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1. The U.S. Supreme Court
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/28/2008

Just in time for the Indiana primary, the Court weighs in on the state's voter-identification law.

2. Antonin Scalia
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/25/2008

Scalia, Unleashed

3. Accountability in the Air
Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

After the death of their son on American Airlines Flight 77, two parents fought the government to find out what really happened.

4. The Facebook Ruling
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

In a quickly convened hearing on Saturday, December 1st, Judge Douglas Woodlock of Federal District Court in Boston ruled against Facebook's attempt to force 02138 to remove The Facebook Files from our website. Read the full transcript of the hearing here.

5. To "L" and Back
Magazine Archives Article : Winter 2007

Scott Turow didn't give up his dream of becoming an author when he went to law school. He just got the best of both worlds.

6. A Rebel's Road Home
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

After five years in a Chinese prison, dissident Yang Jianli, back in the States, speaks of survival-and what China can learn from America

7. Unequal Justice
Magazine Archives Article : Spring 2007

A new documentary exposes the racial biases in America’s death penalty cases, begging the question: What’s worse—the policy, or how it’s meted out?

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1. Ken Griffin
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 05/02/2008

Ken Griffin Almost Goes Public.

2. Clive Davis
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/24/2008

As CEO of SonyBMG Clive Davis discovered some of the biggest stars in the music biz. Does a new job title for the legendary mogul signal the end of an era?

3. George W. Bush, MBA 1975; Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, MPA 2000
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/21/2008

As three heads of state descend on New Orleans, bloggers and economists speculate. And sharpen their pens.

4. A legal journey from Enron to the NFL
Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 03/17/2008

Michael Levy, J.D. 1988

5. The Ticker
Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

Whose stock is rising—and whose isn't.

6. Lone Star
Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

Tommy Lee Jones is a man of few words—but when he talks about movies, morality, and the "madness" of immigration politics, a few words can say a lot.

7. Scenes From a Marriage
Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

The connections between the two H’s are nearly as old as the film industry itself. Some of the highlights ...

8. The battle against illegal immigration
Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 02/21/2008

Prof. George Borjas; George W. Bush, MBA 1975

9. Liz Mermin, A.B. 1993
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 12/21/2007

In her January 2008, UK-release documentary Shot In Bombay, Mermin captures the behind-the-scenes drama of the making and release of a Bollywood film, Shootout at Lokhandwala, featuring Bollywood screen legend Sanjay Dutt in his last film before serving a six-year prison sentence for illegal arms possession related to the perpetrators of the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. The chaos surrounding Dutt’s court case and dramatic displays of adoration and condemnation the proceedings provoked from the stars' fans drove the volatile plot for Mermin’s documentary.

10. Romney Fires Landscaper Over Illegals
Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 12/05/2007

Mitt Romney, JD '74, MBA '74

11. Victory
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 11/30/2007

Judge Douglas Woodlock has ruled against Facebook's attempt to force 02138 to remove documents regarding a lawsuit against Facebook from our website. It's a victory for 02138, yes. But it's a victory for you too.

12. Facebook Fights Back
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 11/29/2007

Facebook, the $15 billion corporation which is gathering information about every person on its site, is trying to force 02138 to stop disseminating information about Facebook.

13. Nolo Contendere in Halberstam Death
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 11/20/2007

The graduate student whose bad driving got David Halberstam killed will probably serve 5-10 days in jail and do community service. Is that justice?

14. Romney: Punish states that let illegal immigrants get licen
Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 11/19/2007

Mitt Romney, JD '74, MBA '74

15. A Harvard Holiday
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Sure, the best things in life are free. But if you don’t get peace, love, and understanding this holiday season, how about a pair of diamond earrings and two weeks on the Great Barrier Reef?

16. A.D., The Voice
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

He could’ve been a lawyer. Instead, he’s turning legal theory into hip-hop history.

17. Campaign Cliques
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

What behind-the-scenes alums might set up shop in the White House in January ’09?

18. The Scandals List
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

A Harvard alumnus in flagrante delicto? Veritas? Looking back, sex scandals are actually a long-running Harvard tradition. Grads (and undergrads) have been caught with their pants down since at least the 18th century.

19. Harvard vs. Harvard
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Drugs! Greed! Kinky sex!— how this match made in heaven turned into the breakup from hell.

20. Michael Bloomberg, MBA '66
Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 10/30/2007

Mayor Michael Bloomberg was honored with Harvard's School of Public Health's highest honor, the Richmond Award, yesterday. The award is in recognition of Bloomberg's work in instituting the New York smoking ban, eliminating trans fats, and fighting illegal gun dealers.

21. Taking on the Testocrats
Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

I went to visit Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier late on a recent Friday afternoon and dawdled in her outer office for an hour as she met with students. Through her door, I could hear voices bubbling away with the excitement of ideas. At last Guinier ushered the students, three women, out of her office. “Did you see them laughing?” Guinier says. “We had fun.”

22. The Network
Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

The upcoming fall TV season is filled with connections to Harvard - characters, actors, and writers. Check out 02138's exclusive Harvard-centric guide to the new fall lineup.

23. The Harvard 100
Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

It's back! Our second annual list of the university's most influential alumni.

24. The Harvard Man and the Hooker(s)
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 07/11/2007

Turns out the DC madam isn't the only one familiar with David Vitter.

25. Ronald Suresh Roberts, LL.M ’91
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 06/27/2007

No stranger to controversy, Roberts, a political commentator and author, is making enemies again with his newest book on South Africa's president, Fit to Govern: The Native Intelligence of Thabo Mbeki. The book, released this month by STE Publishers, undertakes what the Mail & Guardian calls “the first systematic defence of Mbeki’s controversial presidency”—a move not likely to endear Roberts to Mbeki’s abundant critics.

26. It’s Not Exactly Lying
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

Filling out the admissions application has always been a creative endeavor.

27. From the Editors of 02138
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007
28. Harvard Law: The Musical
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

Who ever thought law school could get this glamorous?

29. A Few God Men
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

Phillip E. Johnson went to Harvard, opposed the Vietnam War, and taught at Berkeley. But, along with two college peers, Johnson has also devoted his life to promoting intelligent design. The true story of three former liberals and their fight to put God back in our schools.

30. Harvard's Free Speech Mistake
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 05/02/2007

Harvard wants charges dropped against protesters who shouted down FBI director Robert Mueller. Why?

31. What Harvard Taught Barack
Magazine Archives Article : Spring 2007

At the Law School, Barack Obama learned to pick his battles, make as few enemies as possible, and press for real-world change. Can that same strategy take him to the White House?

32. The Mitt Romney You Don't Know
Magazine Archives Article : Spring 2007

He’s a super-rich, right-wing, carpetbagging, Olympics-fixing blue-state governor with two Harvard degrees who’s running for president. Got that? Meet the real Mitt Romney.

33. The Search for Harvard's Next Leader
Magazine Archives Article : Spring 2007

The inside story on how the Corporation's second choice became the next president of Harvard.

34. The Search for Harvard's Next Leader
Magazine Archives Article : Winter 2007

On the morning of Wednesday, January 31, Thomas R. Cech, the Nobel Prize–winning head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, picked up the phone and called the Harvard Crimson. In December, the newspaper had reported that Cech was a candidate for the presidency of Harvard. Now, Cech told the paper, “I have withdrawn my name from consideration.” Quickly posted online, those words shocked the Harvard campus. Cech wasn’t the first candidate to say no, but his exit was different. It came late in the search process, and the campus buzz had it that he wasn’t just a candidate, he was a leading candidate. With Cech gone, who was left?

35. Have Ham, Will Travel
Magazine Archives Article : Winter 2007

The miraculous tale of two brothers, 30 state lines, and one ever-dwindling country ham (stashed in a stainless steel briefcase).

36. Ward McLaughlin Miller Jr., 73
Tribe Posting : Lives : 10/20/2006

General counsel of Nabisco Brands and Avon Products; board member of Osco Industries; began his legal career at the law firm of Carter Ledyard & Milburn; in 1961, joined Standard Brands, later to become Nabisco Brands, where he rose to senior vice-president and general counsel; remained there through the RJR-Nabisco leveraged buyout in 1988-89, the largest buyout in history.

37. Roland William "Ron" Dunnem, 76
Tribe Posting : Lives : 10/11/2006

Accomplished the first railroad end-to-end merger in the United States, combining Chessie System and Seaboard Coastline railroads to form the present CSX Corporation, while acting as chief legal officer of Chessie System Railroads in Cleveland, Ohio where he served as senior vice president of law and casualty prevention; president, managing partner and general counsel of various real estate companies; vice president, secretary and general counsel of Standard Brands, Inc. (1971-76); director of policy planning at the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. (1969-71); law clerk for the then-New York supreme court justice Charles Breitel (1963-64); worked for Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City (1957-63, 64-69); chief legal officer aboard a heavy cruiser, The Baltimore, which represented the United States at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; later separated from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant.

38. The Secretive Seven
Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue
39. Frank Rich Reveals his Sources
Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

How editors of the Crimson got the early scoop on the Pentagon Papers. An oral history.

40. Double Time
Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

A pair of elegant, matching men's watches make the perfect engagement gift for a couple who plan to spend the rest of their time together.

41. Borderline
Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

Think the vigilantes patrolling the Mexican border are a bunch of uneducated xenophobes? Not the one with the Ph.D. from Harvard.

42. Robert McDavid Smith, 85
Tribe Posting : Lives : 09/13/2006

Served as a captain in the Pacific Theatre in World War II; retired from the U.S. Reserves as a major in the 1960s; practiced law with the firm of Lange, Simpson, Robinson and Somerville; fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers; member of the Ford Foundation; member of the Board of The University of Alabama Law School Foundation; chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on Legal Education; member of the Board of Trustees of The Farrah Law Society; argued cases before the United States Supreme Court; his practice included anti-trust, labor, utility regulation, estate planning, tax, commercial and personal injury litigation.

43. Seth Mnookin, A.B. '94
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 09/05/2006

Spotlight: If the current state of the Sox has you feeling down, at least there’s Seth Mnookin’s Feeding the Monster, a backstage look at the how and why of the Red Sox’s 2004 ascent to victory. The team authorities were so taken with Mnookin that they permitted him unfettered access to players and owners alike, complete with “a desk at Fenway and an electronic passkey that opened almost every door in the park.”

44. Robert Corpening, 86
Tribe Posting : Lives : 08/26/2006

Practiced law privately in Los Angeles, Calif.; co-author of the California Condemnation Practice; Judge Pro-Tem in the Los Angeles Municipal Court; practiced before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966.

45. Amy Finkelstein, A.B. '95
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 08/09/2006

Spotlight: With a skyrocketing portion of the nation’s output going to healthcare spending—thrice as much today as in 1960—observers both professional and lay have asked the same question: WTF? Amy Finkelstein may have the beginnings of the weird, head-scratch–inducing answer.

46. Robert Peckham, 81
Tribe Posting : Lives : 07/26/2006

Judge, Pro Tem, Magistrate's Court in Clarke County, Georgia; Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Legal Aid and Defender Society at UGA until 1986; Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army and member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, retiring in 1968.

47. Ann Munro Kennedy, 63
Tribe Posting : Lives : 07/22/2006

Attorney with Reese, Pyle, Drake and Meyer in Newark, Ohio from 1981 to 2005.

48. Louis B. Sohn, 92
Tribe Posting : Lives : 06/27/2006

Harvard Law School professor; became one of the world's top legal specialists in international law; played an important role in the development of human rights laws and laws that govern the world's oceans.

49. Arthur Wood, 93
Tribe Posting : Lives : 06/22/2006

C.E.O. of retail giant Sears, Roebuck and Co.; set up Sears’ legal department; oversaw the planning and construction of the Sears Tower.

50. Judge Constance Russell, A.B. ’80
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 06/21/2006

Conservatives grumble as supporters of marriage equality breathe a (perhaps short-lived) sigh of relief in the unlikeliest of states. On May 16, Judge Constance Russell revoked Georgia’s gay marriage ban. After a year of hearings, Russell ruled that the ban violated the state constitution’s “single subject rule,” which prohibits referendums from hitching two issues together (in this case, marriage and civil unions).

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