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|name = Harvard Law School |
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|established = [[1817]] |
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|type = [[Private school|Private]] |
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|dean= [[Elena Kagan]] |
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|city = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] |
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|state = [[Massachusetts]] |
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|country = [[United States|USA]] |
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|students = 1,800<small><br />1680 JD<br />150 LLM<br />50 [[S.J.D.]]</small> |
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|staff= 284 |
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|website= [http://www.law.harvard.edu/ www.law.harvard.edu] |
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== August 2008 == |
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'''Harvard Law School''' (also known as '''Harvard Law''' or '''HLS''') is one of the most high quality, most professional [[graduate school]]s of [[Harvard University]]. Located in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], it is the [[United States]]' oldest law school in continuous operation. It is home to the largest academic law [[library]] in the world.<ref>http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/, http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla67/visit-e.htm</ref> |
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Harvard Law introduced what became the standard first-year [[curriculum]] for American law schools — including classes in [[contracts]], [[property]], [[torts]], [[criminal law]], and [[civil procedure]] — in the 1870s, under Dean [[Christopher Columbus Langdell]]. At Harvard, Langdell also developed the [[casebook method|case method]] of teaching law, which became the dominant model for U.S. law schools. |
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== Adventure Game Studio == |
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The current dean of Harvard Law School is [[Elena Kagan]], who succeeded [[Robert C. Clark]] in [[2003]].lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol .......................................................sdhfadfhaeufhaeufhudvhduhygyudddddddddddddddddddd |
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Why don't you leave it alone? --[[User:Amaccormack|Amaccormack]] ([[User talk:Amaccormack|talk]]) 08:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC) |
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The size of each cohort in the [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] program numbers approximately 550 students and the first-year (1L) class is broken into seven small sections of approximately 80 students, who take all first-year classes (with the exception of one distribution requirement and one elective) together. Harvard Law has 246 faculty members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/ |title=HLS Faculty Directory |accessdate=2007-07-05}}</ref> |
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== September 2008 == |
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Admission to Harvard Law is highly selective: For the class beginning in [[2007]]-[[2008]], 11.7% of 6984 applicants were admitted, and 67.9% of those admitted enrolled. The [[median]] half of the class that entered in [[2007]] had a GPA between 3.75 and 3.95 (out of 4.00) and an [[Law School Admission Test|LSAT]] score between 170 and 175 (out of 180).<ref>[https://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/apply/jdfaq.php#medianLSAT HLS: JD Admissions: Frequently Asked Questions About J.D. Admissions<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Harvard Law's admissions process includes the unusual feature of telephone interviews conducted amongst students likely to be accepted. |
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Harvard Law School has produced numerous leaders in American law and politics, including many more [[U.S. Supreme Court]] justices and [[U.S. Senator]]s than any other law school.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} In part because of its large size, it is consistently the best represented law school among the faculty at the U.S. law schools and among the attorneys at the top law firms in the U.S.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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==Campus== |
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[[Image:Langdell Library.jpg|thumb|right|Langdell Hall]] |
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[[Image:Austin Hall, Harvard University.JPG|thumb|right|Austin Hall]] |
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[[Image:hls langdell hall.jpeg|thumb|right|Langdell Hall, home of the Harvard Law School library]] |
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Harvard Law School's campus is located just north of [[Harvard Yard]], the historic center of Harvard University, and contains several architecturally significant buildings. |
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[[Austin Hall (Harvard University)|Austin Hall]], the law school's oldest dedicated structure, was completed in [[1884]] by architect [[H. H. Richardson]]. The law school's student center, Harkness Commons, was designed by [[Bauhaus]] founder [[Walter Gropius]], along with several law school dormitories. Together, they make up the [[Harvard Graduate Center]] complex. [[Langdell Hall]], the largest building on the law school campus, contains the Harvard Law Library, the most extensive academic law library in the world. |
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As of [[2006]], a new complex is scheduled to rise on the northwest corner of the law school campus, to be designed by traditionalist architect [[Robert A. M. Stern]].<ref name="autogenerated4">[http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/nwc/ The Northwest Corner at Harvard Law School<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The complex is set to marry the architectural themes present in Austin and Langdell Halls, as well as the Gropius buildings. |
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==History== |
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Harvard Law School was established in [[1817]], making it the oldest continuously-operating law school in the nation. (The [[Marshall-Wythe School of Law]] at [[The College of William & Mary]] opened in 1779, but was forced to close at the outset of the [[American Civil War]], and did not reopen until [[1920]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wm.edu/law/about/quickfacts.shtml |title=Quick Facts: W&M Law School |publisher=Marshall-Wythe School of Law |accessdate=2007-08-24}}</ref> The [[University of Maryland School of Law]] was chartered in 1816, but did not begin classes until 1824, and also closed during the Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.umaryland.edu/about/mission.html |title=The University of Maryland School of Law: Our History and Mission |publisher=The University of Maryland School of Law |accessdate=2008-06-21}}</ref>) |
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===The Royall estate=== |
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Its origins can be traced to the estate of Isaac Royall, who sold most of his [[Caribbean]] slaves and plantations to move to [[Medford, Massachusetts]]. His Medford estate, the [[Isaac Royall House]], is now a museum, and includes the only remaining slave quarters in the northeast United States. The estate was passed down to Royall's son, [[Isaac Royall, Jr.]], who fled Massachusetts as the [[American Revolution]] broke out. Just prior to his death in 1781, Royall, Jr. left land to Harvard, the sale of which was intended for the "endowing of a Professor of Laws at said college, or a Professor of Physics and Anatomy". Harvard took the opportunity to fund its first chair of law. The Royall chair remains today. It traditionally was held by the Dean of the law school, but the current Dean, Elena Kagan, declined the Royall chair, instead giving herself the [[Charles Hamilton Houston]] Professorship.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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In 1806, the Royall estate in Medford was returned to Royall, Jr.'s heirs, who sold it and donated the proceeds for the formal foundation of Harvard Law School. The Royall family coat-of-arms was adopted as the school crest, which shows three stacked wheat sheaves beneath the university motto (''Veritas'', Latin "truth").<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2001/summer/gallery_main.html A Royall Find<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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===Growth and the Langdell curriculum=== |
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While the law school had previously been located on [[Harvard Yard]], the new curriculum that Dean Christopher Columbus Langdell developed in the 1870s demanded lecture halls suited to the case law and interrogatory [[Socratic method]] of teaching. |
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[[H. H. Richardson]] would later design the law school's first independent home, the Romanesque [[Austin Hall (Harvard University)|Austin Hall]], to the north of the Yard, with these needs in mind. This would come to form the nucleus of the current law school campus. |
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As the 20th century dawned, Dean Langdell's innovations became standard in law school curricula across the country, and Harvard's approach to legal scholarship began to stagnate. New theories, such as [[legal realism]], blossomed at [[Yale Law School|Yale]] and [[Columbia Law School|Columbia]], while Harvard faculty members were generally known for their conservative approach.Harvard law school is one of the top law schools in the u.s.a. |
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===Institutional criticism=== |
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As one of the preeminent law schools in the United States, Harvard has been criticized for many perceived shortcomings. |
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Harvard Law is often believed to be a competitive environment. For example, Dean Berring of [[Berkeley Law]] once stated that he "view[ed] Harvard Law School as a samurai ring where you can test your swordsmanship against the swordsmanship of the strongest intellectual warriors from around the nation."<ref>[http://www.top-law-schools.com/berring-interview.html Interview with Dean Robert Berring of U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This was possibly historically true. When Langdell developed the original law school curriculum, [[Harvard University]] President [[Charles William Eliot|Charles Eliot]] told him to make it "hard and long."<ref name="autogenerated2">[http://paulcarrington.com/Harvard%20Law%20School%20Oral%20History.htm Harvard Law School Oral History<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="autogenerated3">[http://paulcarrington.com/Learning%20Law%20in%20New%20Haven.htm Learning Law in New Haven<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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The school maintained a relatively uncompetitive admissions process, but "weeded out" a large number of first year students. This gave rise to the infamous legend of a dean at the school telling incoming students, "Look to your left, look to your right, because one of you won't be here by the end of the year."<ref>Richard D. Kahlenberg, "Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard Law School"</ref> Novels such as [[Scott Turow]]'s [[One L]] and [[John Jay Osborn, Jr.|John Jay Osborn]]'s [[The Paper Chase]] describe such an environment. |
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This Harvard Law persisted into the 2nd half of the 20th century,<ref name="autogenerated2" /> but bears no resemblance to the modern Harvard Law. The school eventually implemented the once-criticized<ref name="autogenerated3" /> but now dominant approach pioneered by Dean [[Robert Hutchins]] at [[Yale Law School]]: It shifted the competitiveness to the admissions process. Robert Granfield and Thomas Koenig's 1992 study of Harvard Law students that appeared in The Sociological Quarterly found that students "learn to cooperate with rather than compete against classmates," and that contrary to "less eminent" law schools, students "learn that professional success is available for all who attend, and that therefore, only neurotic "gunners" try to outdo peers."<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1992.tb00140.x?cookieSet=1&journalCode=tsq Wiley InterScience :: Session Cookies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> According to the ABA, in 2007-2008 the school admitted only 11.8% of applicants and no students left as a result of "academic" shortcomings.<ref>http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA3457.pdf</ref> |
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Whether the school ever was competitive is a subject of debate. A New York Times article from 1894 described in-class moot courts at Harvard as "co-operative."<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9400E2D91131E033A25756C1A9669D94659ED7CF COMPETITIVE DEBATES AT YALE.; The New Law School Building to be Ready ... - Article Preview - The New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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In addition, Eleanor Kerlow's book ''Poisoned Ivy: How Egos, Ideology, and Power Politics Almost Ruined Harvard Law School'' criticized the school for a 1980s political dispute between newer and older faculty members over accusations of insensitivity to minority and feminist issues. Divisiveness over such issues as [[political correctness]] lent the school the title "[[Beirut]] on the [[Charles River|Charles]]."<ref>[http://www.legaled.com/revolution.htm www<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Dean [[Robert C. Clark]] is generally given credit for "break[ing] the logjam."<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516745 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Under Kagan, A Harmonious HLS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Several other criticisms of the school have been the target of reforms by current Dean [[Elena Kagan]] (discussed below): |
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In ''Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard Law School,'' Richard Kahlenberg criticized the school for driving students away from public interest and toward work in high-paying law firms. Kahlenberg's criticisms are supported by Granfield and Koenig's study, which found that "students [are directed] toward service in the most prestigious law firms, both because they learn that such positions are their destiny and because the recruitment network that results from collective eminence makes these jobs extremely easy to obtain."<ref name="autogenerated1" /> |
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The school has also been criticized for extremely large first year class sizes (at one point there were 140 students/classroom; as of 2001 there are 80), a cold and aloof administration,<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4D71131F935A25757C0A9679C8B63 Harvard Law Tries to Increase Appeal - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and an inaccessible faculty. The latter stereotype is a central plot element of [[The Paper Chase]] and appears in [[Legally Blonde]]. Inaccessibility of the faculty was possibly a side effect of Harvard's original admissions process, which may have annoyed faculty by giving them less than stellar students.<ref name="autogenerated3" /> |
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===The Kagan Deanship=== |
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[[Elena Kagan]] sought to reverse these stereotypes when she assumed the deanship of the school in 2003, promising reforms. She gives students her personal e-mail address, holds office hours, has successfully cut first year class sizes in half, and has been given credit for a host of quality-of-life improvements at the law school, including an ice-skating rink (during the winter) and a beach volleyball court (the rest of the year) on campus, free coffee in classroom buildings, free tampons in campus public restrooms, and the renovation of several of the school's facilities.<ref>[http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/09.16/03-kagan.html Harvard Gazette: Big plans highlight Elena Kagan' 2L<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She has also managed to boost the school's involvement in international<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2008/winter/feature_3.php HLS: Alumni Bulletin: At Home in the World<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and public interest law,<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2008/winter/feature_2.php HLS: Alumni Bulletin: Hands On<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and has hired a number of new faculty members with a variety of political beliefs.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514385 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Kagan Stresses Growth<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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The number of students interested in public interest law positions has expanded as Harvard has begun to offer summer funding for public interest internships and low income loan reduction plans for alumni who take on careers in the public interest and academia. For example, beginning with the J.D. Class of 2011, students who pledge to spend five years working for nonprofit organizations or the government after graduation will receive a grant in the full amount of their tuition during their third year, and are entitled to keep the grant if they remain in such positions for the five-year period. <ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/sfs/psi/ HLS Student Financial Services: Public Service Initiative Program Guidelines<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Tuition for the 2008-2009 academic year is $41,900.<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/sfs/basics/stubudget.php HLS Student Financial Services: 2008-2009 Student Budget<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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In 2006, the faculty voted unanimously to approve a new first-year curriculum, placing greater emphasis on problem-solving, administrative law, and international law. The new curriculum is being implemented in stages over the next several years.<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2008/winter/feature_1.php HLS: Alumni Bulletin: A Curriculum of New Realities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/education/07harvard.html Harvard Law Decides to Steep Students in 21st-Century Issues - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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In addition, a vast new complex under construction on the northwest part of the law school campus is intended to expand classroom space for additional courses and create more space for an expanding clinical program.<ref name="autogenerated4" /> Several dormitories are also set to be renovated. |
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==Programs== |
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===Harvard Legal Aid Bureau=== |
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The [[Harvard Legal Aid Bureau]] is the oldest (and perhaps only) student-run legal services office in the country, founded in 1913.<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hlab/about.php Harvard Legal Aid Bureau<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Bureau's mission is to provide an important community service while giving student attorneys the opportunity to develop professional skills as part of the clinical programs of Harvard Law School. |
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The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau is a student-run law firm. The Bureau serves clients in housing law (landlord-tenant relations, public housing, subsidized housing), family law (divorce, custody, paternity, child support), government benefits (Social Security, unemployment benefits, Veterans' benefits, welfare), and wage and hour cases (including unpaid or underpaid wages, benefits, and overtime). The Bureau employs seven supervising attorneys and elects approximately twenty student members annually. Students at the Bureau practice under the supervision of admitted attorneys; however, students are primarily casehandlers on all matters. As a result, students gain firsthand experience appearing in court, negotiating with opposing attorneys, and working directly with clients. Students receive both classroom and clinical credits for their work at the Bureau. |
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Unlike most clinical programs at Harvard (or other schools), the Bureau is a two-year commitment. This gives clients a chance to have a much more sustained and in-depth academic experience. In addition to the substantive legal experience, students gain practical experience managing a law firm. The student board of directors makes all decisions regarding case intake, budget management, and office administration. |
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Famous alumni include Supreme Court Justice [[William J. Brennan]], Massachusetts Governor [[Deval Patrick]], activist [[Michelle Obama]], and professors [[Erwin Chemerinsky]] and [[Laurence Tribe]].<ref>[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hlab/alumni.php Harvard Legal Aid Bureau<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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===Berkman Center for Internet & Society=== |
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The Harvard Law School is home to the [[Berkman Center for Internet & Society]], which focuses on the study and construction of [[cyberspace]]. The Center sponsors conferences, courses, visiting lecturers, and residential fellows. Members of the Center do research and write books, articles, and [[Blog|weblogs]] with [[RSS (file format)|RSS 2.0]] feeds, for which the Center holds the specification. The Center's present location is a small [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] wood-frame building which sits next to the larger-scale buildings of the Harvard Law School campus. It is in the process of relocating to a larger site on the campus' perimeter. Its newsletter, "[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filter/ The Filter]", is on the Web and available by e-mail, and it hosts a [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu blog community] of Harvard faculty, students and Berkman Center affiliates. The Berkman Center is funding the [[Openlaw]] project. One of the major initiatives of the Berkman Center is the OpenNet Initiative, which is a joint worldwide study of the filtering of the web, along with the Universities of Toronto and Cambridge (UK). The Berkman Center was a co-sponsor of [[Wikimania]] [[2006]]. [[Charles Nesson]], [[Lawrence Lessig]], [[Jonathan Zittrain]], [[John Palfrey]], [[William W. Fisher]], and [[Yochai Benkler]] hold appointments at the Berkman Center. |
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===Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice=== |
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Established in the fall of 2005 at Harvard Law School, the [http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/ Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice] seeks to honor the contributions of [[Charles Hamilton Houston]], who dedicated his life to using law as a tool to reverse the unjust consequences of racial discrimination. The Institute carries forth Houston's legacy by serving as a hub for scholarship, legal education, policy analysis, and public forums on issues central to current civil rights struggles. |
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''see also [[Charles Ogletree]]'' |
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===Labor & Worklife Program=== |
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The [http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp Labor and Worklife Program] (LWP) is Harvard University’s forum for research and teaching on the world of work and its implications for society. Located at the Harvard Law School, the LWP brings together scholars and policy experts from a variety of disciplines to analyze critical labor issues in the law, economy, and society. The LWP also provides unique education for labor leaders throughout the world via the oldest executive training program at Harvard University, the Harvard Trade Union Program, founded in 1942. As a multidisciplinary research and policy network, the LWP organizes projects and programs that seek to understand critical changes in labor markets and labor law, and to analyze the role of unions, business, and government as they affect the world of work. By engaging scholars, students, and members of the labor community, the program coordinates legal, educational, and cultural activities designed to improve the quality of work life. |
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The faculty, staff, and research associates of the Program include some of the nation’s premier scholars of labor studies and an array of internationally renowned intellectuals. The executive training program (HTUP) works closely with trade unions around the world to bring excellence in labor education to trade union leadership. The LWP regularly holds forums, conferences, and discussion groups on labor issues of concern to business, unions, and the government. Housed at the LWP are the [http://www.paywizard.org Paywizard.org] and [http://www.elmundolaboral.org ElMundoLaboral.org] websites, the latter providing the only Spanish-language wage-checker available for the American workplace. |
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===WilmerHale Legal Services Center=== |
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The [http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc/ WilmerHale Legal Services Center] (formerly known as the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center) is Harvard Law School’s oldest and largest clinical teaching facility. The Legal Services Center is a general practice law firm that provides legal counsel to over 1,200 clients annually. It offers students an opportunity to gain practical legal experience and earn academic credit by handling real cases for real clients under the supervision of clinical instructors who are experienced practitioners and mentors. The Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center sponsors up to 70 students each semester through several clinical courses offered at Harvard Law School and, during the summer, sponsors a program for volunteer law students from across the country. |
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Students working at the Center are placed in one of its clinics housed in five substantive practice groups and work with clinical instructors, experienced practitioners and mentors, who supervise student work and provide guidance as students build and manage their own caseload. The Center provides substantive training in each practice area and also offers general instruction on topics such as client interviewing and intake, case management, legal investigation and discovery, creative legal analysis, research and drafting. |
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The WilmerHale Legal Services Center is located in Boston’s culturally diverse [[Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts|Jamaica Plain]] neighborhood. |
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===Other Harvard Law School programs=== |
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[[Image:Pound Hall Harvard Law School Cambridge 050426.jpg|thumb|right|Pound Hall]] |
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* The [[Ames Moot Court Competition]] |
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* [http://www.asylumclinic.org/ Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program] |
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* Child Advocacy Program |
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* East Asian Legal Studies Program |
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** Director: Professor and Vice Dean [[William P. Alford]] |
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* European Law Research Center |
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* Fund for Tax and Fiscal Research |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/index.html Human Rights Program] |
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* Islamic Legal Studies Program |
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* John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/petrie-flom/ Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics] |
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* Prison Legal Assistance Project |
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* Program on Corporate Governance |
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* Program on Empirical Legal Studies |
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* Program on International Financial Systems |
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* [http://www.pon.harvard.edu/ Program on Negotiation] |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/plp/ Program on the Legal Profession] |
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* [[Harvard Law School Public Interest Auction|Public Interest Auction]] |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hlab/ Harvard Legal Aid Bureau] |
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* [http://www.halbonline.com/ Harvard Association for Law and Business] |
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There are two additional programs affiliated with Harvard Law School, the Ames Foundation and the Selden Society.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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==Publications== |
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Students of the Juris Doctor (JD) program are involved in preparing and publishing the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', one of the most renowned university [[law review]]s, as well as a number of other law journals and an independent student newspaper. The ''Harvard Law Review'' was first published in 1887 and has been staffed and edited by some of the school's most notable alumni.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} In addition to the journal, the Harvard Law Review Association also publishes [[Bluebook|The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation]], the most widely followed authority for legal citation formats in the United States. The student newspaper, the ''[[Harvard Law Record]]'', has been published continuously since the 1940s, making it one of the oldest law school newspapers in the country, and has included the exploits of fictional law student Fenno for decades. |
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[[Image:Samuel Klein describes the Bambara Wikipedia 050426.jpg|thumb|right|Classroom in Pound Hall]] |
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The law journals are: |
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* ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/ Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy]'' |
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* ''[http://www.harvardilj.org Harvard International Law Journal]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/crcl/ Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review]'' |
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* ''[http://www.hlpronline.com/ Harvard Law & Policy Review]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/blj/ Black Letter Law Journal]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr/ Environmental Law Review]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/ Human Rights Journal]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/ Journal of Law & Gender]'' (formerly ''Women's Law Journal'') |
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* ''[[Harvard Journal of Law and Technology|Journal of Law and Technology]]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jol/ Journal on Legislation]'' |
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* ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/llr/ Latino Law Review]'' |
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* ''Negotiation Law Review'' |
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* ''[http://www.legalleft.org Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left]'' |
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==Notable alumni== |
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{{main|List of Harvard Law School graduates}} |
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Fourteen of the school's graduates have served on the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], more than any other law school, and another four justices attended the school without graduating. Six of the current nine members of the court attended HLS: [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[John G. Roberts|John Roberts]], and [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Associate Justice]]s [[Antonin Scalia]], [[Anthony Kennedy]], [[David Souter]], [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] and [[Stephen Breyer]]. Ginsburg transferred to and graduated from [[Columbia Law School]]. Past Supreme Court justices from Harvard Law School include [[Harry Blackmun]], [[Louis Brandeis]], [[Felix Frankfurter]], [[Lewis Powell]] (LLM), and [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]] |
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[[Rutherford B. Hayes]], the 19th president of the United States, graduated from HLS, as did U.S. attorneys general [[Alberto Gonzales]] and [[Janet Reno]], among others, and noted federal judges [[Richard Posner]] of the [[Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals]], [[Chief Judge]] [[Michael Boudin]] of the [[First Circuit Court of Appeals]], and [[Pierre Leval]] of the [[Second Circuit Court of Appeals]], among many others. The current Commonwealth Solicitor General of Australia [[Stephen Gageler]] [[SC]] graduated from Harvard with an LL.M.<ref>[http://www.11thfloor.com.au/barristers-stephengageler.shtml Stephen Gageler Sydney Barrister - 11th Floor - Administrative & public law, Appellate practice , Commercial law , Competition law , Conflict of laws, Constitutional law, Huma...<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Famous legal academics who graduated from Harvard Law include [[Erwin Chemerinsky]], [[Ronald Dworkin]], [[Susan Estrich]], [[Arthur R. Miller]], [[William L. Prosser]], [[John Sexton]], [[Kathleen Sullivan]], [[Cass Sunstein]], and [[Laurence Tribe]]. |
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Past or current presidential candidates who are HLS graduates include [[Barack Obama]], [[Mitt Romney]], [[Michael Dukakis]] and [[Ralph Nader]]. Obama was also the first black president of the ''Harvard Law Review''. |
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[[Michelle Obama]], wife of Barack Obama, also graduated from Harvard Law School. |
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In addition to their achievements in law and politics, Harvard Law alumni have also excelled in other fields. Many have gone on to become influential journalists, writers, media and business leaders and even professional athletes. |
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==Notable professors== |
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[[Image:Hauserhall.jpg|thumb|right|Hauser Hall]] |
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* [[Lucian Bebchuk]] |
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* [[Harold J. Berman]] |
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* [[Stephen Breyer]] |
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* [[Zechariah Chafee]] |
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* [[Archibald Cox]] |
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* [[Alan Dershowitz]] |
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*[[Noah Feldman]] |
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* [[Roger Fisher]] |
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* [[William W. Fisher]] |
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* [[Felix Frankfurter]] |
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* [[Charles Fried]] |
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* [[Paul A. Freund]] |
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* [[Gerald Frug]] |
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* [[Mary Ann Glendon]] |
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* [[Erwin Griswold]] |
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* [[Lani Guinier]] |
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* [[John Chipman Gray]] |
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* [[Livingston Hall]] |
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* [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]] |
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* [[Morton Horwitz]] |
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* [[Randall Kennedy]] |
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* [[Duncan Kennedy]] |
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* [[Michael Klarman]] |
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* [[Christopher Columbus Langdell]] |
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* [[Daniel Meltzer]] |
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* [[Soia Mentschikoff]] |
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* [[Arthur R. Miller]] |
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* [[Martha Minow]] |
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* [[Robert Mnookin]] |
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* [[Charles Nesson]] |
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* [[Charles Ogletree]] |
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* [[John Palfrey]] |
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* [[Roscoe Pound]] |
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* [[Todd Rakoff]] |
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* [[David Rosenberg]] |
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* [[Mark J. Roe]] |
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* [[Joseph Story]] |
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* [[Robert Sitkoff]] |
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* [[Cass Sunstein]] |
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* [[Laurence Tribe]] |
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* [[Roberto Unger]] |
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* [[Alvin Warren]] |
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* [[Elizabeth Warren]] |
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* [[Jonathan Zittrain]] |
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'''Fictional Professors''' |
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Professor Callahan ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' ''[[Legally Blonde The Musical]]'' |
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Emment (In the musical ''[[Legally Blonde: The Musical]]'' his name is "Emment Forrest".) ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde]]'' |
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==In popular culture== |
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===Books=== |
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''[[The Paper Chase]]'' is a novel set amid a student's first ("One L") year at the school. It was written by [[John Jay Osborn, Jr.]], who studied at the school. The book was later turned into a film and a television series (see below). |
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[[Scott Turow]], a novelist, also wrote a book about his experience as a first-year law student at Harvard, ''[[One L]]''. |
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The book Legally Blonde, by Amanda Brown, is about a sorority girl enrolling in Harvard Law School, much to the scrutiny of her classmates and professors. Two movies and Broadway musical were adapted from the book. |
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Less notable is [[Richard Kahlenberg]]'s account of his experiences at the school, ''Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard Law School''. Kahlenberg breaks from the other two authors and describes the experience of the final two years at the school, claiming that the environment drives students away from their public interest aspirations and toward work in high-paying law firms. |
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===Film and television=== |
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Several movies and television shows take place at least in part at the school. Most of them have scenes filmed on location at or around [[Harvard University]]. They include: |
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* ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' (2001) |
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* ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' (1993) |
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* ''[[Soul Man (film)|Soul Man]]'' (1986) |
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* ''[[The Paper Chase]]'' (1973) |
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* ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' (1970) |
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* ''[[Love Story in Harvard]]'' (2004), or ''Love Story in Harvard'', a [[Korea]]n TV series |
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Many popular movies and television shows also feature characters introduced as Harvard Law graduates. Some of these include: |
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* ''[[Boston Legal]]'' (2004-) |
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* ''[[NCIS (TV Series)|NCIS]]'' (2003-) |
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* ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]'' (2002) |
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* ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' (2000) |
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* ''[[Passions]]'' (1999-) |
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* ''[[Sex and the City]]'' (1998) |
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* ''[[The Practice]]'' (1997-2004) |
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* ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' (1997-2002) |
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* ''[[Quiz Show]]'' (1994) |
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* ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' (1993) |
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* ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' (1992) |
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* ''[[Law & Order]]'' (1990-) |
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* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' (1990-96) |
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* ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]'' (1986-95) |
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* ''[[American Psycho (film)]]'' (2000) |
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* ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' (2001) |
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== References == |
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==Further reading== |
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*Granfield, Robert :'' Making elite lawyers : visions of law at Harvard and beyond'' - New York, NY [etc.] : Routledge, 1992 |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/ Official website] |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs HLS programs] |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/publications.php HLS publications] |
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* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc/ Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center] |
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* [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ HLS blogs] |
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* [http://www.hlrecord.org ''The Record''] - HLS's independent student newspaper |
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=7GbD_J57LbQC History of Harvard Law School] |
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* [http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage.aspx?sid=61 Law School Admission Council's page on HLS] |
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