2008 Woodie Awards
Prominent Web Link to HLS Sexual Harassment Guidelines Added Following Record Investigation
News Analysis Recently, a student approached the Record with what he believed were Harvard Law's current sexual harassment guidelines, but which actually were an outdated copy. Although the current guidelines are available online in the Handbook of Academic Policies, there was an active link to the outdated guidelines on HLS' Human Resources webpage.…
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Former Gawker Editor Explains Life as a Gossip Blogger
Bitter, sardonic wit is no stranger to law school. It comes as no surprise, then, that the caustic media gossip blog Gawker.com is one of the more popular websites spangling the screens of distracted HLS students' laptops. Hence the HL Forum's decision to interview former Gawker editor Jessica Coen, currently of New York magazine, on Tuesday night.…
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Jan Crawford Greenburg Goes Behind the Scenes at the Supreme Court
On Thursday, November 1st, the Harvard Law School Federalist Society hosted Jan Crawford Greenburg of ABC News before a standing room crowd of over 120, eager to see a law school graduate turned Supreme Court reporter speak. Greenburg framed her remarks in terms of the transition from the Rehnquist Supreme Court to the Roberts court, providing the type of current events information that law school Supreme Court junkies crave.…
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Professor David Kennedy Discusses Human Rights, Power, and Virtue
The Harvard Law School Human Rights Program presented the second event in its 2007-2008 lecture series, "Critical Perspectives in Human Rights," on Monday, November 5th. The featured speaker, Manley Hudson Professor of Law and Director of the European Law Research Center, David Kennedy '80 opened with an introduction of his own scholarly work, focusing on two of his more recent books, The Dark Sides of Virtue: Reassessing International Humanitarianism and Of War and Law.…
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Oyez, Oyez: The Record Briefs You on Critical Events
Mukasey Approved as Attorney General By Senate Judiciary Committee White House nominee and former federal judge Michael Mukasey was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, 11-8. Democratic senators Dianne Feinstein and Charles Schumer '74 joined the nine Republicans on the committee in approving Mukasey's nomination as Attorney General, all but assuring him final confirmation by the full Senate in coming weeks.…
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It's Freezing: What Do I Wear?
No, really, how am I supposed to look cute in February without getting frostbite if I live in Cambridge? That was the most pressing question on the minds of the students who attended the panel on "What to Wear in Winter Climates," jointly hosted by the Dean of Students Office and Student Financial Services.…
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