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Recognizing a courageous display of commitment to law and democracy amidst the ongoing turmoil in Pakistan, the Harvard Law School (HLS) Association announced on Tuesday that it would award Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry the Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom. Chaudhry is currently being held under house arrest in Pakistan, so for the time being, he will not be able to travel to Cambridge to receive the award, HLS’s highest honor. The Chief Justice was detained after he convened the Pakistani Supreme Court to declare the national state of emergency imposed by President Pervez Musharraf null...
Chaudhry was not able to personally accept the HLS Medal of Freedom: He has been under house arrest since Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and suspended the country’s constitution earlier this month. Lawyers and opposition leaders have rallied in the streets...
Assistant Clinical Professor at HLS Alex Whiting echoed Weinreb’s uncertainty as to the effect the new evidence will have on the ultimate outcome of the case, but said that it certainly supports the defense’s claim that Colono was the first aggressor...
...best poker players in the world gathered before a full house at Harvard Law School (HLS) last night and called for the card game to be legalized both online and across the country...
Andrew Woods, a third-year student at HLS who recently founded the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), said that poker teaches life skills, including risk assessment...