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Shocking allegations of blatant and widespread corruption have rocked the student loan industry and left lenders, universities, and Department of Education officials scrambling to deal with fallout from the growing scandal. Recent investigations, led by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Congressional leaders, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.
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Hollywood is one of the creative capitals of the universe. In Hollywood, a place of enduring mythology and fantasy, anything is possible. However, this means anything is possible-anything at all. Sadly, Hollywood is accompanied by a crass marketplace and often grotesque legal situations.
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Last Friday, the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center laid off two staff members and scaled down the work of another as part of a $200,000 budget cut to the program. The 10% reduction in LSC funding comes despite a 28% overall increase in the funding for clinical programs as a whole at Harvard Law School.
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This past weekend, three Harvard Law School students took home the first place trophy from The Negotiation Challenge in Leipzig, Germany. A team comprised of Kimathi Kuenyehia '07, Frederic Bourdais '07, and Grace Chien '08 won the competition. The Harvard team defeated four teams including, a team from Cambridge University and the College of Law in the United Kingdom to win the competition.
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Starting next year, law students looking to pick up textbooks face a long walk down to Harvard Square. The Law School Coop, located in Harkness Commons, which sells textbooks, clothing, and other supplies to students, is scheduled to be torn down starting the day after graduation.
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Standing firmly on the foundation of an original Langdell Hall brick, the annual Summer Public Interest Funding (SPIF) Auction, held Thursday April 12, successfully raised money to support students who will spend their summer months supporting others. The theme, James Bond and Auction007, was a natural product of the year 2007 itself.
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This week students will honor two individuals with the Gary Bellow Public Interest Award. Two years ago, I was the alumni recipient of the award, and ultimately, it is that recognition that led to my clinical fellowship at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center this year.
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On the weekend of April 19-22, 2007 hundreds of alumni will return to Harvard for the 10th Annual Latino Law and Public Policy Conference and the Latino Alumni Reunion. The conference entitled Advancing a National Leadership Agenda was organized by La Alianza and the Kennedy School of Government's Latino Caucus.
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Six weeks ago, a nightmare tore apart the small, working-class community of New Bedford, Massachusetts. At 8:15 on a cold Tuesday morning, three hundred Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents swarmed into a leather factory, shouting and carrying guns.
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It was Sunday night, our first. Heads ached with fatigue from the long flight just landed, and darkness sat thick upon the city. Most of the fifteen members of the Harvard Asia Law Society's (HALS) annual delegation to Asia couldn't wait to fall into bed and meet Taipei later when she awoke next morning.
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Whatever you may think of the United States' involvement in Iraq, there is no denying the fact that it has had a devastating impact on the lives of the 3.9 million people uprooted and displaced from their homes. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 2 million people have fled to neighboring countries seeking refuge and that roughly 1.
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While it remains to be seen whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee can serve to blunt the firestorm surrounding the Bush administration over the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys, earlier this week many at Harvard Law School were not waiting to reserve judgment.