'Entrepreneurship and the Law'
"Entrepreneurship and the Law" is the theme of this year's Law School Alumni Weekend, which will be held Friday-Sunday, Nov. 4-6.
In addition to numerous activities designed specifically for alumni, the weekend will include several panels that are open to the public and a memorial service for former Law School Dean Abraham S. Goldstein. In addition, the Law School's Award of Merit will be presented to an alumnus who founded an organization that promotes entrepreneurship throughout the globe.
In a message to Yale alumni, Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh notes that the root of the word "entrepreneurship" is "entreprende," meaning "to embark upon, a voyage, start upon."
"At a number of panel discussions, some of the Yale Law School's own alumni innovators will lead us in thinking about the relationship or tensions between entrepreneurship, a daring initiative or enterpise, and the law,
The public is invited to attend the following events free of charge. All will take place at the Law School, 127 Wall St.
* A panel on "How Yale Law School Fosters Entrepreneurship" at 4 p.m. on Friday in Rm. 127.
* A multi-media presentation titled "Building a School," featuring law alumni who head or have founded educational institutions, at 8 p.m. on Friday in Levinson Auditorium.
* Panels on "Entrepreneurs in Law and Public Policy" and "Entrepreneurs in Private Law Practice," being presented concurrently at 9 a.m. on Saturday in Rm. 127 and Levinson Auditorium, respectively.
* Panels on "Entrepreneurs in Business" and "Global Entrepreneurship" being presented concurrently on
Among the alumni innovators speaking at the events will be Tom A. Bernstein '77 J.D., co-founder and president of Chelsea Piers; Steven Brill '75 J.D., founder of The American Lawyer magazine and Court TV; David A. Jones '60 J.D., co-founder of Humana Inc.; and Nina S. Zagat '66 J.D., co-founder of Zagat Survey. (A complete list of panelists can be found at www.law.yale.edu/alumniweekend.)
Bill Drayton '70 J.D., founder of Ashoka: Innovations for the Public and founder and chair of Youth Venture (who will also be one of the featured panelists), will receive the school's highest alumni honor, the Award of Merit of the Yale Law School Association, at a private luncheon on Saturday. The annual award is presented to a Law School graduate or a faculty member who has made a substantial contribution to public service or to the legal profession. The award's design is based on one of the school's many ornate windows and features a stained glass medallion depicting a seated image of Justice holding scales in one hand and a sword in the other.
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public is a global organization of over 1,600 leading social entrepreneurs who are introducing widespread changes in the environment, education, human rights and other areas of human needs. It also helps launch major social innovations by supporting public entrepreneurs in their early years. Youth Venture is a national movement that enables young people to pursue a dream -- from creating a radio program to building a teen counseling phone service to producing a bilingual children's book -- that will have a lasting impact on their community.
For his work with these organizations, Drayton was recently named as one of "America's 20 Best Leaders" by U.S. News and World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Friends, colleagues and former students will gather at the conclusion of the alumni weekend to pay tribute to Abraham S. Goldstein, who taught at the Law School for almost 50 years and was its dean 1970-1975. The memorial service will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in Levinson Auditorium.
Goldstein, who was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at the time of his death, was an influential scholar of criminal law whose writings have shaped the practice of law in courtrooms throughout the country. He died on Aug. 20 at the age of 80.
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Saturday at 11 a.m. in the auditorium and Rm. 127, respectively.
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