Stories from the current online edition of The Record. en-us http://www.hlrecord.org Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:07:06 GMT 20 http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/Panel.Discusses.Prostitution.And.The.Sex.Industry-3347379.shtml By Pamela Foohey Last Wednesday, Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left hosted "Beyond Coercion: Radical Voices on Sex Work, Feminism, and the Law," the last panel in Unbound's Spring Speaker Series. The Speaker Series aimed to foster critical dialogue regarding a wide-range of legal issues. f9fee110-dcc3-4b0f-920a-7e144ccf3909 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 4/24/08 Pamela Foohey http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/ Campus News http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/Hls-Iraq.Veterans.Bring.Their.Lessons.To.The.Law.School-3347386.shtml By Matt Hutchins If you are seeking broad generalizations and bickering over the next step for our forces in Iraq, you can turn on any TV talk show or presidential election debate, but if you want to hear about boots in the sand, military checkpoints, tribal sheiks, and sectarian politics, you should look for one of the Iraq veterans currently studying at HLS. 838c4279-f398-4d7a-95ca-12f6919563f2 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 4/24/08 Matt Hutchins http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/ Campus News http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/Liability.Of.Iraq.Military.Contractors.Debated-3347383.shtml By Rebecca Agule The Iraq War provided the all the necessary context for the Friday, April 18, event entitled "Blackwater and Beyond: Panel on Military Contractor Liability in Iraq." Sponsored by the American Constitution Society, the panel convened three distinct voices in the on-going discussion regarding the legal regime necessary to properly manage the ever-increasing presence of U. 89712031-1de5-41b0-aa0c-3352b57636a4 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 4/24/08 Rebecca Agule http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/ Campus News http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/Students.React.To.Taiwans.New.President-3347387.shtml By Chris Szabla The election of Ma Ying-jeou SJD '81 as president of Taiwan has reverberated well beyond East Asia. In comments to the Record, several students concerned with Taiwanese affairs - including Harvard SJD students following in the newly elected president's footsteps - voiced their opinions on the election, and offered to explain Ma's ascendancy. a4043258-24d7-479c-84cb-527820a0eee8 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 4/24/08 Chris Szabla http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/ Campus News http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/From-Worst.To.First-3347395.shtml By David Fotouhi "Change is in the air" on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, despite its reputation as the most liberal court of appeals in the nation. Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. discussed this change, one he has termed "a metamorphosis," in a recent lecture and discussion sponsored by the HLS Federalist Society and HLS Latter Day Saints. e0ec03d9-ba04-40e5-833f-3ca23a70a379 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 4/24/08 Judge Smith Describes Improving the Ninth Circuit David Fotouhi http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/ Campus News http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/Best-3l.paper.Ever.Learned.Handmade.Plates-3347405.shtml Even before the administration liberalized the Written Work Requirement this year by including seminar response papers and clinical work product as potential sources of credit, one often heard about 3Ls who had gotten some friendly member of the faculty to sign off on some crazy footnote-free project: three chapters of an autobiographical novel or a documentary about the homeless guy outside the Mass Ave CVS or something. f4a9de50-f8cd-47e7-9634-177e12d145e4 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 4/24/08 http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper609/thumbs/t_j8nie3tj.jpg http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/ Campus News http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/Kermits.Kareer-3347406.shtml Right after his last final Kermit's agent called. Kermit wouldn't have to practice law!!! Instead he had an offer to co-host a talk show with the former Mayor of Cincinnati. On the show he would use his negotiation and mediation skills to help regular people work through complicated issues. 9c41dcab-0629-4a4e-830a-e29fe96f42f7 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 4/24/08 Mike Sugar http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper609/thumbs/t_9382rnnd.jpg http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/News/ Campus News http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/Congratulations.Ll.m.Class.Of.2008-3347323.shtml Some of my fellow LL.M. students have asked me to share my sentiments about our experiences at Harvard Law School. I am honored by their request and humbly comply. This is not a good-bye essay but an "until we meet again" message. First and foremost, I congratulate the LL. 55186633-0b18-414e-8642-2313770c4908 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/24/08 We Are Almost There Maritza Reyes http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/Counterpoint.Sex.Work.Should.Be.Decriminalized-3347369.shtml Editor's Note: The issue of sex work forms the basis of one of the most heated contemporary arguments among feminists. Those who support the abolition of prostitution often look at poststructuralist/postmodern feminists with confusion and anger. The "pro-sex" position seems like capitulation to male prerogative that lacks any threat to patriarchy; guaranteeing unlimited access to women's bodies is something that men have always demanded, is one of the bases of sex inequality, and damages all women. 16eeeefe-b162-4237-9e5d-6216a48f196b Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/24/08 Lela Klein http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/Point.Prostitution.Must.Remain.Criminalized-3347353.shtml Editor's Note: The issue of sex work forms the basis of one of the most heated contemporary arguments among feminists. Those who support the abolition of prostitution often look at poststructuralist/postmodern feminists with confusion and anger. The "pro-sex" position seems like capitulation to male prerogative that lacks any threat to patriarchy; guaranteeing unlimited access to women's bodies is something that men have always demanded, is one of the bases of sex inequality, and damages all women. f41a6ee1-834d-446e-9da2-03e4ce6ca4ff Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/24/08 Mark Egerman http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/All-The.Columns.Left.To.Print-3347376.shtml By Katie Mapes It's popular advice to tell us graduating 3Ls to look back at the personal statements we wrote applying to law school to remind ourselves what type of person we entered law school hoping to become. Now, as I leave to take a job that has nothing to do with "International Human Rights Law," I realize I need a different metric of how law school has changed me. 9d473166-e058-4297-a04a-b0c82c23ace0 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/24/08 Katie Mapes http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/Going.Off.The.Record-3347377.shtml By Andrea Saenz After three years as an editor for this paper, it's finally time for me to stop emailing you and begging for low-quality pictures of your moderately attended panel. The Record closes up shop for the year this week, and I'm feeling pretty nostalgic about the good times with this fine publication during my law school career. 4c1d269c-2a37-4eac-81dd-0e48377dee69 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/24/08 Andrea Saenz http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/Showing.Support.For.More.Creative.Careers-3347329.shtml In a few short weeks, the current crop of 3Ls will graduate, and make their way into the world. Doubtless the vast majority will be headed to law firms, which have showered them with gifts and dinners in the course of passionate summer courtships, and now promise them the stability of a long-term commitment: an easy entry (or re-entry) into the "real world. 5d000166-99a4-42ed-9ca5-623c5ba3f5c6 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/24/08 Chris Szabla http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/Recognition.With.Revisions.Hls.In.2013-3347392.shtml Board Editorial What will HLS look like five years from now? There will be an imposing new edifice standing in the Northwest Corner, but otherwise, we suspect, things will be much the same. Dean Kagan will rock her same black pants and colored blazer duo, and Dean Cosgrove will sport her bright red sweater. bfca2455-4e08-4d06-85ff-17f7e081fc67 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/24/08 http://www.hlrecord.org/news/2008/04/24/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial