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Kagan announced that she plans to take a leave of absence from the faculty of the Law School and resign the deanship, which she has held since 2003. During her tenure as dean, she has drawn acclaim from some circles for bridging ideological divides among the faculty, poaching several renowned professors from rival law schools, and ushering in a slew of student-oriented reforms...
...visionary. “I am thrilled that he is returning to Harvard Law School and assuming the directorship of the [Safra] Center to advance those efforts,” she said. Kagan has aggressively pursued the lateral hiring market during her tenure, snagging 20 tenured professors since her deanship began in 2003, compared to 18 in the preceding two decades. Last year alone, the Law School landed six tenured professors, including then-University of Chicago professor Cass R. Sunstein ’75, the most-cited American law professor. Lessig, who was once a researcher at Harvard?...
...diversity deanship, which has been vacant for nearly a year, will have a slightly different job description when Lamont assumes the post...
...Radcliffe Institute’s second dean since its creation in 1999, was introduced by her predecessor, University President Drew G. Faust. In her introduction, Faust expressed nostalgia for her own first lecture in which she was introduced by then University President Neil L. Rudenstine. Grosz assumed the deanship of the Radcliffe Institute on an interim basis in July 2007 after Faust was tapped to lead the University as president. In April, Faust announced that Grosz would continue in the position permanently. In her speech yesterday, Faust said that Grosz had been dedicated to Radcliffe for many years as dean...
...hand, it’s a little bit scary, but on the other hand, it’s very exciting for me,” said Kagan, who has made the expansion of the Law School’s financial aid program a priority during her deanship. Historically, 50 to 60 graduates have pursued public service jobs each year. In 2008, Law School students graduated with an average debt of $109,000, a Law School official said. Administrators said they hope the public service program will reduce the financial pressure to take lucrative corporate jobs for students interested in lower...