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In August 2007, as the stock market was still reveling in the halcyon days of Dow 13,000, the gregarious CNBC talking-head Jim Cramer '84, pilloried the ivory tower insulation of Ben Bernanke's Federal Reserve Board. "He [Bernanke] has no idea how bad it is out there.
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Last month, after the failure of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine over the price of natural gas, a series of murky events led to the second cut-off of gas to Europe through Ukraine in three years.
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The announcement by the Office of Career Services that HLS will be implementing an Early Interview Program should come as both a relief and a burden for rising 2Ls. As any current 2L could tell you, having OCI at the end of September was a major disadvantage this year.
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Over 1300 Palestinians in Gaza, including hundreds of civilians, were killed in during the three week Israeli army operation that ended last month. Such civilian killings did not represent such a radical departure, sadly, from the life Palestinians have endured under Israeli occupation since 1967.
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The Reader, staring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet, lures its audience into the tale of a young man who falls in love with a woman, framed within a story of an older man who is divorced and has a daughter, and delivers an epic tour-de-force which reveals the inner psyche of an emotionally battered man.
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FENNO WAS TAKING a ten minute break from his hectic, first week schedule. Between claiming, in one class, that he couldn't have known the assignment yet and asserting, in another, that the textbook had been sold out, it had been a stressful shopping week. Rushing back from the Hark with enough candy to fuel him through his next course preview - the whole week was like the movies! - Fenno sighed with relief when he remembered that, signing onto his courses late, he could, at the very least, conveniently "forget" to place his old 1L mugshot on the seating chart. Only one thing was really bothering Fenno that afternoon: 1Ls.
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Another week of Barack Obama '91's presidency has brought more culling of the already hollowed-out Harvard Law School faculty. The departures of Dean Elena Kagan '86 and Professor Cass Sunstein '78, appointed Solicitor General and regulatory czar, respectively, have been followed by those of David Barron '94, Daniel Meltzer '75, and Jody Freeman LLM '91 SJD '95.
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A number of new Harvard Law School alumni have been inducted into the new administration in the past two weeks, including several of President Barack Obama '91's peers from the Class of 1991. The most recent appointments, including those of five HLS faculty members who are all also alumni of the school, bring to at least twenty the number of Harvard Law School alumni named to posts in the new administration.
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A spat between Google and a research group created under the aegis of the Berkman Center roiled the internet this weekend, according to the Harvard Crimson. The problem occurred from 9:30 to 10:25 on Saturday morning, when Google users were warned that nearly all sites listed on the comprehensive search engine were potentially dangerous.
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While the transition of power has presented opportunities for HLS faculty members to serve in high level government posts, it may result in at least a few returning to the institution. Professor Mary Ann Glendon recently resigned her post as the Bush administration's ambassador to the Vatican, in customary anticipation of her replacement by an individual chosen by the new President.
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The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau recently elected its 2009 Board of Directors, and I am honored to serve the Bureau as its next President. The Bureau has transformed my law school experience. It is amazing how this organization is able to unify kind, insightful, passionate people behind such an important mission: providing quality legal services to low-income members of the Boston Community.
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Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, spoke on his experience as chief U.S. envoy to the Six-Party talks with North Korea and the hope for a negotiated agreement for that country's nuclear disarmament.