Mark Harris, a Harvard-educated lawyer and former Supreme Court clerk, took an unusual turn on his career path when he took three years off to study Talmudic law. "I doubt that I'll be citing the Talmud the next time I write a brief. But I do think the training makes me a sharper lawyer." Lewis M. Solomon, the Proskauer Rose partner who has given Harris a job, agreed. "To me, it's a plus. It shows his commitment to things he finds important."
April 03, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Mark D. Harris had some explaining to do while looking for a job this year. Never mind the splendid r�sum� of the 38-year-old attorney — Harvard Law School ’92; clerkships with U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and the late Lewis F. Powell Jr.; litigation work at Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C.; assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District.
What about that yawning three-year gap in his legal career?
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