Today Posts

The debate raged online for almost a year: Who was Anonymous Lawyer? Was he real, or just the fictional character he claimed to be? He certainly seemed real enough to many readers of his Web log, anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com, where he posted cynical commentary about life in a large Los Angeles law firm. (This story is from the April 2005 issue of Harvard Law Today.)

On Wednesday, Harvard Law School will host a conversation on the rising trend toward privatization of government duties. The discussion on "Outsourcing Force" will examine a series of questions such as whether private companies are more efficient at operating prisons, police, and even the military. The event will take place at 7:30 pm on March 23 in Langdell South.

Paul Lettow was too young to vote for Ronald Reagan, but that hasn't kept the third-year law student from writing a book on Reagan's policies that is causing some to rethink the record of America's 40th president. "Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons" hit bookstores in February and earned praise in The New York Times for being "provocative, informative and largely persuasive." (This story is from the April 2005 issue of Harvard Law Today.)

It wasn't a makeover--it was a make-better. A team of decorators and their entourage of producers, assistants and camera crew members recently descended on the law office of Luz Herrera '99 for four days, while another set of designers whisked her away to a posh Los Angeles hotel for shopping, massages and manicures. Why was this young attorney getting the royal treatment? (This story is from the April 2005 issue of Harvard Law Today.)

This weekend, Harvard's Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review will host its 40th anniversary conference, "Bridging the Gap: Constructions of Rights and Liberties in the New Civil Rights Era." The conference will bring scholars and public policy experts together to focus on issues like economic disparities, privacy rights and the balance between liberty and security. The event will take place Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19 at Harvard Law School.

This weekend, the Harvard Black Law Students Association will host its annual conference, "A Call to Consciousness: Defining Professional and Social Responsibility to Inspire Progressive Leadership." Acclaimed poet and political activist Nikki Giovanni will offer the keynote address. The conference was organized by second-year students Tara Curtis, Jenée Desmond-Harris, and Danielle Lewis along with faculty members and a 40-student committee.

For the first in the law school's history, a team of Harvard students will compete in the finals of the European Law Moot Court Competition, which began this week in Luxembourg. The team is one of four to qualify for the All European Finals, based on an original pool of 92 universities.