The Day Totally free Speech Died At Harvard Law School

Activists at Harvard University are calling for the university’s law college to abolish and replace its long-standing seal, since it is based on the crest of a family that owned slaves. Coming from a loved ones with a particular degree of socioeconomic privilege is really useful for receiving into (and staying in) good grad programs, and is useful for even considering grad school as a career path. Other individuals inside law schools – Jim Chen, Deborah Rhode, Herwig Schlunk, Akhil Amar, Ian Ayers, Paul Caron, Ben Trachtenberg, Orin Kerr, and Jeffery Harrison to name a few – have moved the …