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...loved this law school since the moment I arrived here as a student,” Kagan, told faculty and students yesterday. “I’ve always regarded Harvard Law School as a kind of metropolis, the New York City of all law schools—and to be able to have a job in which I think about how to improve this school—that is a dream...
After graduating from HLS in 1986, Kagan clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and briefly worked as a practicing lawyer with Williams & Connelly, one of the toughtest litigation firms in Washington—and the firm that defended Clinton during his impeachment hearings—before accepting a teaching position at the University of Chicago’s Law School...
...Chicago, I learned that no one should be embarassed to use the word community” Kagan said. “At Harvard Law School...building community is a prerequisite to accomplishing many of our most important goals in the future...
...next few months, Kagan said she plans to meet with all HLS faculty individually, as well as groups of students, to discuss their needs and their own goals...
...Kagan is hardly unfamiliar with the administrative challenges presented daily...