2008 Woodie Awards
JFP Panel Promotes Gridlock in Middle East
It all began with a traffic accident. Twenty years ago this month, a fatal collision that killed four young Palestinians sparked widespread rioting in the West Bank and Gaza. Deadly confrontations with Israeli soldiers led to further protests. The intifada was born.…
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Justice for Palestine; Justice for All
Events hosted by Justice for Palestine (JFP) at HLS tend to provoke strong reactions. While such reactions may be unavoidable, we believe that JFP stands above all for open discussion. What we truly seek to provoke is critical thought and re-examination of easy assumptions and mainstream stories.…
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Defining the First World's Burden
This week, President Bush implored Congress to expand funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Despite findings from the nonpartisan National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy that indicate that abstinence-only programs are ineffective at curtailing rates of STI infection and unwanted pregnancy, Mr.…
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A Tale of Two Law Schools
In his Tale of Two Cities, Dickens famously wrote, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times". The phrase might accurately describe the recent experience of many 1Ls: despite the December chill, job fairs and other opportunities are abloom. Yet feelings of budding excitement are overshadowed by grave doubt, as the mysterious challenges of the first law school exams await.…
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Hong Kong Dispatch: Love and Hate in Hong Kong
Last week's cliffhanger raised a question: would I close the semester by attacking Hong Kong or by praising studying abroad? The answer, of course, is both. So, step one: I hate Hong Kong. I hate Hong Kong because it is the shallowest, most superficial and culturally immature metropolis in the world.…
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Student-Friendly Course Evaluation System Unveiled
A new course evaluation system developed and run by students will go online this week. Student participation will be vital to the success of this system, which has the potential to become an invaluable resource providing students with useful information not gathered by the current course evaluations.…
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The Season of Waddling
When I started law school two years ago, I imagined my third year winter something like this: Me, in a jaunty hat-scarf combo, confidently striding through the tunnels, a veteran of Boston winters and end-of-semester stress. I'd have a grudging love for the wind and snow, fantastic outlines finished or stolen, and best of all, a public interest fellowship in hand, and the knowledge that I was coasting to my future as a Leader of Tomorrow.…
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. . . And Now Something ImportantGreening the Hark
The war in Iraq, healthcare, abortion, law school, blah, blah, blah. Can we talk about something that's really important? How 'bout Z-fold paper towels. That's right, I said it. Somebody had to. Z-folds are the double-folded paper monstrosities that are still dispensed in many bathrooms.…
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