Harvard
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Eliot Spitzer, Harvard
Client #9 to Speak at Harvard's Center for Ethics
Fact: Eliot Spitzer had sex with prostitutes. Fact: Eliot Spitzer is a hypocrite. Fact: David Paterson has been a horrible Governor. Conclusion: Having sex with prostitutes and being a total hypocrite isn’t the worst thing in the world? And so, the rehabilitation of Eliot Spitzer continues. He’s on T.V., he’s writing, he’s teaching a class. […] -
Abortion, Cardozo Law School, Gay, Gay Marriage, Harvard, Immigration, Lavi Soloway, New York Times, Shopping, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.11: Five Guys
Warning: The penis-to-vagina ratio in this week’s column is quite high. If you’re already on the mailing list for Rick Santorum 2012, you may want to avert your eyes — or go make fun of sissy-boy John Kerry for helping plan his daughter’s wedding. Our fabulous finalist couples: 1. Sebastian Dungan and Lavi Soloway 2. […] - Sponsored
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Harvard, Law Schools, Money
Hard Up For Cash, Harvard Sells Naming Rights
There has been quite a bit of coverage on how the recession is affecting the august Harvard University. For example, the undergraduates aren’t getting hot breakfast anymore. Meanwhile, over at Harvard Law School, things have gotten so bad that HLS is looking to sell off some naming rights to wealthy donors. Tax Prof Blog reports: […]
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Harvard, New York Times, Old People, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.4: Meet Packer
Commenters often complain that we feature too many Biglaw associates in this space — uninspiring young people who’ve drifted through college and law school and are now drones at soulless firms. We’re delighted that this week, Biglaw associates make up only one-third of our couples. Rounding out the field are a soulless-drone partner and a […] -
Boalt Hall, Harvard, Laurence Silberman, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.27: 31 Flavors
The stalk-and-eventually-marry-your-doorman phenomenon continues to enthrall the NYT weddings editors. This week they shine the spotlight on yet another bride — this time a producer at CNN — who found love in the lobby. LEWW encourages female Biglaw associates to embrace this trend. You’re in and out of office buildings all day, ladies — open […] -
Blogging, Harvard
Those Who Can't Mass Email, Blog
Law firm mass emails can be a bitter pill to swallow. Nobody wants to be publicly accused of, say, taking craps on the bathroom floor. In that instance, a simple multiple-choice survey on bathroom habits followed by a marksmanship competition would have sufficed. One legal administrator recently learned the hard way that sending inflammatory mass […] -
Harvard
Harvard Law School: An Ivory Recession
The Harvard Law Record reports that HLS will be cutting back on perks: On September 4, an email by Dean of Students Ellen Cosgrove detailed the reduction in perks students would begin to notice at HLS, where, under the tenure of former Dean (and now Solicitor General) Elena Kagan ’86, free food for events and […] -
Education / Schools, Harvard, Money
Can Harvard Turn Things Around?
Oh, how times have changed. Back in May 2008, Massachusetts was contemplating an excise tax on university endowments. This proposed tax law change would have imposed a 2.5% annual assessment on Massachusetts colleges with endowments over $1 billion. (Cough cough, Harvard.) Alas, Harvard doesn’t need any help from the government when it comes to dissipating […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Harvard, Lawsuit of the Day, Racism
Lawsuit of the Day: Bananas Cop Sues Police
What’s better than a Boston cop emailing a newspaper specifically to call a black man a “banana eating jungle monkey”? Well when that same cop turns around and sues the police department for a civil rights violation. The Boston Globe reports: Justin Barrett, the Boston police officer suspended from the force for his e-mail likening […] -
Harvard, Police, Racism
Gatesgate: Lucia Whalen Speaks
At a press conference today, Lucia Whalen spoke out about her 9-1-1 call and her role in the Gatesgate fiasco. She said that she supports the Cambridge police and respects Professor Gates. She’s happy that the police released the actual tapes of her call to the police. She also clarified that she only spoke to […] -
2nd Circuit, Harvard, Harvard Law Review, Securities and Exchange Commission, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.19: Editorial Indiscretion
The current online front page of the NYT weddings section is worth a click. The head blurb leads with “Despite their differences in age . . . ” underneath a picture of a 20-something bride embracing a “groom” who appears to be about nine years old. “Differences in age,” indeed. Somebody alert Morality in Media! […] -
Harvard, Tax Law
Gatesgate: Tax Troubles
All the attention recently showered upon Harvard celebrity professor Henry Louis Gates since his arrest earlier this month has resulted in the discovery of tax problems at a foundation he created and oversees. Read more and comment over at Going Concern. Henry Louis Gates Can’t Catch a Break [Going Concern] -
Harvard, Racism
Gatesgate: Caller Disputes the Police Report
The Cabbed Caller, who reported Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to the police, now disputes the police report about what she told them in her 9-1-1 call. Instead, the caller — who has now been repeatedly identified as Lucia Whalen — contends that she did not know the race of the two people attempting to […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Harvard, Police, Racism, Vicious Infighting
Gatesgate: A Legal Hypothetical
Elie here. On Wednesday, I took a closer look at the woman who called the Cambridge police on Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. I wondered if she could be held liable under a good Samaritan statute, and asked if we should hold good Samaritans to a higher standard. Most readers felt that the woman […] -
Blogging, Harvard, Police, Racism
Gatesgate: More Links From Around The Web
This morning, we mentioned that Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. talked to the Washington Post about his arrest (the charges have already been dropped). But there is a lot of chatter around the web about this instance of racial profiling — or honest mistake, depending on your point of view. Writing for the Daily Beast, […] -
Harvard, Police, Racism
More on Gatesgate: Charles Ogletree Responds (and Prosecutors Drop Charges)
Last week, prominent African-American studies scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested for disorderly conduct after police confronted him for trying to break into his own home. There are accusations of racial profiling. Harvard Law School professor Charles Olgetree is representing Gates. The media are all over the story; even TMZ is covering it (and […] -
Harvard, Police, Racism
The Gatesgate Arrest Scandal: Harvard Law Prof Charles Ogletree to Represent
We mentioned Gatesgate yesterday in Non-Sequiturs. Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a prominent African-American studies scholar, was arrested on Thursday after a neighbor called police to report that Gates was trying to break into his own home. The New York Times says Gates was returning from a trip to China, and that his door […] -
7th Circuit, 9th Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Department of Justice, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Harvard, Richard Posner, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings, Willkie Farr
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.12: French Kissing
Rejoice, wedding fans! We have some compelling mid-summer material for you this week: Wachtell, SCOTUS, lesbians, French nobility — read on for the details on all of that and more, as reported in the New York Times and filtered by us. Our finalist couples: 1. Rebecca Gutner and Rodman Forter Jr. 2. Laura Hammond and […] -
Harvard, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.5: The Richest Guys in the Room
LEWW often hears complaints about the elitism and snobbery of the NYT’s wedding coverage (and, by extension, our coverage of the coverage). “What about all the couples who didn’t meet at Harvard?” critics cry. In response, we’d like to point you to this Vows column from mid-June. Roughly twice a year, the NYT covers the […] -
Harvard, Jed Rakoff, New York Times, UVA Law, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 6.21: The Thorn-Nerds
Gentleman, how emasculated would you feel if your future father-in-law shuttled your bride down the aisle, and then, instead of pecking her on the cheek and handing her over, actually turned around and performed the wedding ceremony? Talk about control issues. That’s exactly what this groom endured last Sunday, as he was married by his […]