#HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

[troythecatfish]

#all American schools should divest from Israel #current events #social justice #human rights #harvard law school #important #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palastine #freepalastine🇵🇸 #free gaza #gaza genocide #gaza strip #palestine #gaza #gazaunderattack #save gaza #stand with gaza #gazaunderfire #fuck israel #anti zionisim #west bank #middle east #yemen #tel aviv #jerusalem #israel is a terrorist state #israel is committing genocide #palestine news #news on gaza

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

By  Kassy Dillon

The Executive Board of Harvard Law School’s Alliance for Israel (AFI) slammed the student government for holding the unannounced emergency meeting, and failing to give them notice so they could voice opposition.

“We are deeply disappointed that Alliance for Israel, as an important stakeholder in the community, was not informed about this meeting, nor invited to speak,” the group wrote in a letter, adding that the student government failed to pass any resolution condemning antisemitic attacks on campus or Hamas’s October 7 massacre and rape of Israeli civilians.

“Even if the student government had done all of these things, this resolution would still be wildly inappropriate,” the letter added. “The fact that it has done none of these things makes matters all the worse.”

Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Harvard Divinity School student who is suing Harvard over claims of enabling anti-Semitism, took issue with the representatives seeing anonymity to avoid accountability.

“It is simply unacceptable to be an elected student representative on a hotly contentious issue whilst expecting zero accountability for how you vote,” he told The Daily Wire. “If these students, who believe that Israel is an apartheid regime conducting ethnic cleansing, are our future policymakers, Supreme Court justices, and lawyers, then our country is in serious danger.”

The resolution accuses Israel of conducting a “genocidal campaign in Gaza,” ethnically cleansing Palestinians, and occupying “Palestine.”

“Furthermore, claims of an ‘ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine’ implies Israel has no right to exist and threatens its legitimacy,” the AFI letter states. “This resolution, compounded by the student government’s failure to address antisemitism on campus and the violence and suffering Hamas caused Israelis, sends a message to Jews and Israelis that they are not welcome at HLS.”

#harvard law school #alliance for israel #israel #harvard #harvard university

[an-onyx-void]

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#tiktok #elizabeth warren #harvard #harvard law school #liberalism #mass incarnation #palestine #gaza #free palestine #free gaza #free the west bank #free west bank #united states #the united states of america #legal studies #israel is committing genocide #israel is an apartheid state #israel

[cinematicct]

Legally Blonde (2001)

👱‍♀️👙💼

Based on the fictional novel by Amanda Brown, this comedy film stars Reese Witherspoon as sorority girl Elle Woods who decides to enroll at Harvard Law School to try to win back the guy who broke up with her.

The supporting cast includes: Luke Wilson as junior attorney Emmett Richmond, Selma Blair as overachieving law student Vivian Kensington, Matthew Davis as Elle’s boyfriend Warner Huntington III, Jennifer Coolidge as manicurist Paulette Bonafonté, Victor Garber as the arrogant Professor Callahan and Holland Taylor as the stern yet inspiring Professor Stromwell. What’s more, the canine star of the film is a chihuahua named Moonie who plays Elle’s pet dog Bruiser.

Reese Witherspoon radiates just the right amount of witty pep and nuanced energy to take on the role of a sunny but determined blonde who goes from majoring in fashion merchandising to studying practice of law. Luke Wilson plays a mild-mannered character who doesn’t judge Elle for her perceived superficiality. Selma Blair as Vivian is portrayed as both a total snob and (later) a supportive colleague. Jennifer Coolidge is priceless in her portrayal of a self-conscious yet brassy woman who becomes a trustworthy confidante. Bruiser (the dog) is quite the precious attention-stealer as Elle treats him like a human being and carries him around wherever she goes.

The movie (along with the original novel) is an introduction of overturning discrimination against blonde stereotypes. Elle Woods is first seen expecting a marriage proposal from her long-term boyfriend Warner, only to be dumped since he saw her blonde identity as a burden to his future aspirations and (more importantly) his familial expectations of being a senator. Elle then puts her mind to work on her pursuit in becoming serious enough to not just prove her former beau wrong, but also to fight for the dignity of other blondes. However, she realizes that fitting in at Harvard is a lot harder than she thought it would be.

The story even contrasts Elle’s frivolous Southern California lifestyle with the intellectual tradition of her East Coast peers. For instance, Elle is fooled into wearing a Playboy Bunny outfit for a “costume party” in Cambridge. Not only that, but she finds Warner engaged to the preppy Vivian Kensington as his preference of an intelligent woman, igniting the old blonde vs. brunette rivalry (otherwise known as the beauty vs. brains dichotomy).

Throughout the course of the film, Elle sets out to change societal beliefs about blondes being too shallow to be smart or have a care in the world. Along the way, she defends fellow blonde/sorority sister/role model Brooke Taylor-Windham being accused of murder. What’s more, the hostility between Elle and Vivian gradually ceases as they come to see past their external differences.

The soundtrack contains a list of both original songs and cover versions of classic hits. The track list includes: “We Could Still Belong Together” by Lisa Loeb, “Watch Me Shine” by Joanna Pacitti, “Sex Machine” (a cover version of the James Brown song) by Mya and “One Girl Revolution” by Superchick to name a few. But one specific original song that plays as the theme of the film is “Perfect Day” by Hoku. Moreover, Elle helps Paulette to get the attention of her crush (a UPS delivery man) by teaching her a particular move called the “Bend and Snap”, during which the whole salon joins in.

Lastly, the memo of the whole storyline is you don’t need to change your identity, but to commit yourself to the fullest to achieve great potential. In Elle Woods’ case, she is able to rely on her looks, optimism and deep intelligence to succeed. That said, I justifiably recommend this solid girl-power movie to every fan of Reese Witherspoon.

If anyone were to ask how I came up with this, here’s my response: “What, like it’s hard?”

#legally blonde #Legally Blonde 2001 #based on a novel #amanda brown #elle woods #Reese Witherspoon #bruiser woods #Paulette bonafonte #Jennifer Coolidge #delta nu sorority #harvard law school #comedy film

[mysharona1987]

Rich kid Ben pretending he doesn’t know about predatory loan interest.

#Ben Shapiro #student loans #democrats #republicans #politics #harvard law school #donald trump #news #gip #college

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Randall L. Kennedy

Published: Apr 2, 2024

On a posting for a position as an assistant professor in international and comparative education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, applicants are required to submit a CV, a cover letter, a research statement, three letters of reference, three or more writing samples, and a statement of teaching philosophy that includes a description of their “orientation toward diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.”

At Harvard and elsewhere, hiring for academic jobs increasingly requires these so-called diversity statements, which Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning describes as being “about your commitment to furthering EDIB within the context of institutions of higher education.”

By requiring academics to profess — and flaunt — faith in DEI, the proliferation of diversity statements poses a profound challenge to academic freedom.

A closer look at the Bok Center’s page on diversity statements illustrates how.

For the purpose of showcasing attentiveness to DEI, the Center suggests answering questions such as: “How does your research engage with and advance the well-being of socially marginalized communities?”; “Do you know how the following operate in the academy: implicit bias, different forms of privilege, (settler-)colonialism, systemic and interpersonal racism, homophobia, heteropatriarchy, and ableism?”; “How do you account for the power dynamics in the classroom, including your own positionality and authority?”; “How do you design course assessments with EDIB in mind?”; and “How have you engaged in or led EDIB campus initiatives or programming?”

The Bok Center’s how-to page mirrors the expectation that DEI statements will essentially constitute pledges of allegiance that enlist academics into the DEI movement by dint of soft-spoken but real coercion: If you want the job or the promotion, play ball — or else.

Playing ball entails affirming that the DEI bureaucracy is a good thing and asking no questions that challenge it, all the while making sure to use in one’s attestations the easy-to-parody DEI lingo. It does not take much discernment to see, moreover, that the diversity statement regime leans heavily and tendentiously towards varieties of academic leftism and implicitly discourages candidates who harbor ideologically conservative dispositions.

In addition to exerting pressure towards leftist conformity, the process of eliciting diversity statements abets cynicism. Detractors reasonably suspect that underneath the uncontroversial aspirations for diversity statements — facilitating a more open and welcoming environment for everyone — are controversial goals including the weeding out of candidates who manifest opposition to or show insufficient enthusiasm for the DEI regime.

Detractors also reasonably object to what they see as a troubling invitation to ritualized dissembling. A cottage industry of diversity statement “counseling” has already emerged to offer candidates prefabricated, boilerplate rhetoric.

Candidates for academic positions at Harvard should not be asked to support ideological commitments. Imagine the howl of protest that would (or should) erupt if a school at Harvard asked a candidate for a faculty position to submit a statement of their orientation towards capitalism, or patriotism, or Making America Great Again with a clear expectation of allegiance? Such pressure constitutes an encroachment upon the intellectual freedom that ought to be part of the enjoyment of academic life.

Demands for DEI statements are also counterproductive to efforts to undo the effects of long overlooked invidious social discriminations in academia. It is important to remember that the DEI ethos did not emerge from nowhere — it emerged from a laudable determination to free academia of attitudes and practices that impeded potential contributors for prejudicial reasons, thereby depriving institutions of higher learning of useful talents.

Universities are under a legal, moral, and pedagogical duty to take action against wrongful discriminatory conduct. But demands for mandatory DEI statements venture far beyond that obligation into territory that is full of booby-traps inimical to an intellectually healthy university environment.

By overreaching, by resorting to compulsion, by forcing people to toe a political line, by imposing ideological litmus tests, by incentivizing insincerity, and by creating a circular mode of discourse that is seemingly impervious to self-questioning, the current DEI regime is discrediting itself.

It would be hard to overstate the degree to which many academics at Harvard and beyond feel intense and growing resentment against the DEI enterprise because of features that are perhaps most evident in the demand for DEI statements. I am a scholar on the left committed to struggles for social justice. The realities surrounding mandatory DEI statements, however, make me wince. The practice of demanding them ought to be abandoned, both at Harvard and beyond.

Randall L. Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School.

#Randall Kennedy #Harvard #Harvard Law School #Harvard University #DEI #diversity statements #compelled speech #ideological purity test #purity test #DEI statements #diversity equity and inclusion #diversity #equity #inclusion #academic freedom #academic corruption #corruption of education #higher education #ideological capture #pledge of allegiance #religion is a mental illness

[samtheviking]

I don't usually post anything political here, but I'm making an exception.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a representative of one of the most prestigious institutes of higher learning in our (once) great nation.

When someone asks you if calling for the complete genocide of *any* people on this planet should be condemned, that should be the easiest, straightest answer in the world. She was given two chances and both times said it depended on context. In what context is calling for murdering every last person of a religion or race ever ok? This is the worst kind of racism and bigotry, and it's being essentially condoned by our "top" universities.

#Harvard #harvard law school #antisemitism #genocide #bigotry

[merverb]

"Our limitations become our challenges, and there is nothing like a challenge to keep you working, striving, and pushing for more."

--- Michelle Yeoh, addressing the Harvard Law graduating class of 2023, ~ 9 minutes and 11 seconds in

#michelle yeoh #harvard law school

[mind-gravy]

#love his goofy ass #Harvard Law School #gravy.txt #even tho it's not a text post it's my post <3

[subhanallahtoday]

Harvard is such an accomplished university that it’s really hard to be unimpressed by anything to do with it.

But recently Harvard made me so disappointed…

Harvard is a place where so many people from different backgrounds,  has published so many studies that are backed by intellectuals for hundreds of years. 

Anything that would come from it would not only be a highly trusted source, but an ethical one, and one that is more neutral than anything.

A institution like Harvard can get away from being neutral; only Harvard! Everyone else must choose a side in certain topics, that’s just how society works right now, especially in the age of social media. 

Everyone must know who’s side your on whether it’s sports, politics, celebrity drama, etc. there is a hashtag for it.

Harvard choosing a side and such a sensitive topic where it’s so detrimental that it can hinder its students social emotional health in a very detrimental way.

We all know it’s already hard enough to get in (tigger), then you actually have to study and attend the difficult school (tigger), and now you have to deal with the school that you worked so hard to get into actually doesn’t support your humanitarian right to live…..(tigggerrrr)

I know I totally just switch it up right there honing into a specific group.

Okay I’ll here enough of this.

Note to Harvard though: I’m so disappointed you.

#harvard #free palestine #Gaza #harvard law school #joe biden #netenyahu #American politicians #occupation #urkraine #war #Islamophobia #antisemitism #Muslim #Jews #Zionist #anti zionisim

[idontevenlistentomitski]

She’s so me

#law school #study motivation #rachel zane #suits #suits the #lawyer #harvard #elle woods #harvard law school

[mypositiveoutlooks]

Man who used to collect garbage for work to support his family is now a Harvard Law School graduate

Rehan Staton, a former trash hauler is now a Harvard Law School graduate; thanks to his exceptional hard work and dedication. He recently received his Juris doctorate during a 90-minute commencement ceremony at Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was cheered by a huge crowd. Staton went through a lot of hurdles and sacrifices before he got to where he is now. Staton grew up…

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#commencement #former sanitation worker #harvard #Harvard Law School #Harvard Law School graduate #Harvard University #law school #sanitation worker #success story #trash hauler

[conandaily2022]

Naod Nega biography: 10 things about Cambridge, Massachusetts man

Naod Nega is from Massachusetts, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

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#Cambridge #Harvard Law School #Massachusetts #Middlesex County #Youtube

[uboat53]

Well this is fantastic, finally universities are starting to drop the US News and World Report rankings.

"While I sincerely believe that U.S. News operates with the best of intentions, it faces a nearly impossible task, ranking 192 law schools with a small set of one-size-fits-all metrics that cannot provide an accurate picture of such varied institutions. Its approach not only fails to advance the legal profession, but stands squarely in the way of progress… Unfortunately, the rankings system has made it increasingly difficult for law schools to provide robust support for students who serve their communities, to admit students from low-income backgrounds, and to target financial aid to the students most in need." -- Heather Gerken, Dean of Yale Law School

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with rankings, but there is something wrong when the metrics being measured become more important than the actual educational goals of an educational institution. It's also important that Harvard and Yale are the ones taking this steps, two schools with reputations such that they can afford to give up the prestige of these rankings.

Hopefully that example leads other schools to re-evaluate the best way to support and advance their educational goals as well.

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#us news and world report #harvard #yale #harvard law school #yale law school #academia

[the-happy-man]

Yale and Harvard attempt to not be assholes by irrelevant policy change.

YEAH DUH: The Yale law dean, Heather Gerken, said in a message on her school’s website that the “profoundly flawed” rankings disincentivize schools from bringing in working-class students, issuing financial aid based on need and helping students pursue public interest careers.

#the parasite one percent #harvard law school #yale law #yale #harvard #too many lawyers #newer news from nowhere

[raulesparzascheerleader]

every single time i watch legally blonde, i want to go to law school. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#legally blonde #elle woods #harvard law school #ivy league #🌿🌿🌿