Administrative Updates Archive

2007/08

Course Announcement: Community Action for Social and Economic Rights: During the first week of classes, the course will not meet as usual. Rather, through September 5 to 7, Professor White will hold an individual interview with each enrolled or prospective student. [Wed, 29 Aug 2007]
Professor Suk seeks RA for criminal law: Professor Jeannie Suk needs research assistants to work on research projects in criminal law and criminal procedure. Please email cv, HLS grades (informal is fine), and cover letter to Sandra Mays, mays@law.harvard.edu. [Wed, 29 Aug 2007]
Course Announcement: Moral Order and the Irrational: For the first class please read pages 88-100 and 114-123 in The Nietzsche Reader which is available in the Harvard Law School Coop and reading packet #1 which is available in the Copy Center or under the course materials tab in MyHLS. [Wed, 29 Aug 2007]
Hiring Green Living Representatives: Be an environmental leader in your dorm! Join a team of four Reps who will work approx. 4 hrs/wk earning $18/hr engaging fellow residents in energy conservation, water conservation, recycling and waste reduction through a variety of activities and events. [Wed, 29 Aug 2007]
Teaching Fellows needed for Professor Sandel: Professor Sandel is in the final stages of hiring teaching fellows for his undergraduate course "Justice." [Wed, 29 Aug 2007]
Professor Ankler seeking RA(s): Professor Anker is seeking research assistant(s) for help with her new edition of Law of Asylum in the United States. Research includes US and international refugee law. 20 hours or fewer per week. Prior researchers welcome! [Wed, 29 Aug 2007]
RA needed for visiting professor Amanda Frost: Visiting professor Amanda Frost is looking for a research assistant to work for approximately 7-10 hours per week on a project analyzing the relationship between federal courts and Congress. [Wed, 29 Aug 2007]
RA needed for anti-trust and tax policy: Professor Kaplow is looking for a number of research assistants, mainly for antitrust but also tax policy (one need not have taken a tax course). [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Professor Mark Roe seeks RA: Mark Roe is working on corporate law and financial development projects (one involving data analysis) that need research assistants. Contact Mark Roe (mroe@law.harvard.edu) or Lise Berg (lberg@law.harvard.edu, Griswold 5-South). [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Course Announcement: Law and Religion in India: Law and Religion in India (Mansfield-Seminar) For the first meeting of this seminar, please pick up at the Copy Center Distribution Center and read before the first meeting a packet of materials on the Caste system (Marriott and Inden, "Caste Systems"; Barnett, "Identity Choices") [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
New Environmental Law Clinic: The new Environmental Law Clinic will launch this Fall 2007 semester under the leadership of Wendy Jacobs. Although the clinic is now fully subscribed for the 2007/8 academic year, more students may be able to be accommodated. [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Dean Kagan Office Hours: Dean Kagan will be holding office hours on Tuesday, September 18, from 3:00 to 4:30. Please contact Kerri Burridge, kburridge@law or call 5-4602 to make an appointment. [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Fellowships in Law and Economics: Students wishing to apply for a John M. Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics may obtain an information sheet from Karl Coleman, Administrative Director, Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business (Pound 500, kcoleman@law.harvard.edu). [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Course Announcement: Criminal Law 4: First Assignment for Criminal Law 4 with Professor Jeannie Suk: Tuesday, September 4th, Kadish, Schulhofer and Steiker, pp. 792-793; Wednesday, September 5th, KSS 182-192 [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Clinical Opportunity in Education Law: Students interested in child advocacy, children's rights, education, family violence, and/or mental health should consider a fall or spring clinical in the Special Education Clinic / Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI) at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center (LSC). [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Clinical Opportunity: Environmental Racism and Civil Rights: For clinical or pro bono credit: The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is currently working closely with the Conservation Law Foundation to oppose the choice of location of a soon-to-be-built Boston University Medical Center BioSafety Level 4 laboratory. [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Course Announcement: Dispute Systems Design: Our first class meets on Wednesday, September 5 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Lewis 202. There are two texts required for the class. [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
Clinical or Pro Bono credit: For clinical or pro bono credit at the Mass. Governor's Office: Legal Intern with State Office of Minority and Women Owned Business Assistance. [Mon, 27 Aug 2007]
RA needed for Professor Ashish Nanda: Professor Ashish Nanda is looking for a research assistant to work approximately 2-4 hours per week during the Fall semester. The RA would assist in conducting background research for Professor Nanda's course Professional Services. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
RA needed for visiting Professor Allan Hutchinson: Allan Hutchinson, a visiting professor, is looking for a research assistant (starting immediately) to work on a couple of projects. Both are in the area of democracy and legal theory and include the preparation of seminar materials and research for a book-length project, titled The Province of Jurisprudence Democratized. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
RA needed for Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative: The mission of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI) of the WilmerHale Legal Services Center is to ensure that all children traumatized by exposure to violence succeed in school. TLPI is seeking a research assistant with an interest in the neurobiological and psychological impacts of violence on children's ability to function at school. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
HHRJ extended deadlines for student notes: The Harvard Human Rights Journal has extended the deadline for student note submissions to August 30. Notes must be 10-15,000 words in length, including footnotes. To submit your note, email it to hlshrj@law.harvard.edu with the subject line: HLS student note submission. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
Course announcement for Professor Mary Ann Glendon: The text for the course is Dukemenier, Krier, Alexander and Schill, Property (6th ed. 2006), supplemented with multi- titled materials. The multi-titled materials, which will soon be available in the Distribution Center, contain a course outline and assignment sheet. For the first class, please read Kelo v. City of New London (USSC 2005) in Supplement No. 1, pp. 3-32. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
Professor John Mansfield Course Announcements: or the first meeting of this course, please pick up the xeroxed materials available in the Copy Center Distribution Center and read pp. 2-21. These pages deal with Church-State issues in colonial Virginia. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
RA needed for Professor Bebchuk: Professor Lucian Bebchuk seeks research assistant to work on research projects in corporate governance, law and finance, and law and economics. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
Extended deadline for J.D. students to sign up for LL.M. hosts!: Each academic year J.D.s, may volunteer to be hosts for incoming LL.M. students. There is no expectation of a major time commitment from volunteers, who will simply serve as friendly resources throughout the academic year. [Mon, 20 Aug 2007]
Program on Negotiation: Course Announcements: All LL.Ms and cross-registrants seeking admission to these classes will be admitted through an application procedure. Any LL.M or cross-registrant who would like to be admitted to either the Winter or the Spring Negotiation Workshop should follow the application instructions... [Fri, 03 Aug 2007]
Reminder to Student Organization Leaders for 2007-2008: If you would like to have your organization included in an email that will be sent to incoming students, please update your websites and include on the site a letter specifically targeted to 1Ls. [Fri, 03 Aug 2007]