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Reaction was fierce. An e-mail from HLS administrators called the events “appalling things.” The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) organized a protest and, in a statement published in the Harvard Law Record, demanded that Scholl and Camara be disciplined...
Just ask Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson ’60. When Nesson offered to defend Scholl in a mock trial, he encountered objections nearly as vociferous as the initial clamor. BLSA demanded that Nesson be publicly censured and barred from teaching first-year classes, and Nesson agreed to step down from teaching all but the final lecture of his torts class this year...
Nobody is asking HLS to turn a blind eye on racial concerns. Nobody is claiming that BLSA was wrong to air its grievances. But these matters are not a stark opposition of black and white. Offense comes in many shades. We would do well to spend less time taking offense and more time trying to understand just why we are offended...
Nesson said that while he disagrees with the BLSA letter, he respects the opinions of the association...
...responded to the BLSA letter by saying I’d be happy to appear at any time to respond to their concerns, subject only to the requirement that it be recorded,” Nesson continued, “and I was verbally informed that they did not want this...