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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be printed in... OVERHEARD IN THE HARK Evidence professor quoted last week: "As with many faculty here, when [The Record] comes out, I quickly scan it to see if my name is in it. Any week you're not in The Record is a good one.
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As some of you may know, I'm a (fictional) hiring partner at a large and prestigious West Coast law firm, overrun with (fictional) resumes each fall from students hoping for jobs. Earlier this year, I wrote a column for the law school newspaper at the (non-fictional) University of Minnesota.
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Over 260 HLS students and staff joined almost 7,000 members of the Harvard University community in pledging to live more sustainably by taking the 5th annual Sustainability Pledge in November. The Harvard Green Campus Initiative's University-wide Sustainability Pledge highlights the importance of the Campus-wide Sustainability Principles, which were adopted in October 2004.
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Stuffed to the gills of Pound 100 last Tuesday evening, eager 1Ls learned about the host of career opportunities at the Department of Justice during an information session hosted by the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising. Sheila Hubbard, Associate Director of OPIA, introduced the featured speaker, Debra Brookes, HLS Class of 1998, who went into the Attorney General's Office, Antirust Division upon graduation.
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Kermit decided to take advantage of the warm weather last week to get in some pre-holiday sunbathing and finals studying. He had put in so much time over the past 12 weeks he was guaranteed As. Happy Holidays!
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If you're like me, you probably spent your Thanksgiving break, when not eating pie or slipping into a tryptophan-induced coma, watching Spike TV's James Bond marathon (yet still somehow not managing to see a single movie from start to finish). Said marathon, along with the release of Casino Royale, means you get a few reviews of Bond films I have made it all the way through.
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On November 16, approximately 250 HLS students gathered in Ames Courtroom to witness a preview of what may prove to be a landmark Supreme Court case. On December 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases challenging voluntary school desegregation policies implemented by local school boards in Louisville and Seattle.
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Last week, I wrote a commentary for my child advocacy lecture course about the criminal justice system. I have trouble even writing the phrase "criminal justice" without rolling my eyes. I'm far from the most cynical student at HLS, but there is something about the phrase criminal justice that makes my blood boil.
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Turkeys and pumpkins have ushered in December, and so the winter cold and final exams are quickly approaching. But here are some facts that will hopefully spread a bit of warmth and cheer to counter the oncoming stress. Despite Harvard Law School's reputation as a corporate factory, two-thirds of HLS students now participate in a clinical program during their legal education.
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Harvard Law students scored a victory over Yale Law students in the Third Annual Court Classic charity basketball game November 17th. The pregame festivities included pre-recorded trash talking by absent Yale Dean Harold Koh, team introductions by Dean Elena Kagan, and the national anthem performed by the HLS Scales of Justice.
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On Monday, an eager crowd gathered in Pound Hall to hear former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen and Congressman-elect John Hall share their views on the midterm elections and how the Democratic Party can best capitalize on their national, state, and local victories.
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Jung Ju (3L, Housing) just closed a 13 year-old case that had been considered a lost cause for almost as long. In 1993 -when we were twelve and trying to make friends in middle school but Kristin wouldn't let you sit at her lunch table because you didn't even have a pair of blue jeans let alone Guess jeans and you didn't know all the words to that Ace of Base song, but that's okay because Kristin still lives with her parents in Rockville and you are at law school - Jeanne Charn, then the director of the LSC, settled a case for a tenant against her landlord for $19,500.