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In Harvard Law Review Presidency, Signs for the Future

Posted Jun 23, 08 4:51 PM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – As president of the Harvard Law Review, Barack Obama gave voice to a mix of conservative and liberal ideas and "maneuvered his way around pretty well," says the author of a new book about Harvard Law School. Politico dissects Obama's 1990-91 tenure in search of omens in the story of a young black man elected to head a tradition-bound, white-dominated institution.

Obama “was as much a traditionalist as anything,” says Susan Estrich, a fellow ex-Law Review president and onetime Dukakis adviser who's now a professor. "It was a big deal that he got the presidency. He was selected because of merit, and he believed in the institution and its history."

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The Harvard Law Review Board of Editors for the 1990-1991 academic year. At center, holding the staff, is Barack Obama, the year he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.   (AP Photo)
This undated photo provided by the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shows the Democratic presidential hopeful while a student of Harvard Law School.   (AP Photo/Obama Presidential Campaign)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a roundtable discussion about predatory lending.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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