Word: public-interest
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...dean of the Law School, detractors said he was not committed to many of the positive changes in the school brought about by former Dean James Vorenberg '49. Clark already showed the truth of these claims in his decision over the summer to eliminate the school's public-interest counseling office...
...person office was an important part of Vorenberg's effort to present the public-interest option to students at a school notorious for supplying the partners of the nation's largest corporate law firms. (Only 6 percent of Harvard Law School students currently go into public-interest law.) Vorenberg also instituted the nation's most generous loan-forgiveness program two years ago, which pays the debts of students with incomes under certain minimal points...
Clark's reaction to the overwhelming student protest has been disappointing. He has asked members of the Career Services office to double as public-interest planning officers, though they are undoubtedly over-worked at this point and have not had comparable experience in counseling students about public-interest opportunities...
...going against the grain, you really need support," says Adkins. "The problem with public-interest is the support's not really there...
...There's prestige and money associated with large firms," says second-year student Jason Adkins, who has been a leader in the movement. "They come recruit you. For public-interest, you have to have an expert on placement. A few seminars...