About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

57 Harv. L. Rec. 1 (1973)

handle is hein.journals/hlrec57 and id is 1 raw text is: HA RV RD LA REOD America's Oldest Law School Newspaper VOL. 57, NO. I SEPTEMBER 21, 1973 TWENTY CENTS Law Review Names PFGradingAbolished Staff Members; By Law Faculty Vote Competition Begins By Daniel M. Taubman ters were vigorously debated by the For the first time since 1968, all faculty. By Gary L. Rubin first-year students will receive The first-year committee, Another year's crop of student grades on the nine category grade chaired by Professor Jerome A. stalwarts has entered the sanctum scale in the normal way, with no Cohen, recommended the adop- of the Harvard Law Review, while ption to receive pass/fail grades in tion of a modified pass/fail sys- 16 others are now embarked on the any courses, tem for first-year fall semester second phase of the Review's The curricular change was ap- courses: Torts, Criminal Law, annual writing competition, proved by the faculty last May 31st Contracts I and Civil Procedure I, Second-year students invited at the fourth and final lengthy and reexaminations of students to join the Review on the basis of meeting at which the proposals for who received aD or anF on their first-year grades include, grading reform of the Committee the above examinations. The by 1L section number: on the First Year and Related Mat- committee had also recom. -Section I: Daniel P. Cunning- ham, William R. Galeota Jr., Todd D. Rakoff, Faith I. Shapiro, Phillip L. Spector, and Rogih Yazgi; (Continued on Page 2) INSIDE THIS ISSUE II No Yearbook Editor..Page 5 Griswold Joins Firm.,Page 5 Sam Dash ..................... Page 8 mended other reforms dealing with other aspects of the first year, both educational and so- cial, including abolition of the (Continued on Page 15) 3 Profs Work on Cox's Staff By Kermit Kubitz Three members of the Law School faculty - James Vorenberg '48, Philip Heymann '60, and Stephen Breyer'64 - undertook their own program of clinical legal education in Washington this summer as mem- bers of the staff of their colleague, Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Beginning shortly after Cox's appointment in May, Vorenberg and Heymann joined the staff and began organizing and recruiting other members. Besides these two and Cox, the only other members of the Prosecutor's staff at this point were James Neal, Tom McBride, and Rosanne Kumins, Administrative As- sistant to the Law School's Criminal Justice Center. Vorenberg, who served as deputy prosecutor until the end of July, operated at first as chief of staff to build up the organization. Over 1000 applications were received from lawyers all over the country, in- cluding many from Harvard. Early in the summer, the criminal law professor spent about one-third of his time on hiring, organization, and appropriations, and two-thirds on various aspects of the investigation. James Vorenberg Philip Heymann (Continued on Page 4)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most