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...Viet Nam is the most significant social, political and legal issue of the day," said Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz last week." And a law school should be concerned with the issues of the day." Dershowitz had just finished giving the first class in a brand-new, ten-week Harvard course entitled "The Role of the Law and the Lawyer in the Viet Nam Conflict." It has no exam or grades, offers no credit, and involves a good deal of reading over and above the students' already heavy regular work load. But it has a record enrollment of more...
Certainly not all law students or professors agree. Indeed, a notably quiet antiwar petition is currently being circulated at a number of law schools, urging lawyers "to work for a change in every legitimate way they can." Among the signers: Alan Dershowitz, founder of Harvard's Viet Nam course...
...ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ...
...Lucky Luciano was convicted for compulsory prostitution in the '30s, for instance, he was guilty in part because of conspiracy. In a case like the Spock-Coffin indictment, the Government also does not need to prove an endless list of isolated charges. Instead, says Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, "it would like to paint the picture of a widespread agreement, and that may be a realistic portrayal of the situation...
This kind of course is "not at all new" in law schools, Dershowitz said. "One of the important roles of legal education is to take issues which are terribly important and explore the relevance and the role of law in these issues," he added