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Dear Editor, I write to question a small part of an otherwise fine article on the Federalist Society symposium that ran last week as the cover story. (Full disclosure: I helped to organize the symposium.) In the fourth paragraph, reporter Davina Carson twice refers to "extremists" participating in the conference.
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The Berkman Center recently filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in the pending Grokster case. Because of evolving technology and the rise of the Internet, entertainment companies have found it harder and harder to protect their copyrighted material from unlawful distribution.
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sturdy pillows: a beloved bed: a softness after which the students mourned: an aurora carved its fire-white path through the vertical mid-drift of curtains: the students straggled upright: such a sunrise marks the commencement of civilization: the pr
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This past Tuesday, David French, HLS '94, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), spoke to a gathering of HLS students about how restrictive speech codes at universities are undermining the educational values upon which these universities are founded.
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Sponsored by the American Constitution Society, Ralph Nader spoke about "Laws, Outlaws and Outrage" on March 2nd. Consumer advocate and former Green Party nominee for President, Nader enjoined the student population to have principles and breaking points in a society where many lawyers are using their skills to take away civil liberties.
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rebecca agule I always thought he was one of the good ones. Temple's basketball program does not usually find its way into the news with the programs of schools like Fresno State or Georgia; the school does not regularly align itself with scandal and misfortune.
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I recently finished filling out the required paperwork for my 40 hour pro bono requirement - graduation is sneaking up, and I'm told that I won't be allowed to leave unless I finish. Before saying anything else, I just want to note that our public service office was universally excellent in helping me get things done - flexible, accommodating, and friendly.
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1. Some people think of working on a law journal the way children think about eating their vegetables - unpleasant, but good for them. The difference is, vegetables really are nutritious, while journal work won't make you a bit stronger, healthier, or better at lawyering.
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Fenno was on a mission. Valentine's Day had come and gone silently, and Spring Break was just under a month away. From there she had only a few short weeks before graduation to hook up with Harvard boys while she was still living in a veritable ocean of prospects.
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It all begins with the sound of meandering footsteps, ominous but curiously clumsy, as if something wicked had lost its way. In the teasing opening seconds of the sensational - in all senses of the word - 2005 Harvard Law School Parody Show, "Finding Nemo Contributorily Negligent" - you're likely to experience that mixed thrill that is part giggle and part goose flesh, the kind that descends when you hear a sudden thud in a dark and quiet house.
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Okay, I don't have anyone to blame but myself. I should have taken the MPRE in the fall, but I was lazy and saved it until the spring. On the plus side, had I taken it in the fall I would have had to go to downtown Hartford to find an open testing center.