Word: hls
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...There's a distinctiveness to Oxford—a sort of best of Hogwarts, without the brooms—that I'll miss a lot, and perhaps there are elements that could be emulated here," said Zittrain, who started splitting time between Harvard and Oxford in 2005. "HLS is one of the most vibrant academic environments in the world. It's a place that is eager to forge connections with other universities, other disciplines, and with the world beyond academia...
...years, black students at HLS had celebrated small victories: in 1971, the first black law professor, Derrick A. Bell, Jr., earned a tenured position on the faculty, and a second black professor won tenure later that decade...
With over 200 people filling the Emerson Hall lecture hall before him, a debate-mongering Harvard Law School (HLS) professor set to speak after him, and members of a pro-Israel student group leafletting his event outside, the renowned MIT linguist and noted anti-Zionist Noam Chomsky delivered a remarkably soft 45-minute chronology of Israeli-Palestinian history yesterday. Chomsky walked audience members through a careful timeline of Israeli actions against the Palestinians, issuing academic criticisms of the United States and various scholars for their attitudes on the subject. About half of the event’s attendees had filtered...
Island Def Jam executive Steve Gawley gave an insider’s account of the changing strategy of record companies to a packed lecture hall at Harvard Law School (HLS) Friday. Gawley, an HLS graduate, focused his talk on the highly publicized all-in-one contracts of big-name stars such as Madonna and Jay-Z. He said that despite the threat of music piracy to CD sales, the music industry continues to thrive with profitable tours and merchandising. “Music has never been more popular,” said Gawley, adding that he is not convinced...
...administration has swooped in and banned Internet use in most classrooms by disabling their wireless networks. While the Harvard Law School has considered such a move in the past, professors ultimately rejected the proposed change, finding it overly paternalistic. We hope it stays that way—both at HLS and other Harvard schools. Internet use in classrooms is undeniably distracting; It’s hard to imagine that students who are perusing sports scores or busily Gchatting with friends instead of paying attention to the professor are fully comprehending lecture. At times, this effect can even spread outward...