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...women's season began last summer, when Harvard alumnus Tommy Lee Jones invited the team to his ranch in San Salvo, Texas. Jones, who is well known in polo circles (which, of course, you know if you read Polo Digest) treated the Crimson to a week of lessons from top players...
...evident from some of these readers' comments that being the son or daughter of an alumnus of Harvard-Radcliffe was the critical or decisive factor in admitting the applicant. It is clear that the `lineage tip' can work to the advantage of an applicant by offsetting weaker credentials in virtually any of the rating categories. There is also some evidence to suggest that certain alumni parents' status may be weighed more heavily than others. For instance, the distinction made between alumni and "S&S" alumni suggests that legacies whose parent(s) participates on the Schools and Scholarship Committee are likely...
Clark, who last year established himself as a highly succesful fund raiser, seemed hopeful about the Law School's six-year fund drive. He said that following the meeting, with the group of about 40 students, he planned to catch a plane to talk to an alumnus about the "possibility of a major gift...
...much influence do the clerks really wield? According to one recent alumnus, "a clerk has influence but never makes a decision." The power comes, he explains, "from being able to track down information and think of new ways to argue a case." Says AFL-CIO lawyer Walter Kamiat, once a clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall: "In most chambers, the Justices are looking for all the perspectives in a case. I did not feel it was my function to insert my views in opinions, but it was my responsibility to raise any issues I saw." Justice Department lawyer James Feldman...
Symbiosis is the key to the success of the clerkship program. For the Justices, appointed for life, the presence of bright young minds brings a regular infusion of new vitality. And for the clerks? "For one year," says Washington lawyer Ronald Lee, who clerked for another alumnus, Justice John Paul Stevens, "it is the greatest job in the world...