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On Saturday, Harvard Law hosted the launch of a new initiative uniting legal scholars and social psychologists as the Project on Law and Mind Sciences (PLMS) held its first conference. PLMS seeks to apply the findings of social science to legal processes, bringing into the law a human element that many find lacking from the dominant analytical approaches.
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On Saturday, March 10, human rights activists, educators, and students gathered in Langdell North for the Harvard Human Rights Journal's second annual conference. Marking the journal's 20th anniversary, the theme was a retrospective of twenty years in human rights scholarship and advocacy.
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From One First Street to the Pentagon, the HLS Republicans covered a lot of ground - and met a lot of HLS alumni - during their annual trip to Washington, D.C. from February 28th through March 2nd. Twenty-six members of the club met with a diverse group of lawyers and policy makers during their time in the city.
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Friday night I went to the Spring Public Interest Potluck. Silly me, I had not realized that the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB) was right across the street from the law school. I had heard it was nearby, but right across the street? I wonder if I'm the only person who didn't know how close it was.
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Welcome to Harvard Law School, admitted students! I'll be your tour guide today. Since I'll be walking backwards for the next 20 minutes in order to deliver perky and insightful commentary about what we're seeing, make sure to let me know if I'm about to run into anything.
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This Friday, March 16, Justice For Palestine will be hosting a discussion on whether a comparison can be drawn between Israel and apartheid South Africa. Like many JFP events, this one is being held on Friday evening, perhaps to ensure a minimum of dissent from Jewish participants.
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Parody and Parity To the HLS Community: Last year, the Parody was the topic of intense debate because the characterizations of a few students were seen by some members of the HLS community as racist and/or sexist. The Parody and its aftermath were merely manifestations of a much larger issue.
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This year's Student Government election features "a real race for the presidency," according to outgoing president Michael Sevi. The Record asked the two candidates, Kathryn Baugher and Nick Smyth about their visions for HLS, and why you should tune in and vote for them on March 20th.
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Kermit couldn't wait for Saint Patrick's Day. He had just found his old British Captain's uniform from Muppet Treasure Island and he was going to hit the town. He planned to spend the day going from bar to bar drinking Newcastle and leading the patrons in rousing renditions of Rule Britannia.
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Kermit now realized that it hadn't been the best idea last year to write a one page Ames brief and turn it in on some sort of cracker. Turns out they do flunk people at Harvard after all. This year he was going to get it right. He had the case, he had done extensive research and he had his ever useful writing guide.
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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be printed in... OVERHEARD IN THE HARK -------------- 3L counseling 1L distraught about school: "You need to, I don't know what your religious beliefs are, but just turn to G-d and he will show you the way through this.
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When I talk with you and you express feelings of isolation or disconnection with your legal education, I completely understand. I applied to Harvard Law School because it was supposed to prepare me to be a great advocate for people in my community. Instead, I found it difficult to speak up in classroom discussions that discouraged the acknowledgment that class, race, gender and political ideology were intrinsically tied to the creation and execution of the laws we studied.