Word: hls
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...HLS could not hold change at bay forever. The stately buildings, home to some of the worlds finest legal scholars, hide the revolution—spurred partly by outside competition and unhappy students—that is now occurring within...
...many years, Harvard Law School (HLS) seemed as stable and constant as the stone pillars of Langdell Library. The old and venerated school, where five of the nine current Supreme Court justices studied, was considered by many to be the preeminent law school in the world...
Under an ambitious new plan pioneered by HLS Dean and Royall Professor of Law Robert C. Clark, the school will slash first year class sizes by half, institute a system loosely based on Harvard college’s residential houses to try to build community spirit, expand the international dimension of the school by creating new research centers, and dramatically increase financial...
...Changes of this magnitude have not swept HLS for 130 years, according to institutional historian and visiting HLS professor Daniel R. Coquillette. The school’s last dramatic overhaul occurred in 1871, when former Dean Christopher C. Langdell instituted the Socratic and case study methods—which would be copied by professional schools around the world—to HLS...
...recent strategic plan was backed by HLS faculty and students alike. A 1999 McKinsey & Co. study, commissioned by Clark and his colleagues to help guide their efforts, identified a number of student complaints. Students overwhelmingly called for more feedback on their work and smaller classes, especially for first year students. The resulting changes to the first year experience were unanimously approved by the faculty—an unprecedented event in many professors’ memories...