Word: balkinization
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Ogletree wholesale copied six paragraphs from Yale professor Jack M. Balkin for his book All Deliberate Speed in an incident Dean of the Law School Elena Kagan called a “serious scholarly transgression.” Tribe’s God Save This Honorable Court misappropriated a nineteen word passage from the work of Henry J. Abraham. Most troubling is Goodwin’s transgression, not because of the nature of her offense (compared to Ogletree and Tribe, Goodwin is Gordon C. Harvey!) but because of her role as one of the leaders of the entire Harvard community...
Ogletree said that after reviewing the matter, he contacted Balkin to apologize...
...been incredibly gracious throughout the process,” Ogletree said of Balkin...
Clark and Balkin could not be reached for comment by phone or e-mail...
Last week, Ogletree admitted that six paragraphs of his book—nearly two pages of text—had been lifted from the work of Yale Law School professor Jack M. Balkin, after the latter author was anonymously informed that Ogletree’s work should be investigated. However, while admitting to some fault for his carelessness, Ogletree maintains that the text’s inclusion was an oversight due, in part, to strict deadlines and a strong reliance on research assistants. Neither defense is excusable...