Word: bator
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Several professors, including Bator, have said that recent CLS scholarship lacks integrity and does not speak well for Harvard, the stronghold of CLS. Bator's new school, the University of Chicago, is considered much more conservative with only a small CLS representation...
...recent debate on the subject, Bator described CLS as "reductionist." Although he said the founding fathers of CLS were "brilliant," he called second and third generation scholarship in the area "thin and unsatisfying...
...other professors' main objection is that the radical "program has led them to subordinate academic ideals and standards to political ideals and standards." For this reason, Bator charged in the debate, CLS has had a "disastrous effect on the intellectual and institutional life of Harvard Law School...
Other top Law School administrators also refused to comment. One administrator, however, who asked not to be identified, said "Bator was a major loss, and if it is true that other professors are looking elsewhere, then we have a major problem...
...previous statements, however, Kennedy has called the growth of CLS a "natural transition process" towards a better system of legal education. In a debate with Bator and others, Kennedy called unfounded allegations that CLS representatives have only supported allies for tenure...