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The term sellout has obvious connotations. AARON LAMB and LENA SALAYMEH believe the entire social atmosphere of the 2L year is centered around the efforts of liberals to justify their choice to actively participate in oppression, better known as law firms.
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The RECORD lauds the commitment to community service and public lawyering, but wonders whether the new pro bono requirement will cause more harm than good.
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Two years after 3L Nick Brown braved the physical and emotional punishment of Survivor: Australian Outback, 1L George Hicks has put HLS back in the game show spotlight. Rather than brutal daytime temperatures and the unpleasantness of eating vermin, Hicks put his smarts to the test on Jeopardy!, the storied 38-year-old game show that continues to be the most popular quiz show in the United States.
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Putting law school on hold for two years, 1L Brooke Clayton became a missionary to the Canary Islands.
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DAVID BAHARVAR conducted an interview with Joel P. Trachtman, a distinguished scholar in the field of international trade law. Trachtman is visiting this semester from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is teaching the HLS course, "The Law of International Trade."
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Cartoonist and Harvard Law alumni STU REES takes a humorous look at the legal profession.
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Looking for a decent French bistro with an amazing wine list, live jazz performances, and a prix fixe menu that's reasonably priced? If the answer is yes (and why wouldn't it be), then EUGENE MAR's got a resturant that you'll want to check out.
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What could be more fun than Wednesday night at the Forest Cafe? FENNO hangs out with the Forest trivia crowd one day early, observe's Cliff Ginn's aborted coup and mourns with the dems over a keg of Larry Tribe Lager.
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This week DUNCAN CROSBY and MICHAEL CHAISANGUANTHUM take one for the team. In honor of those starving OPIA students, they decide to check out a selection of sub-$3.00 wines. Sure MD 20/20's Kiwi-Lemon wine tastes like rubbing alcohol, but at least it isn't pricey.
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Students protest anti-Asian Abercrombie shirts It's not just about ugly sweaters and pants with multiple zipper pockets anymore. Now, Abercrombie and Fitch has aroused the ire of Asian-Pacific American groups, including students from HLS and the University, who gathered Saturday in front of the Abercrombie and Fitch installation in Harvard Square to protest a series of t-shirts produced by the chain that include offensive characterizations of Asian-Americans, such as one that shows two slant-eyed caricatures working at a laundry that bears the caption, "Wong Brothers Laundry Service - Two Wongs Can Make It White.
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Meltsner responds to FYL criticism A commentary criticizes HLS and FYL for an Ames moot court problem which raised claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act as to whether 1) a medicated condition limited the appellant's major life activities and 2) the appellee was an exempt private club.
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This school year began with the World Trade Center towers falling, an instant that changed the entire world. It ends with a race controversy still raging, with demands being made and students standing against the purported indifference of the administration.