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Advocates of comprehensive immigration reform began this summer full of optimism. For the first time in years, it seemed likely that our dysfunctional immigration laws would face a major overhaul. A bipartisan bill had been introduced in the Senate and was supported by unlikely allies Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.
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The Bush Administration claimed another casualty late last month, when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a graduate of Harvard Law School, finally announced that he would soon be resigning his post. On September 17, 2007, he will end his two and a half year tenure, one that, from day one, was riddled with tumultuous controversy.
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As most 2Ls place their OCI bids, most 3Ls are deciding whether to participate in OCI at all. Those 3Ls returning to OCI this fall do so for a variety of reasons: they want to settle down in a different city, they want to work at a firm with different specialties, they worked at a firm over the summer but now want to work for the government, or they want more exposure to different firms before committing.
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As the end of this academic year looms, it seemed like now was the perfect time to reflect back upon the lessons learned during the course of my first year at Harvard Law School. There is no doubt that I leave this prestigious institution a wiser and more mature individual, and after only one year no less.
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A friend of mine was kind enough to show me what may just be the most creative and wonderful use of bandwidth that I have seen in the past few months. This little work of genius is the site known as www.savetoby.com. Visitors to the site are greeted by a heartwarming picture of a bunny rabbit, the Toby after whom the site is named.
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It pains me greatly to hear people speak badly of what should be considered one of the greatest contributions to modern society. They call it names, and they berate it. They say it is immature and juvenile. However, Matt Stone and Trey Parker's South Park will always hold a special place in my heart.
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In the Record last week, David Katz wrote a column defending the "right" to have Internet access in class. "Class becomes unbearable without computers," he wrote. "[T]ime drags and our brains shut down. No one, not even students with a sub-B average, should ever be forcibly subjected to a laptop-less experience.
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My right to have internet access during class is one that I will defend vigorously. Nothing in my experience here has made me ever believe that this freedom may be under attack until I went to fill out the questionnaire for the Law School Council. The Law School Council touts this questionnaire as a tool for them to be able to better effectuate positive change on the law school campus.
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If there was one thing I could do to help ensure that I leave the world a better place than I found it, I would ban all romantic comedies and romance novels. These horrific depictions of immature relationships and poor decision-making skills help to glorify all the behavior patterns that are helping run this country into the ground.
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It's Monday, February 14, 2005, and all over campus bright-eyed and excited young men and women are scurrying about in their finest garb. Freshly shaved and smelling wonderful, they carry with them leather bound offerings to present to their would-be suitors.
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It took getting rear-ended on a highway for me to finally accept the fact that the overgrown SUV phase has gotten ridiculous. The funny part was that I was not driving an SUV at the time. I wasn't hit by one either. My sensible minivan was rear-ended by an equally sensible Toyota Camry.
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I Think it was the moot Supreme Court argument presented by Randy Barnett to a panel of prestigious legal scholars that finally convinced me what a pathetic tool the law is when applied to issues of public policy. Many of you reading this may wonder what took me so long to come to this conclusion, and I guess my only excuse is that I was fooled by the constant introduction of public policy issues into the all the legal questions studied as part of the first-year curriculum.