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Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan stepped up to the podium with a smile to deliver her fourth annual state of the school speech on September 20. "The state of the law school is-surprise-exceptionally strong," said Kagan, triggering a round of applause from the 150-person audience in Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall.
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Mark Herrmann's The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law is a short book with two personalities. One is an experienced lawyer giving advice to young associates who are probably overwhelmed by the large law firm environment. The other is an old grumpy lawyer (the titular curmudgeon) who wants things done his way.
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Having just finished watching the season premiere of Desperate Housewives, and thereby completing a week of intense primetime TV viewing, I feel inspired to comment on the new season prospects for some of the most popular shows on TV. Overall, I was quite satisfied with this week's display of anticipation building and diffusing, and have been hearing the same from others.
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The first people greeting new 1Ls this year were not RAs or BSAs. They were Natalie Kitchen and Mike Glick, Directors of 1L Community Development for HL Central. Natalie and Mike gave 1Ls a first glimpse into life at Harvard and the role that HL Central plays.
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Aharon Barak, the recently retired President of the Supreme Court of Israel, received the Peter Gruber Foundation 2006 Justice Prize on September 21 in the Ames Courtroom, amid trumpets and standing ovations. The ceremony began with laudatory remarks and closed with a question and answer session.
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Here is an OCI lesson for you: never be negative about anything during an interview because it will make you look bad. I had an attorney ask me about fly-out week, and the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Oh, I don't really like to travel." Oops.
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If you are a 1L, you've probably answered the standard 'getting-to-know-you' questions at least several dozen times in the last few weeks, like "where are you from," "what section are you in," and "what college did you go to?" The questions may not be original, and gunners warming up for the Law Review competition might complain that they all end in prepositions.
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In college, I had a friend mildly obsessed with Cirque du Soleil who would travel far and wide (or more accurately, to neighboring states, which in Texas is traveling far and wide) to see the newest shows. She would sometimes plan her trips around the touring dates and locations.
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BERLIN, October 29, 2005 - It all started with a lie. The annexation of Austria. The invasion of Poland. The foray into Russia. The genocide of six million Jews and elimination of six million others, and the abuse of millions more who survived long enough for the Allies' liberation of the concentration camps and the countries occupied by Adolph Hitler's Germany sixty years ago this year.
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Kermit had a tough schedule planned out for his 2L year. Fortunately, it was very interesting and he already had lots of questions he wanted to ask.
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Before we get started, I have a correction to make regarding last week's issue. It wasn't Gene Shalit who stormed out of Clerks II during the bestiality discussion, it was Joel Siegel. I have a tendency to get my mustachioed film critics mixed up now and again.
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The Boston Lyric Opera opened its thirtieth season with a spectacular concert and a set of good deeds. On September 15, 2006, the company presented a medley of operatic favorites at its Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration Concert at the majestic Wang Theater.