Posted on 10/21/2008 5:37:22 PM PDT by chet_in_ny
Barack Obama stares silently at a wall of fading black-and-white photographs in the muggy second-floor offices of the Harvard Law Review. He lingers over one row of solemn faces, his predecessors of 40 years ago.
All are men. All are dressed in dark-colored suits and ties. All are white.
It is a sobering moment for Obama, 28, who in February became the first black to be elected president in the 102-year history of the prestigious student-run law journal.
The post, considered the highest honor a student can attain at Harvard Law School, almost always leads to a coveted clerkship with the U.S. Supreme Court after graduation and a lucrative offer from the law firm of one's choice.
Yet Obama, who has gone deep into debt to meet the $25,000-a-year cost of a Harvard Law School education, has left many in disbelief by asserting that he wants neither.
"One of the luxuries of going to Harvard Law School is it means you can take risks in your life," Obama said recently. "You can try to do things to improve society and still land on your feet. That's what a Harvard education should buy-enough confidence and security to pursue your dreams and give something back."
After graduation next year, Obama says he probably will spend two years at a corporate law firm, then look for community work. Down the road, he plans to run for public office.
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I looked around on the Net and it looks like he was elected editor in chief during the second half of his second year. He got on the law review though late in his first year at law school. This is all typical for law reviews.
But then,I suspect that the admission standards at Harvard have slipped in recent years.
But then,I suspect that the admission standards at Harvard have slipped in recent years.
It was his second year.
All are men. All are dressed in dark-colored suits and ties. All are white.
Can’t be true if in ‘76 that Susan Estrich (sp) was the editor. The only thing consistant with obama is that he lies CONSTANTLY.
yitbos
Do you know if he has ever donated back to these colleges he attended?
Or do you know a FReeper that has already done this work?
I have read that he wrote a single relatively pedestrian case note -- an analysis of a single case, i.e., a run of the mill article for a Law Review. Nothing fancy.
What happened to that Barack Obama?
Doesn’t even sound like the same person running for President, to me.
But I do note that HE LIED ABOUT HIS TIME IN INDONESIA. He didn’t mention his adoption by Lolo Soetoro. He didn’t discuss his trip to Pakistan in 1981, either.
So maybe he just learned to sublimate?
Now, why do I find that credible?
yitbos
I imagine that Estrich graded on to law review and that Obama made it by some alternative means like writing (perhaps plagiarizing) an essay about his life experiences. I went to an Ivy League law school (not Harvard). In my first year, eligibility for law review was changed from strictly grade-based to “grades plus,” i.e., grades plus an essay about the candidate’s “life experiences.” The essay supposedly was anonymous; however, because it was autobiographical, it was easy enough for the editors to identify blacks, gays and anyone else they wanted to hand pick for a prized spot on the law review. Could I have graded on? No. Did I participate in their sham selection process by submitting an essay? Heck no.
No idea about him personally; interesting question though
I do know that PrinceAlwaleed dropped $20mm for the Islamic Studies Department.
Close enough for me.
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