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To the Editor: On September 24th the Wall Street Journal wrote a front page story on the decline and fall of the legal profession. In this long article, the Journal pointed out in statistical detail, that real wages for most lawyers are declining compared to other occupations, that employment opportunities are declining, that law schools are increasing the number of law school students beyond what the market can absorb, that law student debt is skyrocketing to pay for law school tuition that has skyrocketed, and that as a result of all of these trends, the legal profession is rapidly declining.
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Fenno reluctantly took the seating chart for her Fed Courts class and glanced at it. To her right, a small cabal of Law Review students sat scrutinizing thick reams of paper and glaring at anyone who tried to sit within eyeshot. To her left, ironically enough, seemed to sit a bastion of the Federalist Society.
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The Brave One Director: Neil Jordan Starring: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard "Shocking" when used to describe a psychological thriller like "The Brave One" is usually interpreted positively. "The Brave One" was shocking, shockingly gruesome, ludicrous, and ultimately pointless.
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The Public Interest Orientation, organized by the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA), drew a standing-room crowd at Austin North last Wednesday. Students who attended the event noted that the orientation's main speakers - Bryan Stevenson '85, and Professor David Barron '94 - delivered remarks that not only visibly inspired the audience, but also addressed key concerns prevalent among those who are considering public interest careers.
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"Why Did Justice Fail Dred Scott?" was the subject of a Federalist Society-sponsored presentation at the law school on September 18th, given by Notre Dame professor Michael Zuckert in honor of the 150th anniversary of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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The Summer 2007 movie scene was marked by animated rats, a knocked up Grey's star, the comeback of John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Moore rants (both by and about), and, of course, Harry Potter. The Record editorial staff has pooled its movie-watching expertise to bring you our annual summer movie roundup.
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Major General Fumanekile Gqiba has been South Africa's Ambassador to Israel since July 2004. After a distinguished career in the anti-apartheid struggle and the African National Congress (ANC), he joined the newly integrated South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and was appointed Chaplain General in 1998.
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This summer, members of the Harvard Law School chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) attended the ACS National Convention in Washington, DC. The progressive legal organization's convention featured a weekend of panels, high-profile speakers, and breakout sessions for the hundreds of students, lawyers, judges, and others in attendance over the weekend of July 26 - 28.
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On September 11th, the HLS chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) kicked off the 2007-08 school year with a lecture delivered by Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Once called "the liberal bad boy of the federal judiciary" by The Weekly Standard, Reinhardt broke the modern history of the federal bench into two distinct "judicial revolutions" and ended his remarks with a call for a third judicial revolution to be led by the progressives among the law students who packed Austin North.
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If you give an HLS student a chocolate covered pretzel, he's going to ask for an on-campus interview. At the end of the interview, he'll probably ask for a callback. When you give him a callback, he'll ask to be flown to your office. Once he schedules his flight, he'll realize he has no place to stay.
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Over 200 students attended the Harvard Federalist Society's September 11th panel discussion entitled "Can We Really Say what the Law Is?" The panel was composed of Professor Jack Goldsmith, author of the new book "The Terror Presidency" and former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Professor Charles Fried, President Ronald Reagan's former Solicitor General and former associate justice for the Massachusetts Supreme Court; and Professor Noah Feldman, a constitutional advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
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One hundred HLS students spent lunch September 13th in the Ames Courtroom for the first Supreme Court Advocacy Moot Court of the year, part of a series sponsored by the Dean's Office and organized by the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society.