“I definitely know that I plan to discuss the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, ask the recruiters why I would not make a good member of the JAG Corps, just have a reasoned discussion about why the policy exists,” Harrison said.

OCS, Lambda and the Veterans Association have worked to ensure that students who are seriously interested in military jobs will be able to interview through the previous system.

“If Lambda successfully occupies a considerable amount of the military’s interview slots and some people really wanted to interview but couldn’t, we’ll call up the recruiters and try to schedule something through us,” said second-year law student Scott Smith, vice president of the Veterans Association.

Smith said that while he thought official visiting sessions might give more “legitimacy to the military” and OCS advertisements would probably reach more people, he was unsure whether they would make a difference in recruiting.

“The amount of people that go into the public sector is pretty small to begin with,” he said.

Smith, who was an officer in the Marines before coming to Harvard, said he had mixed feelings about the military’s decision to pressure the Law School to back down from its antidiscrimination policy.

“I think the nation’s defense is a very important thing, it’s a very honorable way of life,” he said. “If this provides the opportunity for more people, it’s a great thing. But I certainly empathize with the student body here, that we have a school that welcomes differences.”

—Staff writer Elisabeth S. Theodore can be reached at theodore@fas.harvard.edu.