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Ahhh, the organizational fair. Fenno - unlike the poor 1Ls scuffling about the room, giving their emails to random organizations in the hopes of landing contacts with those organizations that will look the best on their resumes
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Editorial: Harvard owes students explanation over plagiarism<br />
In the span of a month, it has been discovered that two Harvard law professors have copied the work of others without credit. This has caused something of a crisis within the Harvard community, for not only were the two incidents discovered one after the other they also do not signify the first time Harvard has been rocked by accusations of plagiarism.
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Letter to the Editor: Former OSLC staff speaks out<br />
To the Editor: We thank the Record for attempting a balanced account of the closing of the Office of Student Life Counseling (OSLC) in its front page article on September 23, but wish to correct some inaccuracies and provide historic context: 1. The article states that OSLC was founded in the 1970's to provide specifically career-related counseling to law students.
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Letter to the Editor: Military recruiting at HLS, part 3<br />
Unfortunately, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces convening in the Ames Courtroom today is not all that it can be. While the arguments will no doubt be cogent and compelling, they will be made without the benefit of some of the best legal minds in our country, those of gay, lesbian, and bisexual lawyers.
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Letter to the Editor: Bad Precedent<br />
I am sorry to point out the painfully obvious, but today's issue did not contain a column by a Fenno. This is a very bad precedent. Imagine my extreme disappointment in turning over the last page and seeing only a continuation of an earlier article. (Sheesh - am I going to have to check the back page first when I pick up each issue?) While I (sort of) understand your inability to continue Ask Amanda (although she must still be reachable by email and I am sure she is not really all that busy) there is no excuse for not tracking down a Fenno somewhere.
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Letter to the Editor: Military Recruiting at HLS, Part 2<br />
Pink soldiers invading classrooms, with a call to arms to flood Dean Kagan's inbox. Thus begins the annual HLS ritual to protest the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. But it is unclear to me whether those calling for a ban on military recruiting really intend to change the military's discriminatory behavior.
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Letter to the Editor: Military Recruiting at HLS, Part 1<br />
Two years ago, in response to the passage of the Solomon Amendment (which denies federal funding to an educational institution that does not allow on-campus military recruiting), Harvard Law School discontinued its longstanding policy of not allowing on-campus military recruitment.
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News Briefs: HLS Appoints Three Professors to Tenured Status<br />
Weekly Standard discovers uncredited passages in 19-year-old book by Prof. Tribe The Weekly Standard reports that Professor Laurence Tribe's book, God Save This Honorable Court, contains uncredited passages from Justices and Presidents, a 1974 book by Henry Abraham.
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News Briefs: Weekly Standard discovers uncredited passages in 19-year-old book by Prof. Tribe<br />
The Weekly Standard reports that Professor Laurence Tribe's book, God Save This Honorable Court, contains uncredited passages from Justices and Presidents, a 1974 book by Henry Abraham. In comments to the Harvard Crimson, Tribe apologized for any failur to properly attribute sources, while Dean Kagan promised to review the matter further.
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News Briefs: Sears Prize winners announced<br />
2Ls Michael Chu and Brian Fletcher, along with 3Ls Daniel Richenthal and Steven Shackleford, recieved the prestigious Sears Prize award, which is given annually to the individuals with the highest grade point average in each class.