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We know that this may fall into the "easy for us to say" category, and heaven knows we can see the value in systems that, however flawed, continually work to our personal benefit despite any effort on our part. But let's be serious here: the U.S. News rankings must be stopped.
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In a surprising move, the Harvard Law administration announced as students returned from spring break that the faculty had voted on a proposal to cut wireless Internet in classrooms to cut down on distracting web surfing and chatting by students. The proposal passed almost unanimously, and went into effect on Monday.
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The Remand was curious what students were doing under the relaxed 3L paper requirements, so we hired prestigious business consulting firm McKinsey & Company to find out. Unfortunately, our consultant was called away on urgent Bear Sterns business, so we completed the survey ourselves.
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As part of its continuing campaign to encourage students and graduates to pursue careers in public interest, the law school held a "Thank You For Not Being Evil" ceremony last Wednesday recognizing graduates who chose to take jobs with employers who are not primarily dedicated to destroying weaker businesses, poor people, or the environment.
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After receiving nine emails on the subject from her former 1L section's social committee, 3L Nina Palmer still does not understand the basic idea behind the class gift. Palmer, a Sears Prize winner as a 1L and Articles Editor of the Harvard Law Review, has a 6.
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Folks, as you know, I carry a message of hope and change for this country. Now, some say that message can get a little, well, long-winded. To that I say: it needs to be. In order to face up to our problems, whether in the blue states or the red states, we need a president who will confront the complexity of the world around us, and who will not be afraid to say everything he needs to say.
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Gloomy, gray skies and cold, horizontal rain can only mean one thing in Cambridge: Spring is here. And with Spring comes the return of baseball. Opening Day is usually considered a national holiday-a celebration of all things American. But this year, a dark shadow has descended on the game as the Remand's investigation team has uncovered a shocking truth about our leader: Dean Elena Kagan loves the Yankees.
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz, already known for its grueling hours and astronomical bonuses, announced this week that it will be increasing its official billable hours to 4500 a year. However, it has promised to make up for the increased hours with a higher base pay and increased year-end bonuses.
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At a Monday afternoon press conference, the law school announced plans to build a floating space station to remain in geostationary orbit above Cambridge. Construction on the space station will be completed by 2132 and is intended to relieve projected classroom pressure, provide students with new dining and socializing options, and to bolster HLS's reputation in the projected-to-be-burgeoning field of Space Law (the space station includes room for an extensive clinical program on the subject).
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In the wake of last fall's announcement that the 3L paper requirement could be fulfilled through completion of two or more shorter papers, Dean Kagan announced Friday that the Legal Profession course requirement could now be fulfilled either by taking the course, or by submitting proof that the student has both listened to the BarBri MPRE review lecture and sat through an entire showing of "The Devil's Advocate," the 1997 film starring Keanu Reeves.
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What does it take to lead a country? What does it take to get into the number one-ranked (and never pathetically tied) law school in the country? We think there's a pretty obvious constant: experience. When we entered Yale Law in the 1970s, we'd cleaned up environmental catastrophes in Alaska, studied as Rhodes Scholars, and had already given commencement addresses.
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This week, we have invited a guest columnist to share her experience as a top-twenty law school graduate. I will get a job. This is what I tell myself each night before I drift off to sleep. I try to imagine a world in which I get up each morning, put on an uncomfortable pant suit, and drive to work.