Word: griswold
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...unfortunate that Dean Griswold has seen fit to suggest restrictions against those applicants to the Law School who have had a "specialized" training. As a graduate of a state university with a degree in Urban Land Economics--and what could be more specialized--I feel I must be within the group mentioned. The goal desired by Dean Griswold, that of "cultured" lawyers, is a laudable one, but the means by which he hopes to attain this goal is at least questionable from three standpoints...
...deserved reputation as a meeting ground for students of varying backgrounds, educational as well as geographical. A number of law students with such varying backgrounds can contribute far more to the overall broad view of a topic than can an equal number of "well-bred" Liberal Arts students. Dean Griswold's aim would sacrifice this important aspect of legal training...
Those are certainly not the only objections to Dean Griswold's recommendations but only the ones which come first to my mind. And each point is undoubtedly worth far more than this superficial observation. If I have misunderstood the CRIMSON article or if I have attributed to Dean Griswold opinions be does not hold, I apologize. On the other hand, if those are indeed the views of our law school's chief executive, the apologies should not come from this quarter. Ed Levin...
Glen R. Murray, Jr, 2L was named the first recipient of the Robert A. Taft Scholarship, Dean Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of the Law School announced yesterday. The scholarship, honoring the late Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, was created by Senator Taft's classmates in Harvard Law School's Class...
...Griswold noted that many college advisers steer prospective law students into commercial and business courses. "It might be well to make it plainer that this sort of thing is not looked on with favor as far as this School is concerned," he stated...