2008 Woodie Awards
First-Timer Wins Charity Poker Tournament
115 started, but by midnight, only one remained. On Tuesday night, Jonathan Sar, 1L, was crowned the winner of the annual Charity Poker Tournament, which benefits Summer Public Interest Funding. Sar was playing in his first-ever tournament, and was going on little more than some video poker experience and hurried tutorials from friends the day of the tournament.…
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An Empowering Weekend at Annual BLSA Conference
The Harvard Black Law Students Association's 23rd Annual Spring Conference began last Thursday, March 9, and ran through Sunday, March 12. The four day event included the first annual Youth Summit, numerous panels, as well as a number of distinguished speakers, all connected under this year's theme: "Forging A New Path To Empowerment: Reconnecting The Past, Present and Future of a Multi-Faceted Black Community.…
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Protest of "Torture Memo" Rocks Pound Hall
HLS students and others protested in Pound Hall last Thursday at a Federalist Society event, a talk given by Judge Jay S. Bybee of the Ninth Circuit. The protest was organized by HLS Advocates for Human Rights and the Alliance for Justice in the Middle East at Harvard in response to the infamous "torture memo" authored by Judge Bybee at the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.…
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Court WatchThe biggest and oddest developments from the judiciary
Texas court cites to "Billy Madison"
In a first, but hopefully not last, for the federal judiciary, Texas bankruptcy court judge Leif Clark quoted from the Adam Sandler opus "Billy Madison" while dismissing a motion for incomprehensibility. Writing that "deciphering motions like the one presented here wastes valuable chamber time," Clark cited the famous quote that includes "At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought.…
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Results: HLS Conference Responds to Gender Studies
In 2004, a group of Harvard Law School students announced the results from a gender study that compared the different ways in which men and women experience the law school. The widely-publicized findings, which indicated that men were more likely to volunteer in class, become a member of the Law Review, and receive better grades, were similar to those made at other top law schools, such as Yale and the University of Pennsylvania.…
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LSC Updates: Ethical Dilemmas and Mediating Adoption
Robert Boxie, John Hill, and Kevin LoVecchio (2Ls, Housing) are preparing for trial a case that came to them at the Attorney Of the Day table at Boston Housing Court four weeks ago.
On February 16, Boxie and Hill were approached by a tenant at the table who had been haled into court for nonpayment of rent.…
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It's Easy Being Green: The Green Living Program at Harvard Law
Recycling is the law in Cambridge. That should be all the incentive law students need to drop their cans, bottles, paper, and cardboard into the proper bins. For many it's probably not, and so Harvard University has created another: the Graduate Green Living Program, dedicated to spreading information and encouraging sustainable living in the dorms.…
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India Conference 2006: Meeting with Destiny
Last Sunday, the India Conference at the Harvard Business School brought together experts on India and individuals interested in the country. India's booming economy has enhanced its commercial attraction, and the publicity campaign at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos has achieved the aim of its slogan, "India Everywhere.…
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