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Ogletree, committee file reparations suit<br />
In 1921, the city of Greenwood, Oklahoma erupted in violence. The cause of the riots was a white lynch mob that attacked a group of blacks gathered to defend a man whom the mob accused of sexually assaulting a white woman. Now, 82 years later, the mainly black victims of the riot are getting their day in court.
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Closed doors, closed mouths in plagiarism incidents<br />
Reading the Adviser this month may lead Law School students to believe that plagiarism is on the rise. What the Adviser didn't say was that two of the suspensions reported occurred nearly a year ago. This led to confusion among students as they tried to figure out who had been suspended and what they had done wrong.
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Sound-off board shows HLS’ zany side<br />
In the past few weeks the Law School Council Sound-Off Board in Harkness Commons has become increasingly cluttered with a wide range of complaints and concerns about Law School facilities, personnel and practices, due to Student Advocate Alex Venegas' efforts to entice student participation with more visible advertising.
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Just war framework provides guidance on Iraq intervention<br />
"The question of whether war with Iraq is justified is contentious," writes LEE STRANG, "and I believe that reasonable people can disagree on the issue. When attempting to determine the justness of action against Iraq, it is useful to have a framework that can guide one's reasoning."
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Moot Court wins its fifth regional title<br />
Harvard Law School trounced the competition at the annual Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held over the weekend at Boston University. The HLS team competed against five other law schools to emerge as a regional winner for the fifth year in a row.
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1L EXPERIENCE: I’m going to win Ames!<br />
JEREMY BLACHMAN writes, "As if FYL wasn't marginalized enough by the fact that it's graded pass-fail taught in part by fellow students and relies on videos about the Dewey Decimal System to fill up lecture time, this semester we get to work in pairs." It's Ames time for 1Ls.
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The threat of irrelevance<br />
"Perhaps military conflict will disarm Iraq," writes ALEX M. GORDON. "Whatever happens, it's important to keep an eye toward the post-conflict future. There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein must be disarmed of any weapons of mass destruction he possesses. The only question is: At what cost?"
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New book on “getting out of” Harvard Law School<br />
For the past three years, Prof. Jon Hanson has encouraged his Corporations class to start its own business, and solicited ideas from interested students. This year, a core group of about ten students took him up on the challenge, forming a corporation to produce a book entitled "Getting Out of Harvard Law School."
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Diplomacy in the state of nature
"I can't blame law students for believing that the current Iraq situation can be resolved through UN pseudo-legalism," says ADAM WHITE. "Nonetheless, should opponents (domestic and foreign) of pre-emptive action against Iraq persist in their misguided "idealism," Western civilization could pay a deadly price.