In selecting faculty, "appraise appropriately diverse legal experiences and scholarship."
Tenure for Ogletree
Give Professor Charles Ogletree "a reasonable tenure offer."
Courses to Reflect Minority & Women's Issues
"Diversify the curriculum to reflect the experience of people of color and women," especially in first-year courses. Vorenberg's Reply
Minority Hiring
Agreed to "continue to give high priority to minority hiring," but no pledge to meet hiring quotas or deadlines.
Student Role in Hiring
Will "look into" meeting with "specific student committees" but opposes putting students on the appointments committee.
Encouraging Minority Students to Teach
Will ask Byrne Professor of Administrative Law Clark Byse, who counsels students on law teaching, to encourage and inform minority students interested in teaching careers. The school will "consider the feasibility of' creating a fellowship like the one demanded.
Encouraging Minority Faculty to Come to Boston
Says he recognizes "the importance of helping prospective minority faculty members to deal with special problems related to living in the Boston-Cambridge-Harvard area."
Appointing Bell as Dean
That it is beyond his power or the faculty's to appoint any new Law School dean.
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