2008 Woodie Awards
Faculty approve new grading systemKagan provides new details at Town Hall
In an email to the Harvard Law School community Friday afternoon, Dean Elena Kagan announced that the faculty had voted to move to an Honors-Pass-Low Pass-Fail grading system similar to those at Yale and Stanford Law Schools. The new system will be implemented for students entering with the Class of 2012 in Fall 2009; it remains undecided whether the changes will apply to any current students.…
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Military recruitment roils campus"Don't ask, don't tell" policy prompts Lambda protest; OCS and Kagan respond
Military recruiters descended on Harvard Law School this week, prompting a new series of protests regarding the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy. In response, Dean Elena Kagan issued a statement by email to the HLS community on Wednesday morning. …
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Alec Baldwin takes on family lawActor speaks about his own custody battles, advocates paternal rights
Alec Baldwin is on a roll - just recently, the affable actor won an Emmy Award for his role on the critically-acclaimed sitcom, 30 Rock. But the 50 year old Baldwin wasn't smiling when he entered Ames Courtroom last Thursday, September 25. He was making his second appearance at HLS to engage in a serious discussion with Professor Jeannie Suk on the problems of divorce courts and custody proceedings.…
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Cellucci rallies Harvard GOP for McCain
Former Massachusetts Governor and Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci spoke on Monday about the future of Republicans in Massachussetts and on the national stage. Cellucci also spoke glowingly of John McCain and Sarah Palin, and predicted that they will manage a narrow victory in the presidential election.…
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Wall Street suffers record loss on bail-out failureDow falls 777 points on 228-205 failure of bill
Despite the collapse over the past week of two more of America's largest banking institutions, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, House lawmakers on Monday voted down the Bush bail-out package which would have vested authority in the Treasury to intervene in the market by purchasing up to $700 Billion in distressed mortgage securities. The defeat was a stunning blow to the White House and the presidential candidates, who had come together in support of the package, and markets reeled in response to the political reversal, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling a record 777.68 points.…
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Professors convene to discuss economic crisis
A standing-room only crowd packed Austin North Wednesday evening to hear Professors Lucian Bebchuk, Howell Jackson, Hal Scott, and Elizabeth Warren discuss the current financial crisis. The majority were in support of passing the current Senate bill, if the only alternative were inaction; however, all panelists expressed concerns about the bailout plan.…
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