2008 Woodie Awards
Grading change may affect 2LsTown Hall meeting reveals concerns about adoption of new system
The recent announcement that the incoming Class of 2012 would be graded according to a Pass/Fail system sent shockwaves through Harvard Law School last week as current students debated whether the same system should apply to their own classes.…
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Justice Scalia defends originalism
Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the inaugural Herbert Vaughn Lecture on Thursday, defending his jurisprudence of originalism. The 60-minute speech was part explanation and part defense of his commitment to originalism as a tool for interpretation of the Constitution.…
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Kevorkian reconsiders 9th amendment
Doctor Jack Kevorkian, one of the foremost proponents of physician-assisted suicide, spoke to students in Ames Courtroom on Monday night. Kevorkian, nicknamed "Doctor Death" for his high-profile stance on the right of consenting adults to choose the time and manner of their deaths, discussed the importance of the Ninth Amendment and the risks of government tyranny.…
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Election law experts foresee problems at the polls
As the presidential candidates clamored for votes in swing states across the country, HLS students joined with faculty last Thursday to explore the problems we're likely to see at the polls this Election Day. Assistant Professor Jim Greiner and Visiting Professor Dan Tokaji spoke at the event, which was sponsored by the American Constitution Society.…
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Candidates' advisors clash on health care
Senior advisors to Senators John McCain and Barack Obama clashed on their two candidates' visions for health care in the United States last Thursday. Obama's plan was presented by David Cutler, a professor at Harvard's Economics Department and the Kennedy School of Government.…
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One month to go, Obama's profs rally for victory
With the election less than a month away, friends and former professors of Barack Obama '91 gathered last Friday for a rally to support his run for the presidency. Among the speakers were Professors Randall Kennedy, Martha Minow, and David Wilkins '80. Professor Kenneth Mack '91, who was in the same 1L section as Obama, also spoke.…
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Jacqueline Bhabha declares support for Bill Ayers
Harvard Law School lecturer Jacqueline Bhabha has signed a petition in support of Bill Ayers, the former Weather Underground terrorist who was an early supporter of Senator Barack Obama '91 in the 1990s. Obama's relationship with Ayers has been criticized by Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin.…
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All hands on deck as global economic crisis intensifies
The White House, Capitol Hill, and the Federal Reserve have mobilized their full arsenal of intervention strategies to resolve the barriers impeding the free flow of credit in the global financial markets.…
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