Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. HLS typically ranks among the top law schools. The U.S. News and World Report law school rankings place it as second, behind Yale Law School.
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Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. HLS typically ranks among the top law schools. The U.S. News and World Report law school rankings place it as second, behind Yale Law School.
In the 1870s, under Dean Christopher Columbus Langdell, HLS introduced what has become the standard first-year curriculum for American law schools—including classes in contracts, property, torts, criminal law, and civil procedure. At Harvard, Langdell also developed the case method of teaching law, now the dominant pedagogical model at U.S. law schools.
The law school is currently led by Dean Martha Minow, who assumed the role on July 1, 2009. It was previously led by interim dean Howell Jackson, who took over from Elena Kagan upon her confirmation as...
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