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I'm grateful for the opportunity to share some OCI expertise with you, 2Ls. After a full year at a law firm, it's about time that I speak with expertise on something. Let's call a spade a spade: OCI is chaotic. Each of you has the opportunity to interview with dozens of law firms.
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Last spring I heard a 2L bragging about his summer job at Über-Prestigious Law Firm. He was looking forward to the lavish lunches and social events, but knew things would change if he accepted an offer there; as a junior associate, he would work nights and weekends, keep his Blackberry with him at all times, and not have much of a life outside work.
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THEPRESIDENT, WHO BELIEVES so strongly in states' rights in other contexts, should let the states do their jobs and work out their marriage laws before resorting to a constitutional amendment. With those words, the editors of the New York Times (Feb. 25, 2004) summed up one prong of the public criticism of the President's proposed Defense of Marriage Amendment.
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The Boston Lyric Opera's season ended on a high note with a beautiful staging of Jules Massenet's Thais. It was great to see a French opera, which is often overshadowed by its Italian contemporaries. Earlier in the season, the BLO presented the tragic tale of a Parisian courtesan in La Traviata.
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Assistant Dean for Admissions Toby Stock: Don't be afraid to take risks. Professor Elizabeth Warren: The only serious professional mistake you can make when you leave Harvard is to settle for work that you don't love. Don't stop looking until you find work that makes you want to jump out of bed and get started every morning.
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My name is Karl. In case you missed it, I'm going to distill for you what I learned in three years at Harvard Law School and explain why it's good for America. What I learned at HLS was how to talk like a lawyer.(1) Now, contrary to what you might think, talking like a lawyer is not just about increasing one's vocabulary -- adding a bunch of "forthwiths" and "wherefores.
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To the Editor: I was disappointed to see last week's letter criticizing the administration's silence in the wake of the concerns raised by some students after this year's Parody. It is the mission of the Dean of Students Office to support students and to foster community.
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Lincoln's Inn is not a house. Lincoln's Inn is a society. It's a group of students. It has alumni. It has parties. Big parties. But it's also a mess. One would have to question whether three sitting Supreme Court Justices, Stephen Breyer '64, Anthony Kennedy '61, and David Souter '66, and countless leaders in the legal, business, and academic arenas would still join Lincoln's Inn today.
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The World's Fastest Indian has quite a handicap to overcome if it is not to be just the sort of corny triumph of the will shtick that demeans moviegoers' intelligence. A retiree with modest means and a heart condition follows his dream to take his similarly ancient motorbike all the way from Invercargill, his small New Zealand hometown, to Utah for Speed Week.
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Near midnight, our campus curves through ranges of shadow pitched against the craft of moonlight. Blundering through chores by daylight, we seldom witness pavement, smoothed below our steps as below the steps of generations of students before us.
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Kermit went home early for spring break and found Miss Piggy on his lillypad with Gonzo. However the stress of finals and a few glasses of cooking sherry made Kermit realize that he needed a new relationship. Fortunately, he has his sign, his plan to meet the Wellesley bus tonight and confidence that he will be single no more.
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Congratulations! Classes are almost over. Unfortunately, the end of classes brings studying for exams and frantically trying to finish final papers. In the interest of not thinking about or doing these things, here are my top 5 procrastination-worthy TV shows.