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Richard D. Kahlenberg '85, the author of Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard Law School, criticized the Law School for steering students toward corporate law instead of public service in a speech at Pound Hall last night...
...Many first-year law students enter wanting to be Atticus Finch and leave wanting to be Arnie Becker," Kahlenberg said, referring to the idealistic lawyer in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and the materialistic lawyer...
...Although Kahlenberg, who graduated from the Law School in 1989, admits that money is a big factor in the lure of large law firms, he holds the Law School at least partly responsible...
...Despite reforms in legal education, Harvard Law still makes students feel insecure," Kahlenberg said...
...final inanity of Broken Contract lies on the back cover, which contains several blurbs praising the recent HLS graduate/whiner. The notes come from none other than Marty Peretz (surprise -- Peretz attended Kahlenberg's wedding and led his undergraduate junior seminar), and Richard Neustadt, who, according to Kahlenberg, took the author on a canoeing trip...