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To the Editor: The Jewish Law Students Association is committed to providing a place on campus where all Jewish students can feel comfortable. Given the broad array of opinions in our community we, as an organization, generally avoid becoming involved in political questions.
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The 2005-06 Record rankings have revealed that Harvard Law School is the best law school in the nation. Because HLS students have a knack for getting the right answers, we are not surprised that HLS has achieved this accomplishment. There is absolutely no way that 104 HLS students can be wrong.
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The dearth of drosophila in the Harkness Commons dining area this past week is not due to increased cleanliness or better refrigeration, according to one self-described "Hark barista," but to the arrival of a new scavenger. The worker said she saw the creature in the food prep room last Monday morning.
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This article is the first in an occasional series profiling outstanding alumni in public interest law. Job: Trial Attorney in the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice-Enron Task Force. Prior jobs: Trial Attorney on the Tobacco Litigation Task Force.
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After six years in the Senate, former senator John Edwards is now trying to change our country from outside Washington. Calling poverty "the great moral issue of today," Edwards visited Harvard on October 20th seeking to engage Harvard students in a grassroots national movement against poverty.
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Now that November 1st has passed, NALP guidelines allow 1Ls to get career counseling. Students may sign up for individual counseling appointments with both the Office of Career Services and the Office of Public Interest Advising, and can attend the boatload of panels and workshops both offices are hosting.
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For the fast-food junkies completely terrified of eating another hamburger by Super Size Me, KnowFat wants to offer a solution. The self-styled "Lifestyle Grill" synecdochizes the contradictory impulses at play in American eating culture: self-indulgent laziness and obsessive image-conscious calorie-counting.
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Students at Harvard Law like to complain about everything, from living in the Gropius dorms to the lack of skim milk packets for the free morning coffee. They gripe about the ice skating rink and classroom temperatures, about too much reading and too little time.
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Questions surrounding the contentiousness and efficacy of the nominating process loom large at Harvard Law School. At an event sponsored by the Federalist Society the Wednesday before flyout week, Judge Timothy Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit spoke to a crowd of 65 students on his view of the politicization of the judicial nomination process.
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The HLS Softball Team failed in its bid to repeat as champions of the fourth annual All-Boston Law School Tournament, but it was on a technicality, not because of any stellar play by its opponents. Despite winning convincingly with a short squad against the Boston College [Legal] Eagles last Saturday, HLS was unable to muster a full squad for two critical matches this past Saturday morning and are no longer in contention for the crown.
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Ten third-year Harvard Law students spent flyout week doing relief work in Bayou La Batre, AL and New Orleans, LA after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit on Aug. 29th and Sept. 24th respectively, displacing an estimated 1.5 million people and causing more than $34 billion in damage.