Archive for Veritas…and More
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The Clerking Process
As an avowed public interest type, I have had no real occasion to work with the Office of Career Services (OCS) until recently. But since deciding that I might be interested in judicial clerkships after graduation, I’ve realized they really do have something for everyone. First, I attended a general orientation they held in February [...]
April 2, 2010
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Private Sector/OCS Week: Mike Patrone
Before telling you why I chose HLS, I’d like to share a brief story about a childhood mentor and role model. Harvey Schein graduated from Harvard Law School and went to work for a large, prestigious law firm. Craving new excitement, and armed with his HLS degree, Harvey transitioned into business and joined CBS. He [...]
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Private Sector/OCS Week: Peer Advisors
Guest blogger Steven Hurvitz is currently a 3L at HLS. One of the neatest experiences I have had at Harvard is working as a student Peer Advisor in the Office of Career Services (affectionately known to all as “OCS”). Every year, OCS hires a few 3L students to help out around the office. We are [...]
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Focus of the Week: Private Sector & Office of Career Services
This week, the Admissions Blog will be focusing on the HLS Office of Career Services (OCS) and opportunities in the private sector. Harvard Law School provides access to an amazing array of opportunities for students in the private sector, supported by a tremendous network of connections via OCS. You can learn more about OCS here. [...]
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International Legal Studies Week: Q&A with Professor Bill Alford
The following questions are composites of some of the most frequently asked questions we have received throughout the admissions process. Professor Bill Alford, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, the Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, the Director of East Asian Legal Studies, and Chair of the Project on Disability at [...]
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International Legal Studies Week: Aminu Gamawa LLM ’10
Aminu Gamawa is currently an LL.M. student at HLS. Life Before HLS Before coming to Harvard, I was actively involved in public interest lawyering and development work in Nigeria. My major areas of interest are human rights, access to justice, and dispute resolution. Because of my passion for social change and access to justice, I [...]
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International Legal Studies Week: The Harvard Law & International Development Society
Guest blogger Anne Healey is currently a 2L and Vice-President of Collaborations of the Harvard Law & International Development Society. You can also read about Anne’s personal experience here. Access to justice for Burmese refugees in Thailand. Criminal justice reform in post-conflict Liberia. Private sector development in Tanzania. These are just some of the real-world [...]
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Welcome to International Legal Studies Week!
This week, the Admissions Blog will be focusing on the HLS International Legal Studies program. Harvard Law School has an expansive international and comparative law curriculum, as well as an unparalleled variety and breadth of opportunities for international clinical and work experience. You can find out more about the International Legal Studies program here http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotligh…. To [...]
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Decision Time! How Allison Decided…
One of my favorite things about being a law student is getting the opportunity to live as a resident tutor in one of the Harvard undergrad dorms, advising and mentoring students in Winthrop House along with a team of other graduate students from around the university. Inevitably, the crop of seniors headed to law school [...]
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Decision Time! How Emily Decided…
It’s that time of the year where talented and accomplished law school applicants must decide: where should I go to law school? With multiple acceptances and shiny admissions packets in hand, these folks can have trouble deciding which school would fit them best. I was in the same position three years ago. I remember how [...]
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The Best Time, at the Perfect Place and with a Hot New Book
One thing I’ve noticed at HLS is that many of the books we read are authored by our own faculty, which can be surreal at times but is very useful when finishing a good book and wanting to talk to the author. Just this past week, I had the opportunity to speak with one of [...]
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Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium
Through the course of a normal week in your life, with whom do you negotiate most often? You may negotiate with your roommate or significant other for the remote control, your friends and family over the time and attention you’ll be devoting to each of them, and even negotiate with your cat over the available [...]
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Jody Freeman Returns to HLS as Director of the Environmental Law Program
Professor Jody Freeman will return to the Harvard Law School faculty in March 2010, after serving in the White House as Counselor for Energy and Climate Change since January, 2009. You can read more about Professor Freeman and what she has been up to at the White House here and also here.
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Lunching with Professors
It is pretty common practice for my professors to invite their students to lunch. In fact earlier this week I was thinking about it and I realized that of the eight professors I have had across both semesters, I have had lunch with six of them. Faculty lunches are a good opportunity to unwind with [...]
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No One Leaves
Since October, a group of my 1L classmates along with 2L and 3Ls have been knocking on doors to talk to people facing foreclosure around Boston about how to stay in their homes. In Massachusetts last year, 27,928 foreclosure proceedings were initiated according to the Boston Globe. With an estimated one in seven home loans [...]
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Spotlight on Tax Practice
This week I spent one of my lunch breaks attending a lunch-and-learn event sponsored by the Office of Career Services. One of my friends was interested in going because she has really enjoyed her more “code-oriented” classes. Tax is definitely a field that relies heavily on code. By the time we got to the lunch, [...]
February 16, 2010
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Don’t Come to Cambridge in January for the Snow, Come for the Heat: A Closer Look at the Mergers & Acquisitions Workshop
I can’t think of a better time than January to learn how heated a boardroom can get, and that’s precisely what a lucky group of us did this winter term. The M&A workshop, in just its second year at HLS, is already a favorite course among JD, LLM and MBA students and offers a practical, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Corporate Raiders, Lá Résistance and a Semester with One of Delaware’s Finest
With so many HLS alumni serving as leaders and government officials in Washington D.C., I guess it was easy for me to think HLS only graduates public servants and civic leaders. In fact, I was pleasantly shocked — my third week of school — when I first learned that Harvard Law School’s corporate law program [...]
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1Ls Solve Problems
One aspect of Harvard’s new curriculum for 1Ls is that students come back to school early in January for a month long term (J-term). All students take one class, five days a week, for three weeks. I guess the restructuring allows the school to squeeze in an extra class, while students don’t feel the normal [...]
January 22, 2010
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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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International Criminal Court Prosecutor Ocampo Teaches J-Term Course at HLS
Luis Moreno Ocampo, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was recently at HLS for two weeks teaching a course with Dean Martha Minow and Prof. Alex Whiting. The class was focused on the policies and strategies of the ICC Prosecutor’s office with respect to investigations, complementarity, case selection, victim participation, disclosure and protection [...]
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Faculty Profile: Visiting Professor Richard Lazarus
This winter term, the visiting professor who taught my 1L Torts class is back at Harvard to teach an Environmental Law course. I took the opportunity to sit down with him and ask questions about visiting, practicing, and Harvard then and now:
LD: So first off, you’re a visiting professor here, and I was hoping you could tell our readers what that means.
RL: Harvard brings in a lot of visiting professors every year, some for a year, mostly for a semester, and some for the winter term. Sometimes they’ve got a regular law professor who is on leave somewhere, but I think most of the visitors come in because they’re teaching something that the law school thinks is particularly interesting, and they would like to add it to the curriculum. It provides real enrichment—they have a lot of additional classes that otherwise wouldn’t be offered.