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For an all too fleeting moment on Friday afternoon, several elements of childhood nostalgia - Halloween costumes, junk food and American Gladiators - came together in one event, the 2007 HL Central 1L Cup. Battling cloudy skies and muddy fields, classroom luminaries and Langdell superstars traded in their casebooks for hula skirts, army fatigues and even a full-body cow suit.
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Stanford psychology professor Lee Ross spoke of the difficulties "na've realism" brings to conflict resolution at a Monday evening talk sponsored by the Program on Negotiation. After a brief introduction by his former Stanford colleague, Bob Mnookin, now the director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, Ross took the floor and began by showing the audience a series of cartoons to illustrate the absurdity in thinking that everyone has the same beliefs and values as you do.
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On October 2, Professor Jack Goldsmith, former Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the topic "Preserving the Rule of Law in the Fight Against Terrorism." Goldsmith answered questions from the committee on his role in the Bush Justice Department, and his views on security matters ranging from the FISA court to the terrorist surveillance program to Guantanamo Bay.
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The start of the school year has so far brought even larger piles of free stuff to campus than last year; we now have Monday morning bagels, a Wednesday cart with rotating snacks, and a classic DVD collection to add to our coffee and tea stations, free tampons, and volleyball court/ice skating rink.
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Sunday, October 7th brought not only Oktoberfest to Harvard Square, but also the Supreme Court Moot of Medellin v. Texas to the Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall. The moot, presented by the Federalist Society, the American Constitution Society, and Dean Elena Kagan, included the Honorable R.
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BY ERIN ARCHERD Here is a bit of advice to all you 2Ls who are either pleased as punch that you didn't have to go through On Campus Interviewing and for those of you who are generally happy about it, but a little bit nervous that you might have shot yourself in the foot next fall when you return to campus without an offer in hand.
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Every year when Columbus Day rolls around I ponder its existence and meaning. I used to take great offense at its observance in the American calendar. Yet over the past few years, and especially after Monday's event "The Legacy of Columbus: Indigenous Perspectives," I have come to appreciate the day.
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I might hold a record for on-campus interviews at HLS, with an estimated ninety interviews over three years of OCI. I ate hundreds of chocolate pretzels and tried to get an associate position with BigLaw like most students. However, it took a long time to come to grips with my own personality and preferences and choose what I really wanted, to not suppress my feelings and take the $160,000 a year.
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Approximately thirty law students gathered last Thursday night in Pound Hall to hear former Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios speak. The HLS Democrats and Lambda co-sponsored the event. Barrios spoke about a range of issues, from becoming the first openly gay Hispanic to be elected as a state senator to the issue of gay marriage in the Commonwealth.
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The social scene in Hong Kong is a strange animal. The epicenter of it, for better or worse, is an area known as Lan Kwai Fong, a restaurant and bar district filled with tourists and expatriates (and the prostitutes who love them). This area is perfectly captured by a banner that stands in front of a pharmacy in the middle of the action, which boasts (comical grammatical and punctuation quirks reproduced faithfully): "We have.
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Dear Editor; I have been asked by your paper to articulate my group's reasons for protesting both the U.S. Military's J.A.G. recruiting program and the Law School's current entanglement with it. I am told that my position will be contrasted with the opposing viewpoint from, as you put it, a "conservative oriented Op-ed.
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Law students, undergraduates, and others from all over the Harvard campus poured into Austin West Monday evening to see Visiting Professor Catharine MacKinnon present Trafficking, Prostitution, Pornography: A Play in Three Acts. MacKinnon's talk was sponsored by the HLS Coalition Against Gender Violence and HLS Advocates for Human Rights.