What is the Williston Competition? The Williston Competition is Harvard’s annual negotiating exercise for 1Ls. Teams of two, representing each side in a negotiation, work on a business problem. At the end of the competition, both teams submit a contract and each team also submits a private memo to its client.

Why should I participate?

Cash prizes and glory! Each year’s winners are immortalized on a plaque in Langdell Library.

When is it? This year’s competition will start with an introductory meeting at noon on Thursday, March 29th. Completed contracts and memos will be due at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 5th.

Who can participate? All 1Ls can participate. All you need is a partner. If you are unable to find a partner, you can still participate by registering as an individual and you will be assigned a partner. You do not need to have taken the Negotiation Workshop!

How do I sign up? Simply register (sign up once per team) at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGthSzUxazZlUW1MeF9mZXVqZGc4aEE6MQ . The deadline to register is Friday, March 23.

Questions? Email HLSWilliston2012@gmail.com

Doing something cool this summer? Want to turn it into a documentary?

The Harvard Law Documentary Studio is now accepting project proposals for our 2012 Summer Projects. We’d like to support these Summer Projects by providing the student filmmaker with equipment (Panasonic DVX 100 camera, shotgun mic, tripod, boom pole and/or wireless lav mic), basic technical training prior to the summer, and potentially some financial support. After the summer, a film would continue to receive training and workshop support as one of our 2012-13 Annual Projects.

No experience is necessary, but filmmakers must be enrolled students on campus for the 2012-13 academic year. (*Keep in mind that if you’re working at a summer job, and your film proposal isn’t related to your work, you still might have some time before or after your job to take on a short film project.)

* Proposals are due by 5pm on Friday, March 30. Email us ( harvardlawdocs at gmail.com) with questions. Learn more about the Harvard Law Documentary Studio here: http://www.harvardlawdocs.org/

Application form and more information:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dEhTdWVGU2VQUkZjd000NzVSaVAyMEE6MQ#gid=0

 Do your spring break travel plans involve taking a cab to or from Logan Airport?

Share a cab and save money – and help reduce carbon emissions!
 
Use this spreadsheet to coordinate cab sharing with other students leaving and returning at the same time: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmApGCShlLEidExjaFlZdUxEbzJaZTdfc21IMy0tS2c#gid=5

 
Brought to you by the Green Living Program, Student Government and the Dean of Students Office. Questions? Email Katy Yang at  kyang at jd12.law.harvard.edu.

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL TRANSACTIONAL LAW CLINICS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Overview.  The Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School is now accepting applications for summer interns.  Summer interns will have direct client contact and engage in actual legal practice in one or more of the TLC practice areas, under the supervision and mentoring of clinical faculty.  TLC works on interesting and complex transactional law matters ranging from for profit and non-profit entity formation, and corporate governance; contract preparation, review, and negotiation; business acquisitions and sales; commercial leasing, real estate transactions, permitting and licensing; entertainment industry contracts; and many other kinds of issues and cases in transactional law areas.   TLC clients consist of persons, companies and organizations from a wide range of backgrounds, commercial activities, or social missions.  Interns will have a diversity of case and client experiences.  No prior experience in TLC legal practice areas is required, as training will be provided
 ; however, students with prior course work, experience, or demonstrated interest in business, non-profit, real estate, entertainment, intellectual property, or contract law are especially encouraged to apply.  For more information about TLC, please visit
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/tlc/index.html

Internship Period and Location. Students interested in working at TLC must firmly commit to work a minimum of 30 hours per week from May 29-July 31.  Interns will generally work on site at the TLC campus location in the Clinical Wing of the Harvard Law School WCC Building. 

Funding.  This is an unpaid position, so the student must obtain his/her own Summer Funding. 

Application and Questions:

To apply, please email your submission to Prof. Brian Price,  bprice at law.harvard.edu.  Your submission must include:

•       a cover letter describing your skills and interests;
•       a current version of your resume;
•       a legal writing sample (maximum 5 pages); and
•       contact information for at least two references (professional or academic)

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, but recommend that interested applicants apply soon.  The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. ET Monday April 30, 2012.  Applicants who are invited to participate in the TLC internship program must make a firm commitment to the program for the entire duration of the internship period and for the minimum number of weekly hours.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Price at the email address above.

With the assistance of Rose Moss, and under the auspices of the Law and the Arts Initiative, Professor Janet Halley invites students to join a Creative Writers’ Group in the Spring of 2012.

We welcome applications from HLS students with prose fiction, memoir and biography projects, who wish to join a weekly group in the Spring Semester, to discuss their works in progress.

The group is for J.D. and graduate students in the Law School.  Meetings will take place on Thursdays, 3-4:30pm from the week after Spring Break through to the end of Spring Semester (3/22 through 4/19).  Regular attendance will be important. Members of the group will submit work regularly for discussion.  Rose Moss will assign some passages or short stories for participants to read.  No direct academic credit is provided for membership in the group, but Professor Janet Halley will offer to provide a 1-credit independent-study supervision to students in the group.

To apply, email a 1-page statement of interest by March 9 to Rose Moss at rosermoss@gmail.com. Veteran members of the Group need to do nothing more; newcomers should include a 5-page writing sample.

We will admit students on a rolling basis, and we will let you know by March 16.

The first meeting will take place Thursday, March 22 at 3-4:30pm, location TBA (you will learn this detail in your admission email).

Greetings!

We’d like to invite you to nominate an HLS student and/or alumnus/a for the Gary Bellow Public Service Award. It’s easy to do!

The Gary Bellow Public Service Award was created in 2001 in honor of Professor Gary Bellow. Professor Bellow was the founder and former faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Clinical Programs. Two awards are given annually by the student body of Harvard Law School to one HLS student and one HLS alumnus/a whose commitment to social justice and excellence in public interest work embody the spirit of Gary Bellow’s work and make us proud to be a part of the HLS community. The awards process is completely student-run.

Please nominate individuals whose work in social justice and public interest inspires you. Any HLS student, affiliate, or alumnus may make nominations, and you may nominate yourself, a fellow student, or an alumnus. Email completed nominations to gary.bellow.award@gmail.com.

Nominations are due Wednesday, February 29, 2012, by 9 p.m. The format for the nomination email is below.

If you have any questions, please email gary.bellow.award@gmail.com.

Thank you!

Jessica Levin and Stephanie Davidson

Gary Bellow Public Service Award Co-Chairs

If you currently live in Harvard University Housing, you will receive an email in early March regarding the termination/extension of your lease. Please read it carefully, as it contains important information regarding your lease, and your online response is necessary.

If you would like to live in Harvard University Housing and want to choose from the largest inventory, please submit an application on our web site, www.huhousing.harvard.edu, between March 1 and May 1. Availability is more limited at other times, although applications are accepted year-round.

Apartments with lease start dates of June 4 and earlier will be posted on our Currently Available list from early April on. Apartments with later lease start dates will be rented during the on-line View/Select window period starting in early May.

Here are just a few of the many reasons to consider making your home with Harvard University Housing:

• We offer a wide variety of properties located near the graduate schools.
• Heat, hot water, and electricity are included in the rent.
• No security deposit, application fee, or finder’s fee required.
• You can share your Harvard University Housing apartment with another Harvard affiliate to reduce housing costs. Visit http://huhousing.offcampuslisting.com/roommate/ to view and post free listings.

Visit www.huhousing.harvard.edu to learn more.

Questions? Send an email to huhousing@harvard.edu.

WCC 3007, 12:00pm, Brown Bag

Join Chad Carr, Lecturer on Law and Clinical Instructor in the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP), for the second in this new lunchtime discussion series about the intersection of current events and negotiation practices, facilitated by the faculty of HNMCP.

2012-2013 HLS ON CAMPUS HOUSING APPLICATION NOW AVAILABLE!

The 2012-2013 HLS On Campus Housing Application is now available to all current 1Ls, 2Ls, and SJDs. Returning students must fill out this application by 5:00 pm on March 18, 2012, to be included in the HLS housing lottery. Students who fill out the form after the March 18^th deadline will automatically be placed on the waitlist. The housing application is available here:

https://www.law.harvard.edu/apps/housing/forms/secure/housingapp/

Cancellation Policy
Completion of this application is not a binding contract. Students can participate in the lottery and room selection process without being subject to any cancellation fees should they decide to decline their on campus housing. For further details about our cancellations policies, please review this website:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/student-services/housing/on-campus/lottery-/-room-selection-faq.html#4

HLS Apartments
This housing application is for both the HLS dorms (Gropius, Hastings, and North) as well as the HLS Apartments (3 Mellen St, Baker Hall, 1637 Mass Ave). There are separate lottery numbers and room selection periods for the HLS dorms and the HLS apartments. To participate in either or both of these lotteries, returning students only need to fill out the housing application once. Here are the dates for both lottery processes for returning students:

For further information about the HLS Apartment lottery process:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/student-services/housing/on-campus/lottery-/-room-selection-faq.html#2b

Harvard University Housing

Please note that Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) has officially changed its name to Harvard University Housing (HUH). The HUH application period is March 1^st through May 1^st. Students are welcome to apply for both the HLS lottery and the HUH lottery. For more information or to apply for HUH housing:

http://www.huhousing.harvard.edu/ProspectiveResidents/Application.aspx

HLS Lottery and Room Selection FAQ
For more information about the HLS Lottery and Room Selection Process, please see the following FAQ:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/student-services/housing/on-campus/lottery-/-room-selection-faq.html

Contact Hayley Brown at hbrown@law.harvard.edu in the Dean of Students office with any

February 28, 12-1:00pm
Wasserstein 3007

Join Chad Carr, Clinical Instructor in the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP), for the second in this new brown bag lunchtime series of conversations about current events & negotiation practices facilitated by the faculty of HNMCP.

Upcoming brown bags in the series:
March 23: Rory Van Loo
April 10: Jeremy McClane

Doing something cool this summer? Want to turn it into a documentary?

The Harvard Law Documentary Studio is now accepting project proposals for our 2012 Summer Projects. We’d like to support these Summer Projects by providing the student filmmaker with equipment (Panasonic DVX 100 camera, shotgun mic, tripod, boom pole and/or wireless lav mic), basic technical training prior to the summer, and potentially some financial support. After the summer, a film would continue to receive training and workshop support as one of our 2012-13 Annual Projects.

No experience is necessary, but filmmakers must be enrolled students on campus for the 2012-13 academic year. (*Keep in mind that if you’re working at a summer job, and your film proposal isn’t related to your work, you still might have some time before or after your job to take on a short film project.)

* Proposals are due by 5pm on Friday, March 30. Email us ( harvardlawdocs at gmail.com) with questions. Learn more about the Harvard Law Documentary Studio here: http://www.harvardlawdocs.org/
Application form and more information: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dEhTdWVGU2VQUkZjd000NzVSaVAyMEE6MQ#gid=0

Harvard Environmental Law Review and the Harvard Environmental Law Society present Elizabeth Kolbert, on Journalism, Advocacy and the Environment.  Come hear the author of the 2006 best-seller Field Notes from a Catastrophe and staff writer at the New Yorker speak about her experience as a climate change journalist, where she sees the politics and policy of environmentalism heading in the run-up to the 2012 elections, and the risks of unconventional fuel development in the U.S. and abroad.  Tuesday, February 28th, Austin West, 12-1, Felipe’s Burritos.

Join us for a conversation about the way different legal cultures structure criminal procedures and how these differences challenge formalist approaches to comparative law. Lunch will be served. Location: WCC 3008

 Join us for a conversation about the way different legal cultures structure criminal procedures and how these differences challenge formalist approaches to comparative law. Lunch will be served.

Prof. Hay seeks research assistance for a project on right-wing fundamentalism on the Supreme Court and its parallels with religious fundamentalism.  Interested students should email  hay at law.harvard.edu.

Building the Digital Public Library of America

We now have the technology to create the greatest library the world has ever known, and to bring it within clicking distance of virtually every person on earth — at least everyone on the Internet.

On Friday, March 2, Harvard Library Strategic Conversations will sponsor a program entitled “Building the Digital Public Library of America.”

Featured speakers, Prof. Robert Darnton and Prof. John G. Palfrey, will discuss the Digital Public Library of America project from its beginnings up to the current date.

The program will be held at 3:00 pm in the Ames Courtroom of Austin Hall, on the campus of Harvard Law School.

Send questions to Lisa at  Ljunghahn at law.harvard.edu