Years ago in 2009, Harvard revised its law school grading system, which was the most explicit attempt by the school to improve student quality of life and happiness and change the school’s reputation (not helped by “The Paper Chase”) as cutthroat. Read More Does Harvard Law School have...
Ilya Somin
“For better or worse, when women come to law school, they feel their gender more strongly than they may have in undergrad,” said third-year law student Stephanie E. Davidson, outgoing president of the Women’s Law Association. “I still barely have words to describe why that is or what...
at 19 years old, there was a law school student in my section, and juniors and seniors in my section,” Leggett, the head CS50 TF, says. “At first I was definitely worried I’d be asked questions that I didn’t know the answer to.” ...
Professor Chen took us all outside our Boylston Hall classroom for a bird-watching trip. We trekked along the familiar paths around the Law School and Divinity School in search of sparrows and robins. We aimed to practice what it might mean to be in community with animals and to perceive ...
grading for this semester, nor will be penalized if he/ she elects into an optional pass/fail system for the semester.With the COVID-19 pandemic creating unexpected hardships and dislocations for college students across the world, the Harvard Law School J.D. Admissions Office announced last ...
“survey” course style. One thing I took away from this course is how difficult open book tests can be. I remember the professor saying something about his grading tried to take into account how long your answer was. The more you wrote, the less they assumed you knew the correct answer...
The Business School followed 50 years later. Founded in 1908, it did not adopt cases until 1920, when its second dean, a Law School graduate, championed their use. After convincing a marketing professor to create the first business casebook, he then provided funding for a broader program of...
Students at the Law School have shown that advocacy plays a central role in guaranteeing equitable grading. The UC leadership cannot risk its negotiating credibility with such an unlikely proposal, especially when more probable and beneficial proposals are on the table. But Harvard has to go above...
But Social Studies director Anya Bernstein says she “can’t imagine” that the changes will make a difference. “It’s really hard for me to imagine that a student who would have gotten into Harvard Law School as a magna is now going to be denied as a cum,” she says. ...