Quote from Mercor:
Under a system implemented three years ago that first took effect with this year's class, Harvard Law said it will limit magna cum laude degrees to the top 10% of the class. The next 30% will receive cum laude degrees.
The policy for summa cum laude, the highest honor, is unchanged. One summa degree was awarded this year, Harvard Law School said.
Under the old system, 76% of Harvard Law grads earned honors, the school said.
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Obama is under the old system.....Obama could have received all C's and still won Magna Cum award. It is awarded by percent not GPA
Doubt a "C" student would be selected as an editor of the Harvard Law Review at the end of his first year, and president of the journal in his second year,but that is just speculation
According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, the Harverd Law Review is the most cited law review and has the second-highest impact factor in the category "law" after the Columbia Law Review.
Prominent alumni of the Harvard Law Review include:
United States Presidents
Barack Obama, served as President of Volume
Supreme Court Justices
Stephen Breyer, served as Articles Editor of Volume 77[4]
Felix Frankfurter[5] (1882-1965)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, served as editor for one year before transferring to Columbia Law School[6]
John G. Roberts, Jr., served as Managing Editor for Volume 92[7]
Antonin Scalia, served as Notes Editor for Volume 73[8]
Edward Sanford (1865-1930)
[edit] Other jurists
Michael Boudin, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, served as President of Volume 77[9]
Henry Friendly, late judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, served as President[10]
Merrick Garland, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[citation needed]
Pierre Leval, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, served as Notes Editor[11]
Debra Ann Livingston, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit[11]
James L. Oakes, late judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit[11]
Learned Hand, late judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, served as an editor but later resigned.
Richard Posner, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, served as President of Volume 75[12]