On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 r.duke@freedom.net wrote:
the Internet & law? There are a few such groups, I think. I'm pretty sure Harvard has one. Do things like that only make a difference if you manage to publish
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ The name always takes me aback, because I automatically think "Alexander Berkman" whenever I read it. They run online courses, which sometimes accept Internet participants. See http://eon.law.harvard.edu/trust/ for one such course on defining "trust." They also have a newsletter, "The Filter," which is sometimes interesting. This year they started running a 5-day "Internet Law Program of Instruction," if you happen to have a spare $2500. (Tangentially, who attends MIT's 6.87s? and what do they do with it afterwards? I've received solicitations to attend via mail for the past couple of years; I suspect because I am an ACM SIGSAC member. http://web.mit.edu/professional/summer/courses/computer/6.87s.html If *anyone* could get the material across in 4 days, it would be those two -- but I'm not sure that this is possible...)
yourself in a foursome for 30 minutes then get up when you hear the next knock and prepare to turn your next trick 30 minutes later. Lather, rinse, repeat.
You mean it wasn't like in "The Firm" where all the firms chase after you, offering you wads of cash? That's a bit disappointing.
Maybe if you're a top student who's clerked for Supreme Court justices. I expect the reality for middle-of-the-road students is different. Richard Kahlenberg wrote a book called _Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard Law School_. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558492348/104-7768652-1425537 Part of it describes his interviewing process at the end of law school. Now, he has an axe to grind (and he's upfront about this, so much so that at times it's distracting) - he believes that Harvard Law, as an institution (should I put scare quotes around that?), pushes its graduates away from the public sector. So take it with a grain of salt. What he describes is a system in which middle-level students are so thoroughly crushed and insecure by the time they've finished comparing grades, who made it to Law Review, and which offers they have, that they'll jump for the first job that makes them feel important again. It's a disturbing read. -David