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Pioneered by HLS Dean Robert C. Clark, the plan still must be approved by the Harvard Corporation, and is expected to pass in the next few weeks...
...This plan] is the biggest change since 1871," says HLS visiting professor and Monan University professor at Boston College Law School Daniel R. Coquillette, referring to the institution of new teaching methods by former HLS Dean Christopher C. Langdell 130 years...
...plan will slash first year class sizes by almost half; instead of being divided into 4 sections of 140 students, the approximately 550 first year students will now have 7 sections of 80. HLS must therefore raise money to hire 15 new faculty members at a cost of $75 million, five of whom will teach first year students...
These smaller first year sections, called "law colleges" resemble systems at schools like Yale, which only has 150 students in each graduating class, as opposed to 550 at HLS...
...goal of the law colleges, administrators say, is in part to forge a greater social cohesion at HLS and make students feel welcome...