Harvard
Law
students
have
a
busy
schedule.
When
they
don’t
have
their
noses
to
the
page,
many
of
them
spend
their
time
showing
solidarity
with
causes
they
think
need
their
support.
And
it
isn’t
just
for
causes
abroad.
Striking
graduate
students
are
a
local
issue
that
they’re
showing
growing
support
for.
The
Crimson
has
coverage:
Roughly
200
first-year
Harvard
Law
School
students
—
more
than
a
third
of
the
class
—
have
signed
letters
supporting
Harvard
graduate
student
workers’
strike
and
urging
their
professors
to
press
the
University
to
reach
an
agreement
with
HGSU-UAW,
according
to
central
organizer
and
first-year
law
student
Matthew
T.
Tyler.
Five
of
the
Law
School’s
seven
first-year
sections
—
academic
cohorts
of
roughly
80
students
who
take
the
same
core
classes
—
have
sent
letters
to
their
section
professors…The
letters
call
on
Harvard
to
reach
a
fair
contract
with
the
graduate
student
union
and
ask
section
faculty
to
sign
onto
a
faculty
statement
supporting
HGSU-UAW
and
HAW-UAW
strike
action.
Faculty
have
also
shown
support;
over
a
hundred
committed
to
not
replacing
the
striking
students
with
new
workers.
I’d
like
to
think
that
each
of
them
muttered
“Fuck
scabs”
in
the
most
erudite
way
possible
as
they
signed,
but
as
it
stands
there’s
been
no
reporting
on
that
tidbit.
Given
the
sizeable
support
for
the
student
union,
it’ll
be
harder
for
Harvard
Law
students
to
beat
the
leftist
accusations.
If
only
you
could
say
the
same
for
the
institution
—
you
might
think
it
wouldn’t
be
that
hard
of
an
ask
for
a
multibillion-dollar
institution
to
fairly
pay
their
workers,
but
grad
students
have
been
pressing
for
better
pay
for
years:
Harvard
is
the
world’s
richest
university
—
and
Harvard’s
student
workers
say
they
are
being
paid
sub-living
wages.
A
Harvard
Graduate
Student
Union
leader
tells
Jacobin
about
the
union’s
struggle
with
the
university
and
why
they’re
prepared
to
strike.
https://t.co/cn8pISMuFK
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boat
builder
who
is
learning
to
swim
and
is
interested
in
rhetoric,
Spinozists
and
humor.
Getting
back
in
to
cycling
wouldn’t
hurt
either.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at
[email protected]
and
by
Tweet/Bluesky
at @WritesForRent.
