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...Harvard Law faculty’s unanimous endorsement of extensive first-year curriculum reforms last week could strengthen Law School Dean Elena Kagan??s chances at becoming the University’s next president, law professors said yesterday...
...speed with which the revisions were approved—and the fact that no professor cast a dissenting vote—highlights what many law professors have described as Kagan??s ability to modernize the Law School while still building consensus. In addition to the curricular revisions, Kagan, who was appointed by then-University President Lawrence H. Summers in 2003, has also launched a $400 million capital campaign, laid plans for a new 250,000 square-foot building north of Pound Hall, and increased the size of the faculty primarily by luring tenured professors from other universities...
...School dean in the 1870s—Kagan said among that a greater emphasis on international law was being considered. “Who knows, it may even include a 1L course in the [international law] field,” she said. The hallmark of Kagan??s tenure as dean has been faculty expansion, and in yesterday’s speech she announced that seven tenured professors and two assistant professors have joined the faculty this year, and four clinical lecturers were promoted to the new position of clinical professor. The Law School’s faculty expansion...
...parties, “broom ball” games at the ice rink, and one particular professor’s prowess on the basketball court. Six of the nine members of the Court that Greenhouse covers attended Harvard Law School including Roberts, the recently appointed chief justice. Responding to Kagan??s early assertion that she no longer needs to read the Court’s opinions because of the thoroughness of her own coverage, Greenhouse told the appreciative crowd, “Read the opinions. I don’t want the responsibility...
...action gained little traction. Beneficial Professor of Law Charles Fried said at the time that “this seems to be a manufactured issue,” citing the fact that a number of the Review’s recent presidents had been women. Law School Dean Elena Kagan??who was the supervising editor of the Law Review during her time at the Law School—told The Crimson then that “the under-representation of women on the Law Review is a concern, but I’m not inclined to think...