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Behind Every Great Harvard Professor

Even though he has not changed his long range plans over the last 14 months he's worked with Dershowitz, Lim said he does take more notice of legal matters in the news.

"I definitely enjoy being behind-the-scenes," he says.

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The Shape of Week

Despite similarities in the tasks that assistants to professors face, their weekly and daily routines are shaped by the patterns that their bosses established.

Randolph, who is employed full time, splits her week based on Gomes's schedule: he is only in his Memorial Church office from Wednesday to Friday.

The professor spends the first few days of the week on his many other duties, which include speaking, teaching, and writing scholarly articles.

"My Monday and Tuesday are spend organizing the rest of the week's activities and whatever future planning needs to be done that week," Randolph says.

"When he comes in on Wednesday, and reorganizes things, I have to update the schedule and be flexible and ready to make the priorities of that week work," she added.

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