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When Americans get disillusioned with politics, they often turn to Jefferson Smith, the idealistic Jimmy Stewart title character in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. For progressives who are disheartened by the state of affairs in Washington, the idea of Jefferson Smith might seem whimsical.
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On Tuesday, the Federalist Society treated students to a lecture subjecting the Supreme Court's Establishment Clause jurisprudence to textual and historical criticism, delivered by a self-described "dumb potato farmer from Idaho." His modesty notwithstanding, Jeff Ventrella is an accomplished litigator and a senior vice president of the Alliance Defense Fund, an organization founded to "aggressively defend religious liberty.
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Walking around Cambridge late at night-whether alone or with friends-can be an anxiety-producing experience. Property theft is the most common crime on the Harvard University campus, but students tend to worry much more about their bodily safety. Even the inside of a dormitory can seem threatening in the wee ours, especially if strangers are lurking in the hallways.
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While hordes of firm recruiters rush the campus every fall, public interest employers usually cannot afford to send staff to Harvard to spread the word about their organizations. Luckily, the Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA) is on the case. On Monday night, OPIA hosted the annual Student-to-Student Job Fair, where over 80 2Ls and 3Ls represented their summer employers and spoke to 1Ls about their experiences.
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A couple of weeks ago, The Record published the penultimate ranking of law schools according to Harvard Law students. In what was no doubt a concerted effort to rebuke the age-old accusation that Harvard grads are far too humble, the students ranked their school numero uno.
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During my 1L year, an extremely impressive member of my Harvard Law School class told me that he was atheistic. He explained that he was unlike his grandparents, that he did not attend religious services. He admitted that he saw no sense in going around a bunch of people who gather weekly "to feel good about themselves.
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Directed by Y-Vonne Hutchinson (2L) Starring Jared Delgin (3L), Lauren Popper (2L), Jeffrey Paik (3L) Review by Matt Justus This past weekend, the Harvard Law School Drama Society staged "Bat Boy: the Musical," the off-Broadway show by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O'Keefe based on an infamous series of articles in the tabloid Weekly World News.
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There are basically two reactions I hear around the law school when I mention opera: one group moans that it is more boring than watching grass grow, the other sighs for the famous opera houses of their native cities of New York or Chicago. I belong to the much smaller second group.
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NOTE: This is a review of the book Bat Boy Lives!, not the recent HLS Drama Society production of Bat Boy: The Musical, which this reviewer was unable to attend. Bat Boy Lives! is "The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks that Shape Our World.
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AAA announced its 2006 Five Diamond Awards last week, and two French restaurants in Boston were included among the 48 recipients nationwide: perennial winners Aujourd'hui for the eleventh year and L'Espalier for the seventh year-the only independent Five Diamond restaurant in New England.
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Around hour 18 of the Supreme Court hearings for John G. Roberts (HLS '79), I reflected on the past few days of hearings and opening statements and realized that I had learned three things. First, things are never as exciting as you think they will be in anticipation.
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Callbacks By Anonymous 2L Poet Into the gray soul of the city Flew most willing From metal to the metal returned Happily dined on the crimson Word Us few, from dirt and grain and wide sunrises Reluctantly entered their cacopho