VOIR DIRE: POTUS in Print

Lawyer and sports legal analyst Exavier Pope tweeted last week that the president of the United States “just dropped his new mixtape, a 56 PAGE article WITH citations for Harvard Law Review.”

Well, sort of. Last week, President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to publish an article in the Harvard Law Review, according to the school. It was a homecoming for the president, who in the 1990-1991 academic year, became the first African-American president of the law review. In the article, titled “The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform,” Obama touted his efforts to make the criminal justice more fair and effective, from the record number of clemency petitions he granted to expanded mentoring of young minority men. Editing the leader of the free world was a particular thrill for the law review staff. “For our team, the president’s piece provided an editing experience we will never forget,” said current Law Review president Michael Zuckerman. — Karen Sloan and Richard Binder

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