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On September 17th, Professor Laurence Tribe stood before the Florida Supreme Court, delivering arguments in a case that could have a significant impact on the presidential election. In a 6-1 ruling delivered the same day, the Florida Supreme Court rejected arguments that Nader had not met the requirements to be the candidate of the Reform party.
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Employing the same optimism that permeated her schoolwide address last year, Dean Elena Kagan characterized the law school as "exceptionally strong" in her State of the Law School Address to a full Ames Courtroom on September 23rd. "The state of the school is exceptionally strong," began Kagan.
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I write to applaud the Dean for the courageous and moral stand she articulated with regard to the presence of military recruiters on campus in her message to the HLS community. Although I, like many others, have at times felt that she and the rest of the Administration did not go far enough in defending the law school's non-discrimination policy, it is nevertheless important to express appreciation for what she has done.
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The state of Harvard Law School is "very good" said Dean Elena Kagan and she is right. In her annual "State of the School" address, Dean Kagan listed off the accomplishments she has overseen during her short time as head of HLS, promising more positive changes in the years to come.
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Sitting in a sea of Red Sox caps on the airplane, I thought about how I had figured Scott Turow never wrote 2L because he had everything straightened out after his first year. And maybe that is how it worked for Scott Turow, but it sure isn't the way it worked for me.
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Take a good look around, everyone. 1Ls, look up from your books. 2Ls, look up from your resumes. 3Ls, look up from your Us Weeklys. You may not realize it, but you are witnessing the glory days of Harvard Law School. Really. It almost pains me to make this observation.
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Last Friday I found myself promptly awake at 9:42 for my 9:45 class. I took just enough time to don my trusty been-to-hell-and-back white Virginia hat, and I sprinted - yes, sprinted - across the quad outside of the Hark; the computer bag-shaped welt on my back can prove it.
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THERE'S AN ISSUE OF THE Harvard Law Bulletin in the Hark that I just got around to reading. It's got a bizarre drawing on the cover of a woman wearing headphones connected to an IPod she's holding in one hand, and in the other hand she has a laptop computer - with a cord attached.
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There are certain rules of a civilized society to which everyone can agree. Rules such as "chew with your mouth closed" and "do not drop your library book in the toilet." Another rule known by most is "chairs are for sitting and not for throwing." But during a September 13th game between the Oakland A's and the Texas Rangers, Texas pitcher Frank Francisco forgot about the "no chair throwing" rule.
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For those who have never taken a clinical, the Office of Clinical Programs (OCP) requires each student to keep a journal to, "reflect on your clinical experience and how you feel about the work you are doing." Apparently, OCP feels that, "experience without reflection does not lead to learning or growth.
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Janitress with Windex, how I envision her reflection, unopened, confronting glass, not yielding to the slanting sunrise that I surmise could have blinded a non-morning person. When my laptop case bangs the glass door shut, her Spanish falls silent. The woman who once gazed at my face through the rags-on-glass door becomes a vanishing trace that depletes into a daily lecture replete with solitary terms like "unjust enrichment" or "promise.