Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Bok described Clark yesterday, he characterized the corporate law expert as just that type of "strong character." Specifically, Bok said Clark's commitment to high academic standards, along with his interest in legal education, made him an exceptionally qualified candidate to succeed outgoing Dean James Vorenberg...
...think he is very interested in legal education and the reform of legal education," Bok said. "He has very high aspirations for the Law School...
...felt that [Clark] had certain qualities that were very important for a dean--high intellectual standards and a strong commitment to building the ablest faculty possible," Bok said. "I think he's very interested in legal education and the reform of legal education, and I think he has a remarkably strong character...
March 10, 1988-President Bok announces that he did not grant tenure to Professor of Law Clare Dalton, an adherent to the radical school of legal thought, Critical Legal Studies (CLS). The Law School Faculty becomes polarized over the Dalton issue and its ideological ramifications. Professor of Law Robert C. Clark is among Dalton's and CLS's-most vocal critics...
November 12, 1988-A student committee publishes a survey of student opinion on the dean search. Sixty percent of respondents say the new dean's top priority should be legal education. In the section on specific candidates, Clark receives mixed reviews...