, will deliver the 2026 commencement keynote address for the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.

https://www.pacific.edu/pacific-newsroom/american-diplomat-scholar-will-deliver-mcgeorge-school-law-commencement-address #:~:text=Harold%20Hongju%20Koh%2C%20the%20Sterling,Pacific%20McGeorge%20School%20of%20Law.

10/04/2026

We are very sad to report that Mike Smith passed away in February. Mike was very active in law school, serving on the Board of Student Advisors and the Women’s Law Journal, among other activities.

Celebrate the life of Michael Smith, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Grant Mortuary & Crematory – Craig.

17/03/2026

Listen to journalist Kara Swisher interview Mark Warner. https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/on-with-kara-swisher
Sen. Mark Warner On What Trump Is Risking With War in Iran

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17/03/2026

An Ecuadorian woman detained by ICE agents in VT was released from custody after Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled that there was no good reason for her detention.

Jisella Johana Patin Patin, a mother of two who lives in South Burlington, was one of three immigrants detained during the chaotic raid last Wednesday.

05/03/2026

Bill Chriss analyzes Texas's primary results from yesterday.

Election Analysis

03/03/2026

This NYT reviewer thinks Dorothy Roberts's new book is excellent.

In “The Mixed Marriage Project,” Dorothy Roberts reflects on her anthropologist father’s lifelong project: to document — and promote — in*******al marriages like his own.

02/03/2026

In late February 2026, Peter Lawson Jones visited St. Thomas, USVI, for the first public screening of the second (but not final) cut of The Last Shop on Walnut, a feature-length film in which Peter plays the lead. (An excerpt of the film was shown at our reunion.) Jorie Roberts, longtime resident of St. Thomas, arranged for Peter to present a CLE course to USVI attorneys that called for "every litigator to take an acting class." After the CLE presentation, the participants watched the movie and asked Peter questions. Here is a photo of Peter and Jorie at the event. Stay tuned: the film will be released this spring!

28/02/2026

Democrats Mark Warner, Reuben Gallego warn Trump could pull US into long Middle East war

Democrats reacting to U.S. strikes early Saturday morning on Iran criticized President Trump, saying he has failed to learn from multiple failed U.S. interventions in the Middle East and accusing t…

28/02/2026

An article by Harold Koh:

Concentration of power in the executive branch has fostered an American democracy increasingly prone to waging forever wars. Growing executive concentration and resulting executive unilateralism have been driven by a historical blend of personalities, domestic structure, changes in international reg...