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Last Sunday, the India Conference at the Harvard Business School brought together experts on India and individuals interested in the country. India's booming economy has enhanced its commercial attraction, and the publicity campaign at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos has achieved the aim of its slogan, "India Everywhere.
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Texas court cites to "Billy Madison" In a first, but hopefully not last, for the federal judiciary, Texas bankruptcy court judge Leif Clark quoted from the Adam Sandler opus "Billy Madison" while dismissing a motion for incomprehensibility. Writing that "deciphering motions like the one presented here wastes valuable chamber time," Clark cited the famous quote that includes "At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought.
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In 2004, a group of Harvard Law School students announced the results from a gender study that compared the different ways in which men and women experience the law school. The widely-publicized findings, which indicated that men were more likely to volunteer in class, become a member of the Law Review, and receive better grades, were similar to those made at other top law schools, such as Yale and the University of Pennsylvania.
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HLS students and others protested in Pound Hall last Thursday at a Federalist Society event, a talk given by Judge Jay S. Bybee of the Ninth Circuit. The protest was organized by HLS Advocates for Human Rights and the Alliance for Justice in the Middle East at Harvard in response to the infamous "torture memo" authored by Judge Bybee at the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.
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Directed by Justin Shanes Starring: Sarah Bolling, David Joffe, and a host of other HLS students In case you missed the signs posted all over campus, this week marks the 46th annual (believe it or not) HLS Parody - March 7-11, although since this review won't appear until the 9th, I suppose only the final three dates matter to you.
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Filmed just before - and debuting two years after - Dave Chappelle's very public abandonment of his eponymous hit series on Comedy Central, Dave Chappelle's Block Party is part documentary, part stand up comedy act, and part hip hop concert. The film chronicles Chappelle's efforts to organize the largest block party Brooklyn had ever seen, and follows Chappelle as he wanders the streets of his Ohio neighborhood with visionary zeal, at times hoping to persuade the unlikeliest of hip hop fans to attend the Brooklyn block party a world away from the Ohio neighborhood he calls home.
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After a tumultuous year involving intrigue and scandal or something like it, Roger Pao has decided to dedicate himself to poetry and being a regular 3L with no responsibilities. But worry not, The Record's recent elections have deposited it in good, well-manicured hands and in the process we have noticed a pattern.
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NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY 26, 2006 - Over the past several weeks, I have attended and watched funeral services for civil rights leaders whose examples have inspired me for years. Two were my paternal uncles in their seventies, men who defiantly attacked racial discrimination in their native Kentucky and in New York City with intellect and sophistication, and who simultaneously excelled in their professions.
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Recently at the Hark -- while waiting in line for my pre-Torts pick me up - I overheard this conversation between two students. For the purposes of this column I will call them "El Gordo y El Flaco." El Gordo y El Flaco were debating whether El Gordo should buy a latte.
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To the Editor: As was discussed in a recent edition of the Harvard Law Record, some at Harvard Law School are challenging the right of the United States Military to recruit students for the Judge Advocate General Corp (JAGC) on campus. Although federal law requires HLS to allow such recruiting, some at HLS still appear to oppose it.
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Speculation is already running wild as to who will take over the post of university president from the ousted Larry Summers. Some look to presidents of other universities, like Columbia's Lee Bollinger, the University of Pennsylvania's Amy Gutman, a Harvard graduate, or Nannerl O.
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Controversy. The theme for the 12th Annual National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law and Public Policy provided ample breeding ground for the latest and most crucial debates affecting the Asian American community at large, including domestic violence and immigration, eminent domain in Boston's Chinatown, law firm culture, Katrina relief, voting rights, and internet censorship in China.