Media Coverage

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Poker stars join to take aim at the House rules

By Steve Goldstein
Inquirer Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — In a somber Rayburn House Office Building hearing room yesterday, one floor above where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was testifying about Iran, the discussion was of another threat:

Denying folks the right to play Internet poker for money.

From the Wall Street Journal Law Blog.

Alan Dershowitz and Charles Nesson have a few things in common. They're both famed Harvard Law professors. They're both provocative. And they both love poker.

From the Chronicle of Higher Education.

By Peter Monaghan

Can poker capture — and improve — the minds of young Americans? Charles R. Nesson, a Harvard law professor, insists that it can.

From Second Life Insider:

Harvard explores the case against Addis

Posted Oct 16th 2007 9:00PM by Tateru Nino
Filed under: Educational, News, Events, Mixed Reality, Teaching

From the Boston Herald.

Harvard lawyers work to overturn gaming ban

By Scott Van Voorhis

Poker players pining for a return of Internet gaming now have the law on their side. Harvard Law, that is.

A pair of top Harvard Law School professors have taken up an unlikely cause - the legalization of online poker.

From Inside Higher Ed.

By Andy Guess

From National Public Radio.

Fascination with the game of poker is turning out to be an ace in the hole for educators. At Harvard, the card game is used in algebra classes and in law-school classes. Harvard law professor Charles Nesson tells Scott Simon how he and his colleagues deal with the subject.

Listen to the interview here.

From the Financial Times.

By Roger Blitz
Leisure Industries Correspondent
Last updated: August 18 2007 14:52

Harvard Law school thinks it has found the solution to many of society's problems, from teenage delinquency to world diplomatic crises: a hand of poker.

Prof. Nesson and Others Stress the Skill Involved; Why It's a Legal Issue

From the Wall Street Journal.

By NEIL KING JR.
May 3, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Four-time poker champion Howard Lederer makes a plush living playing cards. His scholarly calm at the table has earned him the title "The Professor," along with $3.3 million in tournament prize money.