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...School Tenure Controversy: In lateJuly President Bok said he would intervene in thecontroversial tenure case of Assistant Professorof Law Clare Dalton, who has charged that she didnot receive tenure because of her gender andpolitics. Although Bok said earlier he wasreluctant to review the case, Dalton appealed tothe President in May after she failed to win thetwo-thirds faculty majority necessary to insure alifetime post. The junior professor said she willsue the University on the grounds of sexdiscrimination if Bok fails to grant her tenure...
Meanwhile, law professors throughout thecountry have offered their input into the case,which liberal groups say is a referendum onacademic freedom at Harvard. More than 200 lawprofessors have signed a letter expressing concernover Bok's slow response to the Dalton vote andhis decision to override tenure for VisitingProfessor of Law David Trubek, another left-wingscholar. Like Trubek, Dalton is associated withCritical Legal Studies, a movement which holdsthat the law is rooted in dominant social normsand not abstract notions of justice...
...Dalton Redux: In an unprecedented move,President Bok announced that he will ask a groupof 15 outside legal experts--who overwhelminglysupported Dalton during her initial tenure bid inthe spring--to evaluate the arguments of heropponents in the Law Faculty. Bok's decision toseek advice from the experts signaled to manyobservers an admission of flaws within the LawSchool's tenure process, which Dalton and herattorney Nancy Gertner charge is "terriblyunfair...
Thank you for your letter of August 10, 1987, concerning the dispute over the appointment of Clare Dalton. Having looked at the file, discussed the matter with a number of faculty members, and talked with you at length, I agree that an essential step in reviewing the case is to gain a better understanding of the wide discrepancy between the views of the outside experts and some of the faculty members with respect to Professor Dalton's manuscript on Rylands v. Fletcher. In accordance with our conversations, let me summarize how I believe such an inquiry should be conducted...
...begin with, we have asked two members of the Appointments Committee--Paul Weiler and Detlev Vagts (The "Convenors"-)--to take charge of ascertaining the reactions of outside experts to the material in the file written by members of the Faculty criticizing and defending Professor Dalton's manuscript...