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...last time Harvard Law School (HLS) had a comprehensive curricular review was in 1870—the Franco-Prussian war was just getting underway. Then, Dean Christopher C. Langdell instituted the first-year curriculum, consisting of contracts, torts, civil procedure, criminal, and property law, that has stood as the hallmark of first year American legal education to this day. Although Harvard can all too easily rest on its laurels, it is refreshing to see such decisive action emanating from the legal scholars here in Cambridge. We commend HLS Dean Elena Kagan and the HLS faculty for ensuring that our University...
...ELLIOT M. DAVIS HLS...
Members of Harvard Law School (HLS) Advocates for Human Rights held a mock funeral outside of Harkness Commons yesterday afternoon to protest what they saw as the unconstitutionality of a bill authorizing military tribunals to try Guantanamo detainees, passed by the House and Senate last week. Some donned placards with names of congressmen who supported the bill and the words “Vote for Torture 2006.” Some wore black bags over their heads. Micheal Jones, a staff member of the HLS Human Rights Program, read a eulogy that began “today we mourn...
...Politicians in the U.S. and U.K. reacted to the alleged London plot with a mixture of hysteria and grandstanding. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff ’75, HLS ’78 practically broke down in tears: “Very seldom do things get to me. This one has really gotten to me.” And, as a “close the barn door” policy, the government immediately imposed draconian restrictions on U.S.-U.K. flights, which they have only gradually loosened...
...coalition of Harvard Law School (HLS) professors and students sent an open letter and petition to Congress this Tuesday, urging Washington to reject the detainee bill. But despite their efforts, the bill passed in Senate yesterday to a 65-34 vote, after more than 10 hours of debate. According to the letter, the bill “would rob individuals detained by the United States of the hallmark of American freedom, the right of anyone detained by the government to demand to know why and to challenge the conditions of confinement before a federal court.” The effort...