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Before the Monday, April 7 Program on Negotiation event even began, audience members looked at one another apprehensively. No one seemed to know quite what to expect from a lecture by Harvard Kennedy School mid-career MPA student Christopher Voss entitled "What to do in case of a hostage situation.
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The Federalist Society brought Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit back to his professorial stomping ground of Pound Hall on April 2 to address a packed room of over seventy students on law and economics from a judge's perspective.
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When the El Al jumbo jet carrying forty-five HLS students touched down at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport last month, Tel Aviv was a city on the verge of celebration. Our arrival coincided with the Jewish holiday of Purim, in which Jews are commanded to celebrate in raucous fashion their deliverance from extermination in ancient Persia.
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To the Editor: On behalf of the staff of Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left, we would like to thank you for your thoughtful and detailed coverage of two recent Unbound events: the exchange by Professors Kennedy and Feldman on the Iraq War and the talks given by Professors Zizek and Dolar, both of which were part of the Unbound Spring Speaker Series ("Professors Debate Iraq and Role of the U.
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In elections held on March 22, Ma Ying-jeou SJD '81 captured the presidency of the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan. Ma, 57, will likely bring Taiwan closer to the mainland economically, a policy deeply unpopular within the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
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With the deadline for Winter and Spring term registration bids only a few hours away, students may still be wondering what classes to take. Never fear, HLS, the Record staff is here to offer its advice on what classes to take this year. If you can't find one of these courses on MyPlan, then use the super secret "write-in" option for aspriational choices.
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Harvard Law School's communications office announced today that HLS has hired every law professor in the country, solidifying its position as the preeminent law school in America. Dean Elena Kagan said that she got the idea from recent additions to the faculty.
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While in Jamaica, Kermit took up the sport of kings, goat racing. The wind whipping over his head, the adoring fans cheering on Speedy, his noble steed, and the cool glass of Red Stripe for the winner. . . It made everything right with the world and almost made him forget losing two games of Daiquri pong to the section 4ers.
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In the wake of mounting student complaints regarding grades and in light of other top law schools, such as Berkeley, maintaining their non-traditional grading systems without plummeting in the law school rankings, Harvard Law has announced that it is getting rid of its traditional grading system.
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After months of hard work, twelve 2Ls won the right to compete in the Ames Moot Court Competition finals in the semifinal rounds March 18 and 19, organized by the Board of Student Advisers. On the 18th, the Honorable Ifitkhar Muhammad Chaudhry Team defeated the Annette Abbot Adams Memorial team, in front of a panel of the Hon.
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Slavoj Zizek is a bear of a man. Sitting before a packed Langdell North on March 14, his ironic t-shirt could barely contain his girth, wild hair - or energy. Zizek, a philosopher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is an intellectual superstar - he is the author of countless books and the subject of no fewer than three documentaries about his life and work.
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Through my two semesters with the Disability Law Clinic at the Legal Services Center, I have received great practical experience in public lawyering. Four Social Security Administration disability hearings, two Appeals Council briefs and a district court complaint later, I feel confident in my ability to gather evidence, meet with clients, and make effective legal arguments in the disability law context.