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Ken Foskett, a journalist and author of the Clarence Thomas biography "Judging Thomas: The Life and Times of Clarence Thomas" spoke at HLS on Wednesday to discuss his book on the youngest Justice of the Supreme Court. In a speech sponsored by the Federalist Society, Foskett described some of the highlights of his research into the life of Justice Thomas, a task that involved hundreds of interviews with friends and associates of Justice Thomas.
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Over a hundred of students and community members gathered on the steps of Memorial Church on Thursday, March 17, at 3:00 p.m. to take part in the nationwide minute of silence in response to the continued genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Sponsored nationally by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, approximately 150 students attended from across the different campuses, including KSG, HLS, GSE, HSPH, and undergrads.
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I have three favorite bars in Cambridge: the communist themed and utterly pretension-free People's Republik on Mass Ave. between Central and Harvard; the hipster Mecca, B-Side Lounge of Inman Square where the scientifically classified drink menu (so cleverly arranged by main ingredient) is more extensive than the limited but outstanding food offerings; and this week's subject, River Gods, located just outside of Central Square.
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I admit to bristling a bit when boys enter shock-induced cardiac arrest around a girl who likes sports. And it annoys me that a girl and a five-year-old keeping score at a ballpark are treated much the same: "Aww, how cute; did your daddy teach you how to do that? And look, she can hold the pen all by herself.
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March used to mean something other than basketball, but trademark lawyers took care of that. Now, it is official - March means "March Madness," and "March Madness" means basketball. At no other point does the entire country become as consumed over a sporting event than during the last two weeks of March.
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I'm kind of ashamed to admit it, but I used one of those law school applicant discussion boards back when I was applying to school three years ago. The one thing that makes me feel better about the whole affair is that I'm sure I'm not the only one so besmirched on this campus.
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Today, I write in support of the most shameful, degraded, and undeserving members our society. For years, I felt these people to be beneath contempt, and their motivations indefensible with either a clear conscience or straight face. And yet, today I stand in support of 119 individuals - all once cute, lovable babies - who willingly and unapologetically applied to Harvard Business School.
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On February 28, the husband and mother of U.S. District Court Judge Joan H. Lefkow were shot and killed in her suburban Chicago home by Bart Ross, a 57-year-old Polish immigrant. It has been widely reported that Judge Lefkow dismissed either a "civil rights" or "medical malpractice" claim brought by Ross, but the actual winding course of Ross's litigation started long before it reached Judge Lefkow's courtroom and, indeed, should never have reached there at all.
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On March 10th, 2005, 3L Raffi Melkonian wrote an article in the Record titled 'Us? Flabby?', in which he documents the treatment that many Harvard graduates get when they join large law firms after law school. In this article, Mr. Melkonian points out that the partners in the firms don't care for the associates, that the associates work very long hours, that their work is very boring, and that the associates soon learn that they have little chance of ever making partner in the firm where they are wage slaves.