Archive for Lifestyles of the Broke and Infamous
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Lunch Dates with Professors
I always find my professors a little intimidating the first couple of weeks of class before I get to know them a little better. I’m especially afraid of them when they use the Socratic method…but this semester I got a head start. My secured transactions professor offered to take us out to lunch in small [...]
February 10, 2010
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Harvard Law School Launches New Public Service Venture Fund
CAMBRIDGE, MA (Tuesday, February 9, 2010) – Harvard Law School today announced the creation of the Public Service Venture Fund, which will start by awarding $1 million in grants every year to help graduating students pursue careers in public service. The first program of its kind at a law school, the fund will offer “seed [...]
February 9, 2010
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Wine Law, Animal Law
My friend and I were both working on our laptops a few days ago and he looked up and asked “Is there any reason I should take wine law?” to which I responded “The more important question is: Is there any reason you should NOT take wine law??” He’s now in the class. I know [...]
February 8, 2010
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The Lowdown on Laptops
Last week was the first week of a new semester here at Harvard. It’s a hectic time, with everyone dashing to the COOP for those final few textbooks, sorting out which friends are in their classes or have their same breaks for meals, taking stock of new professors, and clearing up any last uncertainties in [...]
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Genealogy and the Law
One of the great things about being at HLS is that so many of the students and faculty here have great connections. That means that we get all kinds of speakers giving presentations. Today I went to a brown bag lunch sponsored by Harvard Law School Latter-Day Saints Student Association. Suzannah Beasley is a professional [...]
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Dinner Party and Jersey Shore
To celebrate the end of winter term and the 1L class we’ve been teaching, Professor Wilkins invited the teaching team — his assistant, me and the other TA, and the firm partner/practitioner — plus significant others to his beautiful Victorian house for a dinner party. Oh man, if there’s any way to go through law [...]
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Scavenger Hunt
I like scavenger hunts—they’re the old school version of the Amazing Race. Several years ago I actually applied to be on the Amazing Race, but alas, they have yet to call. In the meantime, I will have to make do with good old fashioned scavenger hunts. I mentioned in a previous blog that I am [...]
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Dress Code?
The first time this concept occurred to me, I was packing my bags for law school and my mother was staring at my clothes as I packed them. I asked her what was wrong and all she did was ask me whether that was all the clothes I was going to take with me. I [...]