Word: laws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Law School in not likely in the near future to suffer the same kind of Upheaval the College has gone through his Spring, but as the Johnson-era generation of college students moves into the professional schools it carries with it the seeds of dissatisfaction with society as a whole, and particularly with the institutions which most directly affect students. Law School faculty, recent alumni, and even third-year students assert unanimously that the place has changed beyond recognition over the last few years...
...most popular courses at the Law School these days, like those in the College, are those involved in contemporary issues. If anything, there in even more demand for relevance among law student than among undergraduates. Many undergraduates have come to the conclusion that Harvard does not and will not offer courses closely connected to their interests. They think they should enjoy four years in Cambridge, and let the College try to limp along by itself...
...Law students, however, want and expect the School to be the center of their three years in Cambridge. It has been an ominous development for the School--from the viewpoint of those who would like to see legal education weather the current storm with as little change as possible--that some of school's students have concluded recently that they, like undergraduates, must ignore the School to profit by their time there. One student who was active in the first-year students' movement for grade reform says the year's experience has "freed" many of his classmates. "Some...
When the Faculty of Law was awakened, it characteristically set up a Committee on Grades to study the situation. The Committee moved with extreme caution and often seemed to miss the students' points. The Committee report recommends producers which should reduce the exaggerated importance of first-year grades. It also suggests that first-year students should have the option of being graded high-satisfactory-low-fail, simply pass-fail, or in nine categories the School has used since last year...
...argues that the Law School is not providing a first-rank legal education. But as one student leader said, "People coming here in the past have accepted not only legal education but a whole style of life." The students today still want a solid legal education. But many of them want in the context of a life style which values draft counseling and landlord litigation above corporate or criminal law...