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The Dream has a new home: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 125 years after the Emancipation Proclamation and 45 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamt of a nation where men "will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," Senator Barack Obama '91 (D-IL) was elected President of the United States of America, the first African-American to attain the nation's highest office.
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An observer of the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO) has found that prosecutorial discretion is virtually non-existent, the discovery system is broken, translation services are a sham, and lawyering is spotty. Anthony Barkow '95, a former Assistant U.
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Peer pressure, so often associated with the immaturities of adolescence, exerts substantial influence on the political decisions of adults and the jurisprudence of the federal judiciary, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Cass Sunstein '78 stated before a packed audience in Griswold on Monday, November 3.
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Over 20,000 clients of the Wilmer-Hale Legal Services Center have had their personal data-ranging from addresses and social security numbers to sensitive legal intake information-potentially exposed, the Record learned late last night from Robb London, Associate Director of Communications.
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The ordinary Harvard Law School chair lecture does not necessarily feature a cast as diverse as a Fellini film, Alan Greenspan, or Wilson, the anthropomorphic volleyball from the 2000 movie Castaway. That is perhaps a testament that Jon Hanson, who was appointed the Alfred Smart Professor last Wednesday evening, is no ordinary HLS professor.
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Even as the financial crisis appeared to deliver the final blow to the popularity of George W. Bush and his potential Republican successors, Oliver Stone delivered his own verdict. The politically inclined director's biopic, W., doesn't focus on every failure of the Bush years - Katrina, for one, plays no part in the film - but zeroes in on the president's reenactment of the Persian Gulf War.
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Ben Wittes, a columnist, and Visiting Professor James Baker, a former Justice Department official, discussed the legal challenges facing the Obama administration in the context of the War on Terror. Wittes focused on the question of what to do with detainees at Guantanamo Bay, while Baker tackled surveillance.
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Investors across the nation began tallying their losses this week from one of the worst months on record for world markets. As the individuals whose assets have been diminished realize the extent of their losses, the courts and the new administration in Washington will be called on to scrutinize the actions of banks, insurance companies, and investment funds.
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Re: "Despite HLS' Rise, It's a Terrible Time to be a 2L," (page 4, Oct. 30): You assert that despite the schools many nationally known professors "[n]ot every student gets a chance to work with these high profile hires." The editorial maintains that this is because of the school's "challenging course registration system and 1L classes that are still far larger than Yale's.
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As the celebration of a historic victory for President-elect Obama '91 gives way to sober consideration of our path forward, we must put our new leader to the test by demanding a comprehensive plan which outlines the nation's next steps in key policy areas.
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Amid all the campus iconography of noted jurists, dashing politicians, and civil rights leaders illustrating the long line of famous Harvard Law alumni, only one has carried the portrait of a U.S. president. Hanging above the northernmost printer in Langdell Library's main reading room is the oily visage of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, member of the class of 1845.
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This description reflects both my experiences as a 2L and select contributions from other 2Ls. My hope is to give 1Ls a taste of OCI. You're standing in a long hallway in your "law" suit, just outside a nondescript hotel room. You hear muffled voices inside, possibly laughter, and you start to feel both nervous and envious.