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115 Record 1 (2002)

handle is hein.journals/hlrec115 and id is 1 raw text is: TUITION HIKE: LS hits students with the largest tuition increase since 1995. See p.3 HE D. CAMBRIDGE GUIDE: The RECORD's annual guide to all you need to know about Cambridge. See INSERT Harvard Law School's Independent Weekly Newspaper AMERICA'S FIRST LAW SCHOOL NEWSPAPER VOLUME II 5, NO, I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER -12, 2002 Law Review posts more HLS allows U.S. military low temale. numbers, tries to use OCI for first time again to find out why by KRISTEN NELSON When the Class of 2004 Law Review members congregated as a group for the first time this August, they found that a sur- prising three-quarters of them shared a common characteristic - they were men. Despite a double-blind selection process and recruitment efforts geared towards women, only 11 of the 43 successful 2L applications this year were those of women. The percentage of incoming women this year is the lowest it has been since 1995, when the numbers also stood at 11 out of 43. In the years between, the fig- ure has hovered between 30 and 50 percent. In 2001, 17 out of 46 editors chosen were women; in 2000, the numbers were 18 out of 41. These dramatic figures - especially given that women make up 44 percent of the class of 2004 - have led Review members to question why the numbers turned out the way they did. However, the very mecha- nisms that are intended to ensure anonymity and fairness during the selection process inhibit efforts to unearth the root of the problem: Whether women are simply self-selecting out of the Please see LAW REVIEW, p. 4 since 'don't ask, don't tell.' Fearing loss of government funds, Clark decided not to challenge in court. by MIKE WISER Responding to a threat by the federal government to withhold $328 million in funds from Harvard University, Dean Robert Clark decided in late August to allow military recruiters to par- ticipate in the on campus recruit- ing process. Clark's decision reversed a policy that had pre- vented JAG recruiters from using the Office of Career Services (OCS), because the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, which prohibits individuals who are openly gay from joining the military, prevented the military from signing the Law School's non-discrimination pledge. U-Turn Dean Clark's reversal came after a letter from the Air Force in late May said that the Air Force believed the Law School was violating the provisions of the 1996 Solomon Amendment by not allowing military recruiters to participate in on campus inter- viewing. Under the provisions of the Amendment, all federal fund- ing to a university could be with- held unless the degree of access by military recruiters is at least equal in quality and scope to that afforded to other employers. For Harvard University, almost 16 percent of its annual operating budget could be withheld. While allowing the military to visit the school to recruit at the invitation of the student HLS Veterans Association (HLSVA) had satisfied military recruiters in the past, an Air Force inquiry that (ourlet3 of U S Air Force began in December of 2001 determined that the Law School was not in compliance with the Solomon Amendment. With hundreds of millions of dollars in the balance, Clark decided to allow recruiters to use OCS resources and to recruit through its interview process. 'I think the difference is more symbolic than anything else, because the reality was they were recruiting here and recruiting effectively on campus for the last several years, Assistant Dean for Career Services Mark Weber told the RECORD. Jason Watkins, president of the HLSVA, also agreed that the change probably would not make much difference for military recruiters. Watkins, who said he was a results oriented person, told the RECORD, I'm not sure how much there is to be gained from official or publicized changes in policy. A Difficult Decision Whether or not the change N iII make it easier for military recruiters. Weber said that the school's decision came only after months of agonizing about how to respond. During that process administrators consulted mem- bers of Lambda (the gay and les- bian student group) as well as students on the placement com- mittee for input. In the end, the administration finally decided that they would not win in a bat- tle with the Air Force. I think we made a judgment Please see JAG, p. 4 Five win Sears Prize by LEA SEVCIK In a couple of unusual twists, this year's Joshua Montgomery Sears, Jr. prize went to five recipients rather than four, and all five of the recipients are on the Harvard Law Review. Together, the five have pretty impressive resumes: starting an equity fund, pursuing Ph.Ds, even an attested interest in profes- sional skiing. The prize is awarded annually to two IL and two 2L students with the highest grade point averages, which at HLS means over an A average. This year, three ILs received the prize due to a tie. The 2L recipients are Michael Shah and Michael Gottlieb, and the IL recipients are David Landau, Christian Pistilli and Jared Kramer. Despite their academic similarities, this year's recipients differ in many surprising ways. They range in age from 22 to 27, they all study in differ- ent ways, and their paths to HLS could not have been more diverse. A Closer Look: The 2Ls Michael Shah has the unusual distinction of hav- ing won the Sears prize twice, and is thus likely to graduate at the top of his class. Yet Shah is not eagerly embracing an illustrious legal future. He will not be clerking next year, and after a summer split between Wachtell in New York and Susman Godfrey in LA, Shah says he is still considering investment banking. When Shah finished his pre-med major at Harvard University, he wanted to get started in life rather than pursuing a lengthy medical degree. He spent a year at the London School of Economics getting his Masters in finance and economics, and immediately put his skills to use. Together with two other LSE students, Shah started a private equity fund that raised over $2 million. It was only when the equity markets crashed that Shah decided to go to law school. Today, Shah is still keeping involved as an investor and a financial and legal advisor in his friends' startups. One of his current projects is an artificial sweetener called Sucraslim, which has no calories and is safe for baking. We'll be rolling out the infomercials in the next couple of months, he said. When it comes to class, Shah says, I try to take things that are useful if I don't end up practicing law, like secured transactions and real estate. Michael Gottlieb graduated from Northwestern Please see SEARS PRIZE, p. 5 Harvard Commemorates 9/11 see Story, p. 5 Erin BemsteinRECORD I Wine is Fun: Our new Bagging on JAG: wine critic Josh Solomon Lindsay Harrison argues argues that wine isn't just that students should for pretentious people. actively resist JAG See p.8 recruiting. See p.7 The 1L Experience: If Letters: Believe it or you have a bank account not, we got mail over the here, you've probably had summer. And boy was it a run-in with the Fleet interesting. See p.7 See p.6 Inside: Bank Man.

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