Opinion
Brown v. Horde
I'm often shocked by the extent to which liberals will go to demonize black conservatives. Lately, so are liberals.
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Big firms do the collapse
In law, as in life, death and taxes are a pretty sure bet. Pitty that a handful of once-major, now-defunct law firms didn't heed that lesson last year. ADAM WHITE offers a news recap and analysis of the demise of several big law firms.
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The life of the law school<br />
Opinion Editor ADAM WHITE has a reading assignment for the 1Ls that DOESN'T include One L or Poisoned Ivy. He may not have edited the Law Review or got straight-As, but in the end the life of law school is more than the sum of its parts.
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Viet Dinh: An American Story
This week, KATIE BIBER tells the story of Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh '93. "Republicans and Democrats alike are moved by the journey that brought a family to the United States and elevated its youngest son to Washington prominence."
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Shrug off the “right man’s burden”
"On the same day that lawyers debated 'diversity' and affirmative action before the high court, writers argued 'ideological diversity' in the court of public opinion," ADAM WHITE writes. "But for those who trumpet the latter as evidence of unfair treatment, it is their argument--not their class--that is suspect."
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Outline sparks race controversy
When first-year student Michelle Simpson discovered that a classmate had posted a course outline containing an abbreviated form of the N-word on a website used by Harvard Law students, she was not surprised. Growing up in Nashville, Tenn., Simpson said that she has seen racism before and would see it again.
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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.
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Race controversy explodes, BLSA makes demands of administration
The problems that began with the posting of racially offensive outlines on the HL Central outline bank by a Section IV student in early March have now grown into a widespread controversy involving a series of incidents that implicate students, professors and at least one student organization.
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Of Powdered Wigs and Black Coats
Last week, spring showed some sign of actually being here - lovely flowers, green leaves, bright sunshine and chirping birds. I was really enjoying the wonderful weather - having the temperature in the mid-'80s was nice. But in India, it's much hotter - about 100 degrees right now.
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Law Review Posts More Low Female Numbers
When the Class of 2004 Law Review members congregated as a group for the first time this August, they found that a surprising three-quarters of them shared a common characteristic — they were men. Despite a “double-blind” selection process and recruitment efforts geared towards women, only 11 of the 43 successful 2L applications this year were those of women.