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...help but feel that there's a special burden to overcome in terms of having credibility with students," says Christopher F. Edley, Jr., an assistant professor who last month became the fourth Black to receive tenure in the history of Harvard Law School. Edley and Bell are currently the only Blacks tenured at Harvard, the nation's oldest law school; two other Black assistant law professors are also on the faculty...
...find they have to say `no' to student requests for counseling. But many say that turning students away is not the solution. "It's a very painful thing to do because you do feel that you're here to impart knowledge to students and interact with them," Harvard's Edley says...
...appointments of Edley, who worked for the Carter Administration, and Assistant Professor Daniel J. Meltzer now await routine approval from the Corporation's Joint Committee on Appointments...
...Edley, who was unavailable for comment yesterday, would join Professor of Law Derek Bell as the only Blacks on the 60-person senior faculty...
...Edley became the Law School's first Black junior faculy member five years ago, and two other Black assistant professors have since joined him. Assistant professors, who occupy "tenure track" positions, almost always receive lifetime promotions...