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The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice hosted a conference at Harvard Law School on October 17 and 18. The conference, titled, "Charting New Pathways to Participation and Membership," honored Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Chief Justice Pius Langa of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and Dolores Huerta, labor activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, with the Charles Hamilton Houston Justice Award.
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"With the exception of rumor, everything here is fact; apart from all the very colorful bits, it is imagination; this is how we create a history." The Communist Dracula Pageant, written by Anne Washburn and directed by Anne Kauffman, is a satirical portrayal of life in Romania under its most infamous modern leader-Nicolae Ceau?escu-and his wife, Elena.
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John McCain had his hands tied. He wanted to pick Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge as his running mate, but the Base would not let him. No, it was not that these men were inexperienced, for surely they are not. It was not that they could not appeal to working class voters-they build their careers doing just that.
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Last week the press delivered a tsunami of praise for Dean Kagan's tenure at Harvard Law School. The Boston Globe featured a glowing portrait of her improvements to the institution, particularly the school's prominent new hires. The article, entitled "Crimson Tide," was picked up by a number of national media outlets, and led to speculation that HLS would pass Yale in the next edition of U.
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Why did the University exempt the military from the nondiscrimination policy it requires of all the other employers who come to campus? Simply put, the University sacrificed its principles and its dedication to enforcing equal opportunity of all its students, for a little bit of money. A very little bit of money.
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The British Prime Minister's days certainly seemed numbered. But with the onset of the global financial crisis last month, Gordon Brown's star is rising once again - both in Britain and the wider world.
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Religulous, while mostly a vehicle for Maher to expose the indefatigable ignorance of the most credulous and sheepish faithful, is ultimately an argument about the consequences of turning them loose.
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Owning a home has always been part of the American Dream. Tragically, the push toward increased home ownership has led to terrible individual suffering and the destruction of our economy and many neighborhoods. This is where the Foreclosure Task Force, a partnership between the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau and other HLS and community-based organizations, comes into the picture.
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This week, Richelieu Lomax LLM '08 spoke about his work rebuilding the justice system in Liberia after its civil war, as well as its many years of dictatorship and government manipulation.
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As we stare into the proverbial abyss of a deep and mysterious economic malaise, our appetite for defiance has waned, our commitment to the future has lulled, and our promise to rebuild in a meaningful and provocative manner has faded away. The cuts recently announced by City Hall can only truly be understood as selling the future of New York City short for near-term expediency.
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Despite the 8:00 AM meeting time, the blustery weather and On-Campus Interviewing, Harvard Law School students turned up in numbers on Saturday, October 4th to participate in Fallfest, HL Central's annual day of community service.