The Intellectual Sword: Harvard Law School, the Second Century

In the early twentieth century, Harvard Law was on the brink of financial and scholarly ruin. Discriminatory, intellectually arid, and nearly broke, the school struggled through World War II. Bruce Kimball and Daniel Coquillette chronicle the downfall and dramatic restoration of HLS as arguably the world’s most influential law school.

Table of Contents:
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Tragedy of Ezra Thayer, 1900–1915 2. The Centennial Fundraising Fiasco, 1914–1920 3. The Perilous Trials of Roscoe Pound and the Faculty, 1916–1927 4. Desirable and “Undesirable” Students, 1916–1936& 5. “The School Must Live from Hand to Mouth,” 1919–1930s 6. Legal Realism and Pound’s Decline, 1928–1931 7. New Deal, Nazis, and Faculty Revolt, 1931–1936&# 8. The “Meteoric” Rise and Fall of James Landis, 1937–1946& 9. Harvard, Columbia, and the “Major Professional Schools,” 1890–1945 10. Griswold Brings Order to the “Madhouse,” 1946–1950s 11. McCarthyism and the Fifth Amendment, 1950s& 12. The Admissions Revolution, 1946–1967 13. “The School Has Not Grown Soft,” 1946–1967& 14. “A Vast Expansion” in Spending, 1946–1967 15. The Harvard-Yale Game, 1900–1970 16. Derek Bok’s Tumultuous Interlude, 1968–1970 17. “An Especially Difficult Period”: Albert Sacks, 1971–1981&# 18. The World of the Students, 1970s and 1980s& 19. Faculty Discord, 1970s and 1980s Conclusion Appendix A. Law Schools Rejecting Case Method and the Harvard “System,” 1890–1915 Appendix B. Letter on Enrollment of Jewish Students, 1922 Appendix C. Law School Endowments of Harvard, Yale, and Columbia Universities, 1910–1930 Appendix D. Enrollments, Endowments, and Annual Expenses of Medical, Law, and Business Schools of Columbia and Harvard Universities, 1890–1945 Appendix E. Increases of Combined Endowments of Columbia and Harvard Universities and Their Medical, Law, and Business Schools, 1890–1950 Appendix F. Enrollment of College Graduates in Harvard and Yale Law Schools, 1920–1935 Appendix G. Endowments, Expenses, and Enrollment of Harvard Law School and Yale Law School, 1905–1970 Appendix H. Financial Advantage of Yale Law School over Harvard Law School, 1894–1970 Appendix I. Women with Teaching Appointments at Harvard Law School, 1968–1985 Appendix J. Note on Further Research and Access to Harvard University Records Appendix K. Student Research Reports, Memos, and Articles Cited Index

Review :
A major work of scholarship--forceful, original, compelling, and highly readable. The stories of the administration of Harvard Law School, of the rise and fall of its deans and their many tribulations, make for high drama. And the school itself is of course one of the key institutions of higher education and the legal profession, not only for its own achievements and standing, but because of its enormous influence on other schools. -- Robert W. Gordon, Stanford Law School