Archive for February, 2008
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Meet the Press: A Case in Point
Watching Tim Russert’s interview with Senator Hillary Clinton on Meet the Press several weeks ago prepared me well for a recent class in Austin West. Visiting winter term professor Judge Brett Kavanaugh solicited opinions for the Senator’s response to Russert’s question on whether she would follow the Justice Department’s guidelines for executive pardons. Such guidelines [...]
February 28, 2008
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If Computers Took Over the World…
If computers took over the world, what would happen to Medicaid? I recently sat in on a presentation given by visiting professor Danielle Citron who argued that the computer systems used by governmental agencies that are increasingly automating their due process decisions. This mechanism is ill-suited to protect individuals from arbitrary agency action. “I am [...]
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The Changing Face of Cyberlaw
Over Winter Term, 2Ls and 3Ls have the option to take one of a variety of interesting classes such as Cyberlaw: Points of Control, taught by intellectual property whiz Jonathan Zittrain. I had the chance a few weeks ago to sit in on Professor Zittrain’s class for an afternoon of student discourse on the defense [...]
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The Unknown Black Book
Upon taking the podium at a recent event sponsored by the Human Rights Program, Soviet Jewish historian Joshua Rubenstein took particular care in framing his discussion. “This is grim material, folks… it doesn’t get more serious and bewildering than looking at mass atrocities.” Rubenstein was referring to the release of his latest book entitled The [...]
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Sunstein to Join HLS Faculty
In case you missed it on the home page, Cass Sunstein ’78 is coming to HLS. Read the article here. Rumor has it that he may be offering a 1L reading group in the fall (but I could be wrong).
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Public Interest Fellowships
I thought this article in the Record from last week did a good job of talking about a number of fellowships our students have won as well as how the fellowship application process works here. Visit this link.
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Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Events
I just got an e-mail from the Institute listing several events, including one with Rev. Jesse Jackson. Looks like a fun next couple of weeks for our students: http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/Home.aspx
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1L Summer in Hindsight with APALSA
Student organizations have been quite active during recruiting season by hosting a series of career panels involving both students and alumni. The final event before break was a public interest panel organized by APALSA with 2Ls Ming Zhu, Ting Chen, and Nick Lin. While all three panelists attested to loving their internships, the nature and [...]
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Practicing Law in China
Recently, a lunch panel of attorneys experienced in working in Asia discussed the nature of corporate Chinese law practices and the professional climate that associates can expect to encounter. “Before all else,” began Shengqiang Liao, a China Associate in the Shanghai office of a large U.S. based international law firm, “Foreign firms just represent foreign [...]
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Passing through College
I was just reading a file and wanted to pass along some thoughts. As I read undergraduate transcripts, I don’t much like to see a significant number of “Ps”. One or two is no big deal, but when I see a bunch of them I wonder, “What is she worried about?” or “What is he [...]
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The Evolving Marriage of Criminal and Family Law
Assistant Professor of Law, Jeannie Suk, recently sat down with me to discuss her principal areas of research in interrelated topics of family law, criminal law, and criminal procedure. In her Yale Law Journal article, Criminal Law Comes Home, Suk outlined the changing model for defining domestic violence through the lens of criminal law. As [...]
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Limelight on the Harvard Law and Policy Review
The official journal of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Harvard Law & Policy Review (HLPR) encourages lively debate on pertinent policy questions between progressive legal scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. Staffer Julia Foresman recently caught up with President Derek Lindblom, 3L, to discuss the HLPR’s focus on finding pragmatic solutions to today’s [...]
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The Law of Climate Change
As a former senior member of the White House staff, serving President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force and Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiatives, Roger Ballentine brings a lot of relevant experience to the table. I had the chance to visit his course a few weeks [...]
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Violence and the Elections in Kenya
Winter term is normally a quiet time here in the Admissions office. With 1L exams underway, and with 2Ls and 3Ls engrossed in various projects or courses, campus activities by and large come to a halt. However, in light of the chaos surrounding Kenya’s December 27th Presidential Election, the Human Rights Program invited Visiting Fellow [...]
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The Art of Preserving Culture
In the third and final entry documenting her winter term project in Guatemala, 3L Therese Rohrbeck delved further into her research of the looting of colonial art from Guatemala’s churches and museums. In addition to interviewing a curator at the Colonial Art Museum in Antigua, Therese also visited the Ministry of Culture in Guatemala City [...]