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After two decades at the University of Chicago, legal superstar Cass R. Sunstein ’75 is finally returning to Cambridge. The erstwhile ’Poonster and Currier House resident took time out to chat with FM about squash, animal rights, and wikis...
...Fifteen Minutes (FM): You graduated from the College in 1975 and the stayed here to attend Harvard Law School (HLS). After being away for 30 years, how does it feel to return to your alma mater? Cass R. Sunstein (CRS): It is exciting because it feels like home, and because the Law School is in fabulous shape. There are so many excellent students and faculty at the Law School and all throughout the University. I am looking forward to a chance to work with undergraduates as well...
...FM: What was your favorite class at Harvard? CRS: I think my favorite class was Walter Jackson Bate’s [’39] famous course on Samuel Johnson. It was a magnificent class and inspirational. The class that most influenced me, though, was taught by Lloyd L. Weinreb, who later became a close friend of mine. His course introduced me to questions of justice and law. It wasn’t as theatrical as the Bate course, but it was extremely good and it has had a huge impact on my career...
...FM: You used to be quite the squash player, even playing for Harvard. Do you still play? CRS: I do. However, for all its virtues, Chicago is a small squash town compared to Boston and New York. The most I played squash recently was last spring when I visited HLS. I played three or four times a week. Now I play either squash or tennis three or four times a week...
...FM: When did you know you wanted to go into law? CRS: My senior year in college I was torn between graduate school in English and law school. I thought that law would have more opportunities, and you could take a lot of different paths if you went into law. So not knowing exactly what to do, I took the path that seemed interesting and useful and also kept options open...