Word: edley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ironically, the students' protestations that they were not objecting to Greenberg on account of race left some of the students' strongest supporters defending in print a position that the students seem to have disavowed. Christopher Edley, a Black assistant professor at the Law School, argued in a piece in the Washington Post that race was indeed a relevant criterion for the teacher of this course, since "Race remains a useful proxy for a whole collection of experiences, aspirations and sensitivities." Even Professor Bell endorsed in print the students' "call for a teacher whose credentials include experiences in and with racism...
...week with the announcement that three women and a Black had been hired to fill assistant professorships. The appointments will substantially increase the number of minorities and women on the Law Faculty, which currently includes one Black and two women. The four incoming assistant professors--Clare Dalton, Christopher F. Edley Jr., Susan Estrich, and Martha Minow--will probably be eligible for tenure in three years under a policy in which the school usually offers tenure after three years. Cheryl D. Hoffmann, president of the Women's Law Association, this week called the appointments "absolutely terrific." But Stephen A. Brusch, outgoing...