Word: cls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...senior professors at the Law School are considering offers from other universities threatens to wreck one of the most exciting and positive developments in the school's recent history: the debate over the future of legal education that has been sparked by the emergence of the Critical Legal Studies (CLS) movement. That so many top scholars are even considering a move away from Harvard is unprecedented. Their departure would damage both the Law School's reputation and its ability to deliver a top-quality legal education. But most important, it would mark a tragic and abrupt end to the current...
...reason so many law professors are dissatisfied with their positions at Harvard is not merely opposition to the trend toward radical legal scholarship exemplified by Critical Legal Studies. While hard-line conservatives like Professor Paul Bator, who left Harvard for Chicago last spring, still challenge CLS work on principle, those who are now contemplating a move, both conservatives and moderates, generally acknowledge that CLS professors are good scholars. What many object to is the polarization of the Law School faculty that has accompanied the growing popularity of CLS...
Several leading CLS scholars, including Professor of Law Duncan M. Kennedy '64 and Professor of Law Morton J. Horowitz, either could not be reached or refused to comment on the six professors or charges that the CLS effort has damaged the school's tenure process...
...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...
Some professors, not directly associated with either CLS or the anti-CLS group, said they believe the controversy has made Harvard Law School one of the most exciting and vibrant places to teach and learn...