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77 Harv. L. Rec. 1 (1983-1984)

handle is hein.journals/hlrec77 and id is 1 raw text is: I9 H A R A 5 L A R E O R I America's Oldest Law School Newspaper SEPTEMBER 16, 1983 25 CENTS fm Elerkin Cast members (I. to r.) James Stephens, Tom Fitzsimmons, John Houseman and Jane Kaczmarek with one paper they didn't have to chase. Registrar Praises New Registration System By Mike Isbell The ability of second- and third- year students to state their course preferences at the beginning of the preregistration process represented a striking improvement over the system used in previous years, ac- cording to Registrar Sue Robinson. The change was adopted last year by the Administrative Board. Students registering for this year's courses last spring listed courses in order of preference on a single sheet of paper. Course sched- ules were made available to stu- dents in May. Previously, the Registrar's office coordinated pre- registration by using thousands of computer punch cards. Students initially signed up for courses with- out listing the classes according to priority. After a preliminary com- puter run, students were given the list of oversubscribed courses. After going through a second registration for oversubscribed courses, students received their course schedules over the summer. Less Game Playing? The difference [which resulted in the improvement this year] may have been made by the priority sys- tem itself, Robinson said. People tended to sign up for what they really wanted. They stated their preferences more clearly with the new system. Because the faculty prepared the examination schedule earlier, people could also take a look at the exam schedule [before going through preregistration]. The end result, according to Rob- inson, is that fewer cases of students (Continued on Page 13) 0 1983 BY THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL RECORD CORPORATION VOL. 77, NO. 1 School Seeks to Improve Communications By Brad Hudson A common criticism of Harvard Law School is that it affords too few opportunities for discussion between students and faculty members out- side of the classroom walls. With the arrival of students for a new fall semester, several new programs have been announced that will in- crease the opportunities for com- munication between the students and the faculty. These programs include a series of open faculty-student meetings entitled Inquiries, numerous ca- reer-oriented presentations for ILs, and two day-long seminars aimed at second- and third-year students. Inquiries Inquiries is a series of monthly student-faculty meetings designed to explore diverse perspectives on legal theory and practice. The first session, entitled What is Law? was held on Wed., Sept. 14. It was led by Profs. Phillip Areeda, Elizabeth Bartholet, Morton Horwitz and Hal Scott. The program is a result of the efforts of a small group of faculty members: Scott, Martha Minow and Charles Nesson, According to Scott, he had long thought about the need for having regularly scheduled stu- dent-faculty meetings to discuss big picture subjects. During the sum- mer, when he discussed this theory with various faculty members, he (Continued on Page 14)

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