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This undated photo provided by the presidential campaign shows the president during his stint as a student of Harvard Law School. After three years of working as a community organizer in Chicago, Obama went to study law at Harvard, and made history there as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, which he is holding a copy of.

Obama at Harvard Law School

( Associated Press Photos / October 9, 2012 )

This undated photo provided by the presidential campaign shows the president during his stint as a student of Harvard Law School. After three years of working as a community organizer in Chicago, Obama went to study law at Harvard, and made history there as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, which he is holding a copy of.

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