Word: curricular
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...last time Harvard Law School (HLS) had a comprehensive curricular review was in 1870—the Franco-Prussian war was just getting underway. Then, Dean Christopher C. Langdell instituted the first-year curriculum, consisting of contracts, torts, civil procedure, criminal, and property law, that has stood as the hallmark of first year American legal education to this day. Although Harvard can all too easily rest on its laurels, it is refreshing to see such decisive action emanating from the legal scholars here in Cambridge. We commend HLS Dean Elena Kagan and the HLS faculty for ensuring that our University...
...argue that the UC neither needs nor has a right to the money. For others, any UC fee is absurd: students should choose themselves which student groups receive their $75 and leave SAC to haggle with Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 over the Curricular Review...
...curricular changes—which have been in the works for the past three years and were guided by Smith Professor of Law Martha L. Minow—will be implemented over the next three years...
...speed with which the revisions were approved—and the fact that no professor cast a dissenting vote—highlights what many law professors have described as Kagan’s ability to modernize the Law School while still building consensus. In addition to the curricular revisions, Kagan, who was appointed by then-University President Lawrence H. Summers in 2003, has also launched a $400 million capital campaign, laid plans for a new 250,000 square-foot building north of Pound Hall, and increased the size of the faculty primarily by luring tenured professors from other universities...
...issues the UC faces this fall encompass the spectrum from academic to social. One issue dear to every Harvard undergrad that the UC will tackle this fall is the Harvard Yale tailgate—an event known for revelry but threatened by harsh alcohol restrictions. Other priorities include curricular reform and student-group financing. —Staff writer Margot E. Edelman can be reached at medelman@fas.harvard.edu...