Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the time Professor of Law Gary R. Bellow started the Harvard Clinical Studies program in the 1970s, legal scholars have recognized it as at the vanguard of the development of practical legal education. The Harvard AIDS Law Clinic is a clear example of the Law School's adaptability to the community's changing legal needs...
Established in 1987 as the nation's first legal aid center for AIDS patients, the clinic deals with the sensitive legal issues surrounding the spread of the disease...
Estate cases, which are new to Harvard legal service programs, are often the most delicate, says Willoughby. "If a gay man is estranged from his family, the law assumes his family is the closest [to him] and has the ultimate decision over his medical care, what happens to his body after his death and his estate," he says. "We try to make sure the people who the patients want to be making the decisions...
Although Harvard has one of the most extensive clinical studies programs in the nation, many other universities have programs designed to incorporate practical legal experience with theoretical classroom learning...
Several city residents have attributed Graham's political problems to her family difficulties. But in an interview yesterday Graham said her children's troubles have not affected her career. She said the legal action taken against Darrell "has nothing to do with my public life...He's not the politician...