Prominent Harvard Law School Professor Arthur R. Miller's taped lectures for an on-line university may run afoul of University rules for faculty, the law school dean said yesterday.

Miller recorded lectures for the Web-based Concord University School of Law in June--a move that has triggered a review of University policy in light of new technologies.

Harvard Law School (HLS) Dean Robert C. Clark said he sees Miller's activities as a violation of Harvard's conflict rules for faculty, which state that a full-time faculty member's primary professional loyalty should be to the University.

"We want priority to be basically working for one master--we don't want to have a split appointment with another university," Clark said.

Clark is now in confidential discussions with Miller about this presumed conflict. He did not say what the consequences might be if it is decided that Miller has, in fact, violated policy.

According to a 1962 University policy, Harvard faculty wishing to work at other educational institutions must first have the permission of the dean of the Harvard school, as well as the permission of the Harvard Corporation.

Clark said Miller got neither.

"The real fact is he didn't know about this stipulation, so he didn't talk to me in advance," Clark said.