The Harvard Law Record published a piece I wrote exposing the complicity of Harvard Law School’s Office of Career Services in the regulatory revolving door culture among D.C. lawyers:
The OCS-endorsed recommendation reads like a corrupted version of President Kennedy’s inaugural address. Instead of calling young people to work for the federal government by challenging them to “ask what you can do for your country,” the Office of Career Services at the law school of Kennedy’s university is directing students to statements that call students to work two-to-three years for the federal government by challenging them to ask what you can do to gain knowledge and skills for deep pocketed future clients. “The federal government,” Point 12 reads, “is a great place to gain practical experience and training.” Indeed, the school whose mission is “to educate leaders who contribute to the advancement of justice and well-being of society” frames government work no longer as service to our national community, but rather as experience to be strategically monetized.
America does not need young law students working for our national government with the mindset that they will bring the intel they learn there back to serve powerful interests. If our nation’s oldest law school is going to recommend people to go into government work, it should only be in the context of entering such work as a public servant with our national community’s interest in mind while one works there.
Read the full exposé — End OCS’ Complicity in D.C.’s Revolving Door Corruption — here at The Harvard Law Record.