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...effort to address quality-of-life concerns voiced by its students, Harvard Law School (HLS) will slash lecture sizes and establish a House-like system of "law colleges" beginning next fall...
...That shows it's not just the students who want this. It's also the faculty," said Michael A. Armini, spokesperson for HLS...
Under the planned college system, the roughly 550 students in each HLS class will be grouped into seven units who will socialize together and take introductory classes as a group. Currently, entering students are broken up into four sections of about 140 students...
While halving class size is a radical step, particularly by Harvard standards, many students said that HLS needs to make further changes to improve their quality of life...
Many other law schools grade classes on a pass/fail basis, particularly in the first year, but HLS continues to use a letter grading system. Students say that letter grades cause increased pressure and competition...