“And do as adversaries do in Law, Strive Mightily, But Eat and Drink as Friends”
Channeling Shakespeare, the new pub in the Caspersen Student Center encourages students to “strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.” Framed Harvard Law School memorabilia line the walls, including archival maps of campus, criminal and tort exams from 1871, and an 1897 letter to students from Dean James Barr Ames, which begins, “My attention has been called to a growing practice of smoking in the corridors in the intervals between lectures. … ”
The pub is open Wednesday through Friday evenings. The cafe, adjacent to the pub, is open Monday through Friday, and for brunch on the weekend as well.
The new pub has become a student destination for dining, socializing and even studying. The billiard room is decorated with posters from HLS Drama Society parodies, including 1982’s “It’s a Long Way to Certiorari.”
| Multiple choice bar exam | |
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 “Charles Hay, Lord Newton,” by John Kay (1806) |  An undated image of HLS Professor Samuel Williston 1888 possibly posing with a draft manuscript of his treatise on contracts |
 “Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, Bart.,” by lithographer Edmond Xavier Kapp (1924) |  What result and why?: Professor James H. Chadbourn teaching Evidence in Austin North |
 “The Twelve Great Justices of the Supreme Court,” by caricaturist David Levine (1971) |  Vice Dean Livingston Hall welcoming the first women students of Harvard Law School (1950) |
Bottom left illustration: Courtesy of the Estate of David Levine; all other images: HLS Historical and Special Collections