Harvard Law Jerk Confirms Everything You Thought About Harvard Law

There's a thief at Harvard Law School -- you don't have to hide your valuables, just your work.

There is a very peculiar thief roaming the hallowed halls of Harvard Law School. It’s not jewelry or money or even your identity this criminal mastermind is after — it’s your work.

See, the law review write-on competition is happening at HLS. Gunners are at their most gunnery and I suspect the pressure finally got to someone. That or it’s a Paper Chase LARP.

On the Harvard Law School — Class of 2017 Facebook page, a diligent student — we’ll call her Hard-Working Helen — shared a warning with her fellow students. It seems Hard-Working Helen was working on her competition and took a break. When she returned, some of her work was gone. And it seems it isn’t the first report of work gone missing during the competition…

For those of you who are doing the competition, please keep your eyes on your work. Someone just stole my subcite while I was gone away from my desk for a break, and now I will have to re-do it again without concession. My understanding is this is not the first report of stolen work during competition so please watch out.

Ah, when hard work fails to get you the reward you seek, there is always sabotage. I know law review is a bright shiny brass ring but there has to be a better way — just think of how embarrassing it’d be if you got caught. For the rest of the rising 2Ls still in the competition, jealously guard your work like a fat kid eying the last doughnut. And remember, it’ll all be over soon.

Maybe this would make an interesting — or at least realistic — subplot on next season’s How To Get Away With Murder….

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