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Just months before announcing his plans to step down from the deanship, Vorenberg set in motion what may prove his most enduring legacy at the Law School--a program of long-range planning to review the physical, curricular and financial aspects of the Law School. Carried out under the leadership of Associate Deans Andrew L. Kaufman and Frank E.A. Sander and with the help of about 20 other faculty members, the comprehensive project was completed earlier this spring...
...findings of the report mirror the broad goals for the often-embattled Law School which Vorenberg has espoused throughout his eight-year tenure: increasing the size and diversity of the faculty, enhancing the school's international law curriculum and building up the clinical studies program...
...think the entire process and result of having a long-range plan was what was most important to him and also his major accomplishment as dean," says Associate Dean for Development Scott G. Nichols. "It reflects [Vorenberg's] great vision...
...show of support for the departing Vorenberg, the faculty voted unanimously in April to accept the planning report, "which doesn't happen very often at Harvard Law School," as one administrator notes...
...most of Vorenberg's tenure, however, observers have criticized the Law School for what they perceived as an unproductive set of political battles over tenure decisions. Polarized along ideological lines, the law professors have fought bitterly over normally routine promotions from tenure-track to senior-level positions. As a result, the school has seemed less attractive to both students and scholars...