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84 Harv. L. Rec. 1 (1987)

handle is hein.journals/hlrec84 and id is 1 raw text is: America's Oldest Law School Newspaper FEBRUARY 13, 1987 Review Elects Hea By Hillary Richard Although there was no whi smoke billowing from the roof Gannett House early Monda morning, on the 9th of Februar to signal that the Harvard Law R view's seventeen hour election pr cedure had ended, the new Preside of the Review's 101st volume ha indeed been elected: Raj Marphati The election proceedings begin mid.January, when the candidat announced their intent, after whi pool work committees revie and evaluate the candidates' wor of the last 3-4 months. Meanwhil the Review holds a forum for editors where the candidates fie questions and respond to comment On the actual election day comprehensive reports are deliver to the body by various pool wo committees, at which time the vo ing editors can comment on tI candidates. The candidates are ke outside of the proceedings, bu cooking breakfast, lunch and dinn for the eighty or so members d ciding their fate. (Rumour has that the jambalaya was exquisite Candidates were eliminated three separate rounds of ballotin until only the final two candidat remained: Nicholas Kourtis and P Marphatia. Review member Patricia Borg 2L, commented that, Everyone fe it was a no-lose situation, becau any of them would have been grea We are all real happy about h it turned out. Commenting on his upcomi tenure, Marphatia emphasized h class' commitment to enlarging tI (Continued on Page 16) I te of ay e- t- ad ia. in es lch rk Newly elected President of the Harvard Law Review, Raj Marphatia ,e, all Ward And Schwartzbaum Resign ild a. By Hillary Richard of his disappointment in the Council, primarily the failure of a by-law od Both the President and the Vice- that he sponsored last year, which rk President of the Law School Council would have required all Council t- resigned from their positions this members to be involved in a project he week, citing burn-out and a desire at all times. Ward felt this was an pt to facilitate the effectiveness of the important requirement, as a lot of sy new officers by leaving at the be- members just come to meetings, and er ginning, rather than the middle, of don't fulfill their responsibility to .e- the semester, the class that elected them, which it Jay Ward (3L), President, and is to work in the interest of the e.) David Schwartzbaum (3L), Vice student body. His proposal was in President, were scheduled to serve shot down, according to Ward, ,g, the Council until mid-April. The because Council members com- es Council will, however, now elect plained that the Council would be- aj their successors at a Council meet- come too formal. ing on Tuesday, February 17, Ward stated that in his two years a, Ward explained that he had been as president of the Council only one elt leading the Council, effectively, all or two other members had brought se through last year. While the Council legislation to the Council. Both of at. had tried to maintain a rotation these situations contributed, Ward ow schedule last year, with members said, to the prevailing criticism of taking turns at the leadership helm, the student body that the Council ng the system was constantly in dis- doesn't do anything. is array and Ward wound up the Although he noted that the first [e Council's only president, year representatives had done a Ward pointed to a number of hell of a lot this year, Ward failed initiatives as the main source (Continued on Page 6) 0 1967 BY THE HARVARDO LAW SCHOOL. RECORDS CORPORATIN VOL. 84, NO. 1 25 CENTS la *ccr

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