Music
This BLSA member could have been on Cowboy Carter having graduated from the the Juilliard School.
Who is Levi Jones? Levi completed his undergrad at the Juilliard School where he earned a bachelor of music then eventually earned his master's of music at Yale. Underachiever.
Clown school not necessary when you've got HLS! This member of Hastie can juggle.
Who is Lauren Howell?
The year of BLSA's founding.
What is 1967?
If family is for life, then there's always a family feud in BLSA. The number of families in HBLSA. [Bonus points if you can name them all]
What is 5 families? What are Fenwick, Crenshaw, Hastie, Houston, Lewis.
The number of BLSA 1Ls we still can't believe chose to come be stressed in America.
What is 3?
She would have been on her way to Juilliard if she continued her involvement in music. The member of the Class of 2026 that performed in 3 operas.
Who is Alyssa Ince? She performed in 3 operas as a child and I'm sure we'd all love to know why she decided to not continue with music.
This member paid attention in social studies. The member of Fenwich who can list the presidents in order.
Who is Sam Timmons?
The year that all honor societies at HLS were run by Black students. [Bonus points if you can name all leaders].
What is 2024? The Harvard Law Review selected Sophia Hunt ('25) as the Editor-in-Chief, the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau selected Femi Akindumila ('25) as president, and the Board of Student Advisers selected Jheri' Richards ('25) as president.
The number of committees BLSA has listed on their website.
What is 10?
The number of BLSA 1Ls who are losing their tans in Boston after leaving their golden home state, California.
What is 4?
This member was on Cowboy Carter...well if you consider being on Cowboy Carter as performing with Tank and the Bangas.
Who is Kaylah Paras?
This person has the easier time remembering names because they are all the same. The member who shares a middle name with their father, two brothers, and dates a person with the same name as their mother and sister's middle name.
Who is Chandler Rankin?
A working group convened to change this thing about HLS's external identity identity.
What is the Harvard Law School shield in 2020?
BLSA's two advisors last year.
Who are Ron Sullivan and Charles Ogletree?
The person in Fenwick who almost added to the North Carolina mob if not for moving to another state.
Who is Christian Dawkins?
This member is definitely Michael Jackson but we'll take what we can get! The member of Hastie who can kind of moon walk.
Who is Leanna Tilitei?
I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more to be the man who walked 28 miles for a pizza.
Who is Justin McMahan?
The year that Harvard Law School saw their first Black graduates.
What is 1869? Following the Emancipation Proclamation, four men became the first Black graduates of HLS; their names were George Lewis Ruffin (1869), Archibald Grimke (1874), Clement Morgan (1893), William Henry Lewis (1895).
Before Ariel, this person was BLSA's fearless leader.
Who is Dara Ferguson?
This person is probably more flexible than you but it may have been a minute. Ask them to do a back handspring. The member who used to do gymnastics.
Who is Toibat Ayankunbi?
The member of Lewis whose father actually did cook for Cowboy Carter.
Who is Josiah Laney?
The drivers of the ship in Maryland that crashed into a bridge needed this member of Lewis to help them out. The name of the person with a boater's license.
Who is Ciara Vakos?
The year that the first Black woman graduate Harvard Law School. [Bonus points if you guess her name].
What is 1956? Lila Fenwick was accepted and in 1956 became the first Black woman to graduate from HLS.
The 3Ls engage in this activity after the last BLSA GM of the semester.
What is Toast and Roast?
Big 'ol noodlehead! The BLSA 1L who eats (real) ramen at least once a week.
Who is Bianca Alonso?