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...designed to give students a view of crime from the police officer's perspective. It was one of the first times that a professor of Law had gone into the community to teach his students about law. The program was an overwhelming success. The professor was James Vorenberg '49, who next July will succeed Albert M. Sacks as dean of the Law School...
...James Vorenberg has played a lot of roles since 1951, when he graduated from the Law School: clerk to Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, private attorney, special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, associate special prosecutor during Watergate, master of Dunster House. In each role, however, the same qualities emerged--a strong sense of organization, an active concern for the community, and a kind of pragmatic or moderate liberalism...
...search, even off-the-record. He said that if he began to deny some rumors off-the-record, he could not refuse to deny others off-the-record without implicitly confirming them. Before the Keeton rumor surfaced, The Crimson learned that Bok might have offered the position to James Vorenberg. This happened two weeks before February 9, when he actually made the offer to Vorenberg. Bok refused to deny that he had already made an offer, but hinted, in response to the speculation about Vorenberg, that "rumors of this sort are often less reliable than one might think." Later, when...
...faculty agreed last fall to discuss changing the dean selection process for future dean searches once the current search ended; they should now seriously consider giving students a formal role in the procedure. Vorenberg's indication last week that he saw no problem with the current process is disappointing. His support for changing the selection system is crucial, and Vorenberg should reconsider whether he is satisfied with...
...dean. Candidates refused to have student interviews for fear of appearing to be interested in the job; consequently, students were uninformed and left out of the decision. Bok kept his list of finalists secret, and students and faculty learned of the possible deans only through rumors. The choice of Vorenberg seems acceptable. The way he was chosen...