Read more Harvard Law School stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8792/harvard-law-school.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:01:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69055/say-hello-to-glenn-becks-latest-target.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that Glenn Beck has helped take down Van Jones, he’s set his sights on another Obama appointee: Cass Sunstein, would-be head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Conservatives initially praised the choice of Sunstein, because some of his writings have a libertarian bent, Newsweek reports....http://www.newser.com/story/69055/say-hello-to-glenn-becks-latest-target.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65086/secret-batman-tech-heroes-protect-internet-prof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Internet keeps functioning thanks to the efforts of an army of unsung heroes, a Harvard cyberlaw expert told a tech conference yesterday. The professor used as an example Pakistan's attempt last year to take YouTube offline—the site went down across the world, but volunteers from a tech forum...http://www.newser.com/story/65086/secret-batman-tech-heroes-protect-internet-prof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 9:08:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57897/for-obama-justice-must-be-pragmatic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama carries an unusual wealth of Supreme Court knowledge from his days at law school and as a law professor, the New York Times reports, which he'll put to use in replacing Justice Souter. But don’t expect him to go straight for a liberal: Former colleagues and students say...http://www.newser.com/story/57897/for-obama-justice-must-be-pragmatic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 9:48:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55657/file-sharing-lawyers-stunts-shock-peers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Nesson has thrown out the standard playbook in his defense of a Boston University student being sued by the RIAA for file sharing. The storied Harvard Law professor is posting everything related to the case online, including a secretly taped conversation with the judge and opposing counsel, and even...http://www.newser.com/story/55657/file-sharing-lawyers-stunts-shock-peers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 13:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53996/new-solicitor-general-in-line-for-high-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagElena Kagan became America's first female solicitor general yesterday, putting her one step closer to a possible Supreme Court nomination, the AP reports. As the so-called "10th Supreme Court justice," Kagan will effectively audition for the high court if she argues a Voting Rights Act case next month. Justices will...http://www.newser.com/story/53996/new-solicitor-general-in-line-for-high-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Mar 2009 16:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44807/web-unravels-around-lawyer-held-in-fraud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA bizarre case is unfolding around Marc Dreier, the Yale- and Harvard-educated Manhattan attorney arrested Sunday for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme to sell hundreds of millions in forged, phony debt. Investigators contend his scams were nothing more than brazen confidence games in which he leveraged his position,...http://www.newser.com/story/44807/web-unravels-around-lawyer-held-in-fraud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 12:11:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44530/harvard-pals-mastermind-transition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has tapped his Harvard Law School connections to staff his transition team, with 20 of his classmates among the dozens of grads shaping the next administration, Politico reports. “The numbers seem very large to me,” said one presidential historian (from Princeton) about what looks like the most crimson...http://www.newser.com/story/44530/harvard-pals-mastermind-transition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Dec 2008 14:27:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36745/libertarian-bets-1m-his-gpa-tops-obamas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of Barack Obama’s election opponents is putting his millions where his grades are. Wayne Allyn Root, the Las Vegas handicapper running for vice president on the Libertarian ticket with Bob Barr, has bet $1 million that he had a better GPA at Columbia University than classmate Obama. Root goes...http://www.newser.com/story/36745/libertarian-bets-1m-his-gpa-tops-obamas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 20:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30706/in-harvard-law-review-presidency-signs-for-the-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs president of the Harvard Law Review, Barack Obama gave voice to a mix of conservative and liberal ideas and "maneuvered his way around pretty well," says the author of a new book about Harvard Law School. Politico dissects Obama's 1990-91 tenure in search of omens in the story of...http://www.newser.com/story/30706/in-harvard-law-review-presidency-signs-for-the-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Jun 2008 16:51:07 CDT