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...current budget we have wouldn’t allow that.” Undergraduates aren’t the only Harvard students headed to the game: about 100 people will be on buses organized by HLCentral, an organization for Harvard Law School (HLS) students, and the law school social organization Lincoln’s Inn. Tickets for those buses, now sold out, cost $10 and included round-trip transportation on Saturday, hamburgers, hot dogs, and “lots of beer,” according to Clark C. Severson, director for excursions for HLCentral. An email advertising the shuttle promised...
Three distinguished lawyers debated the legality of counter-terrorism measures yesterday as part of the Dean’s Forum series at the Harvard Law School (HLS) moderated by HLS Dean Elena Kagan. During the discussion, entitled “Executive Power in an Age of Terrorism,” HLS alum Bradford A. Berenson argued in favor of controversial methods of combating terrorism. The former associate counsel to President George W. Bush said that measures such as indefinite detainment of suspected terrorists, military commissions, and even the use of torture were appropriate in extreme cases. “[September...
Israeli Supreme Court Justice Ayala Procaccia portrayed her court as a moderating force in Israeli politics—to vehement criticism from some audience members—in a speech at Harvard Law School (HLS) yesterday...
...speeches were co-sponsored by three HLS initiatives, the Program on Negotiation, Human Rights Program, and the International Legal Studies program...
...debate is one of the defining aspects of any academic institution. Besides promoting the right to free speech, an uninhibited debate also ensures that all ideas, however incendiary, can be voiced and judged in a true marketplace of ideas. Justice for Palestine, a student group at Harvard Law School (HLS), invited controversial DePaul University Professor Norman G. Finkelstein to speak at HLS last Thursday. Finkelstein, who in his latest book Beyond Chutzpah accused Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz of plagiarism in A Case for Israel, was clearly invited with the intention to spark debate. Although contentious, we disagree...