Table of Contents
Winter ’05
Issue 71/Vol. 39/No. 2
From the Dean
Cover Story
The Tax Man
Professor Joe Bankman is one of the nation’s leading tax law scholars. He’s also among the most effective—helping write a tough new tax shelter law that netted California $1.5 billion last year.
Features
Alumni Weekend 2004
Hundreds of alumni returned to Stanford to greet old friends, meet new dean Larry D. Kramer, and attend stimulating lectures and panel discussions, including one featuring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (BA ’59).
Tackling a Tough Turnaround
After helping build Kirkland & Ellis into a top-notch law firm, Bill Kirsch ’81 left to take on one of the toughest CEO jobs in America—turning around the once high-flying insurance company Conseco, Inc.
Nuclear Proliferation
Mohamed ElBaradei, executive director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Associate Professor Allen Weiner ’89 discuss the role that international agencies and laws play in slowing, and even preventing, the spread of nuclear weapons.
In Brief
Alumni and School News
In Focus
Opening the Courthouse
Professor Deborah L. Rhode examines the inequities of the U.S. legal system in an article based on her new book, Access to Justice
Race and Culture
A conversation with Professor Richard Thompson Ford, author of the recently published book Racial Culture: A Critique.
Outside Directors and Lawsuits
Professor Michael Klausner explores the impact of the $31- million payouts by the directors of WorldCom and Enron.
Point of View
Social Security Privatization: A Disaster
Associate Professor Michele Landis Dauber argues that President Bush’s efforts to privatize Social Security are a disaster.