EJF Auction Madness. Photo by Shane Huang; edited by Katherine Mereand.
By Melissa Milchman
Over 700 students, faculty and staff members gathered on March 29 for the Annual GW Equal Justice Foundation Auction. Both a Silent Auction and Live Auction were held …
One of last week’s Above the Law polls pitted several Law Revue YouTube videos against one another. Videos by Columbia Law and George Washington Law quickly pulled away from the pack. After several days of voting, the polls closed with Columbia in the lead, commanding 4,871 votes, or 42% of the vote. GW came in a close second, with 4,672 votes, or 40% of the vote. 11,639 votes were cast. With remarkable reliability, Columbia managed to maintain a consistent but narrow lead of 1% or less for several days, perhaps aided in part by the following message, disseminated throughout the Columbia Law campus:
“Columbia Law Revue needs your support! Recently, our friends made a brilliant video for the Above The Law Law Revue Video Contest. They were selected as finalists and depend on your votes to win. Although they are currently leading chief rivals George Washington University Law School (described by a Georgetown Law student as ‘second string’ and by a GWU undergrad as ‘a bunch of hicks’), the margin is small and surprises could still happen.”
Morgan Yuan, Asian rapper, had this to say: “ATL can actually kiss my ass.”
Tsega Bekele added: “The contest means nothing…you win T-shirts I think?”
We know who the real winners are:
By Katherine Mereand-Sinha
Last week our peer and classmate Drew Cohen was published in USA Today with an editorial about campaign spending and Citizens United. It is a good piece; I hope you read it.
As the outgoing Editor-In-Chief of this student-run …
EJF Auction Madness. Photo by Shane Huang; edited by Katherine Mereand.
By Melissa Milchman
Over 700 students, faculty and staff members gathered on March 29 for the Annual GW Equal Justice Foundation Auction. Both a Silent Auction and Live Auction were held …
By Arthur Saakian
Quantitative Easing is the Kool-Aid that America is drinking—at least until 2014. Manufactured by the Federal Reserve at the start of the Great Recession in 2008, Quantitative Easing–or QE–is a monetary policy used by the Fed to increase …
Interview with Peter Perkowski, Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP
By Avi Kelin
How does a math major from Rochester, New York end up practicing intellectual property litigation in the Los Angeles offices of an international law firm? To hear the story …
Interview with John Sorrenti (GW Law Class of ’10)
By Todd Watson
GW Law is considered one of the best schools in the country for government contracts. Many students either come here to pursue that field of practice, or decide to after …
By Thomas Renkes
Skill boards seem to be an ever present pressure on GW Law students. In the first few weeks of the Fall semester, 1Ls are already asked to sign up for the Fall Alternative Dispute Resolution competition. Come Spring …
By Professor John F. Banzhaf, III
Stock Photo: Professor John Banzhaf III
A major complaint from both BigLaw hiring partners and corporation counsel is that law school graduates often have such little practical-skills training that the clients are unwilling to pay for …
By Mark Aaron Cox, GWSBA Correspondent
The GW SBA Senate convened Tuesday, February 28th at 8:05pm in Lerner 301. Only fourteen of the twenty-two elected representatives were present, with six members voting via proxy and two absent–a low number, despite the …
By Mark Aaron Cox, GWSBA Correspondent
The GW SBA Senate convened for its last session of the 2011-2012 year on Monday, March 19th. Only two members were absent at the start of the meeting, making it the best attended session since …
By Giri Iyengar
There’s a new group in town, one we think you should know about. Under Aseel Barghuthi’s leadership, the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) recently launched its GW Law chapter with little fanfare but much success. They had a …
Editor’s Note: Last February, Nota Bene printed a story about GW Law student participation in the K.K. Luthra Moot Court Compeition in New Delhi, India. At the time, we contacted competition organizers for comment. Recently we received this letter from Dr. …
By David Keithly
Every year, lazy 3Ls occupy leadership positions in student associations and do nothing. Once the title of “President” or “Vice President” makes it onto their résumés, their work is done and they spend the rest of their terms …
by Adam Pearlman
I have two thoughts regarding the proposed hate speech policy at GW Law. First, I was astonished that the only reference to Nazis in Samantha Ames’ piece regarding the proposed policy was not the fact, well-known to GW Law …
Statement By Dean Paul Schiff Berman
Quite a bit of confusion and misinformation has begun to circulate concerning a student proposal that seeks to create rules governing the participation in law school events of those affiliated with what some label a hate group. …
UPDATE, 3/28/12: It has come to our attention that the GW Law Faculty will not formally consider or vote on the proposed policy this semester. However, an open debate on the issue will take place Thursday, March 29th, at 4:00pm …
Since the 1896 publication of Theodor Herzl’s Der Judenstaat, the Zionist dream has swept across the Diaspora. The flame of hope that had burned for centuries in the hearts of the exiled Jewish people was only intensified by the words …
Part One of the ongoing series, Follow the Money
One of the primary duties of student government at the Law School is to allocate funding to student organizations. Every year, student organizations submit budgets to the SBA, detailing anticipated group expenditures. …
Season to Taste
Many beginning chefs tremble with fear at the sight of those three little words lingering at the end of most recipes. No, not those three little words (though they can be equally scary). I’m talking about “season to …
All George Washington University Law School student groups were invited to submit a profile to Nota Bene for publication. Groups that responded are profiled within. We encourage law students to get actively involved in student life on campus. It is …
Books and lunches. Umbrellas on the locks when it rains. Work out clothes, work clothes, and “emergency” ties or heels. Overnight bags. Toiletries. Necessities. The odd case of wine (believe me, it happens).
The humble lockers that the SBA rents to …
“Our community has tough times ahead of us” declared the local imam in a small mosque in a quiet Indianapolis suburb. It was the first Friday prayer after the September 11 attacks. As I looked around the hall, I could …
His hobby is suing people. He convinced his own father to stop smoking. He has been interviewed by Stephen Colbert. He organized the first anti-smoking organization, made several appearances on Super Size Me, and believes that smokers and the obese …
By Senator Rob Russo
Every year the SBA Senate gets more requests to fund student organizations than we have resources available to disburse. This is a perennial problem for any umbrella funding organization. However, while the number of student organizations continues …
