2008 Woodie Awards
Amicus Curiae: Another Unqualified NomineeThe Record Editorial
The Record has recently learned that President Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. We urge the President to reconsider.
To be clear, The Record is a nonpartisan organization.…
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Amicus Curiae: HLS is #1The Record Editorial
The 2005-06 Record rankings have revealed that Harvard Law School is the best law school in the nation. Because HLS students have a knack for getting the right answers, we are not surprised that HLS has achieved this accomplishment. There is absolutely no way that 104 HLS students can be wrong.…
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Letters to the Editor, Part I
To the Editor:
The Jewish Law Students Association is committed to providing a place on campus where all Jewish students can feel comfortable. Given the broad array of opinions in our community we, as an organization, generally avoid becoming involved in political questions.…
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Letters to the Editor, Part II
Dear Editor,
I admire and applaud your initiative and hope your ranking does something to reduce the hegemony of the U.S. News and World Report rankings.
Regarding your results, I find the shift over time to be interesting, as is the potential East-coast bias that you may have uncovered.…
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Present, Future, Past
Present
In my column four weeks, but three issues ago, I joked about the issue of papal infallibility and the Supreme Court. This sophisticated, gentle jibe at Catholic doctrine referenced Justice Jackson's oft repeated chiasma that "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.…
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Legally One L: The MS Word File Chase
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Books Bound in Human Skin; Lampshade Myth?Deviant Behavior
On a daytrip to Providence during fly-out week, I stumbled across an unusual and startling artifact on display at Brown University's John Hay Library - an anatomy book bound in human skin. While such specimens are unusual, they are not as rare as you might think.…
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Massachusetts Immigrant Students Seek Equal Access to Higher Education
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Questioning the Unquestioned
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New Student Ranking of Law Schools
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