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Before a packed Austin East, the American Constitution Society kicked off the year with the first installment of its Judge-a-Month program featuring U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Guido Calabresi. Calabresi, who was appointed to the Second Circuit by President Clinton in 1994 and is a Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and former Dean at Yale Law School, opened his speech by waxing about his first day as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black.
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New Hampshire public defender Seth Abramson (HLS '01) got right to the point as the first speaker on the OPIA/LIPP co-sponsored panel "Living on LIPP", which took place September 14th. Many students at Harvard, he said, "are given the impression that [public interest law] is something you dabble in during your 1L summer, before you start your real work at the firms.
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Dear Editor: I write to clarify a few points made in your September 15, 2005 article on the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. The article misleadingly suggests that the JLPP is a partisan, political publication. In fact, the Journal has no political or partisan affiliation.
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On Wednesday, September 14, the HLS Republicans hosted a talk by Benjamin Ginsberg, former National Counsel to the Bush-Cheney Campaign. Ginsberg spoke about his unique career as one of the GOP's most prominent election lawyers, and encouraged the 50 students in attendance to put their legal education to work in the political process.
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On Monday, The Harvard University Office of the Provost sponsored a lecture by Carl M. Loeb University Professor Lawrence Tribe titled "Remembering the Constitution's Future: Anticipating the Roberts Legacy?" The lecture was also broadcast live via webcast.
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BY RALPH NADER Statement of Ralph Nader on the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. by President George W. Bush to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., September 12, 2005 Mr.
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CAMBRIDGE -- This past weekend at Harvard Law School marked the second Celebration of Black Alumni. With projected participation of over 800 Harvard Law School alumni, the Harvard Law School Association declared that conference attendees broke the record of most alumni ever assembled on campus, a record set by the Celebration of 50 Years of Women Graduates at HLS two years ago.
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The law reviews at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, and about a half dozen other law schools recently banded together to protest long law review articles. After decades of condoning if not encouraging law professors and lawyers to get as wordy as possible by publishing bibles on mattress sticker-removal law, getting-rent-from-your-crackhead-roommate law, and other random legal subjects that could be summarized in one paragraph, the law reviews have turned tail.
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My husband was watching "Prison Break" in the living room. "I appreciate what you did for me," said one of the characters. "I'd like to pay you back. Tell me what I can do for you in return." I poked my head out of the bedroom, where I had been reading about promissory estoppel and restitution.
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Review by Elliott Marc Davis (Elliott is a 2L. If he is slouching towards Gomorrah, it's only because the chairs in Gropius suck.) It's not every day that your classmate embarks on a quest to explore one of society's most controversial issues, treats the matter in an even-handed, reasonable fashion, and concludes with a logical, practicable solution.
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Want to know what life is really like inside a big, New York law firm? Most of the associates and partners you meet, even as a Summer Associate, are probably not going to give their honest opinion. For that, the best place to go is the blogosphere and one of the best (and most widely read) blogs going is Opinionistas (opinionistas.
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As a law student, you probably can't do math. But, despite this, you crave accuracy and precision. More importantly, you crave winners and losers. Fortunately, at least for the incoming 1L class, this year's Orientation Scoreboard, your handy guide to what's hot and what's not, lets you determine exactly where you stand compared to your classmates.