Bloomberg Law
Jan. 4, 2017, 4:47 PM UTC

Outgoing Harvard Law Dean on Diversity, Fake News and Her Future Plans

Casey Sullivan

On Tuesday, Harvard Law School announced that Martha Minow, its 62-year-old dean, would step down from her role after the end of the academic year.

Minow, over an eight-year tenure, was known for adding clinics in areas such as criminal law, policy, immigration and needs of military veterans, the school said. Over the past year, a group of law students protested the school’s logo, a shield which is modeled on the family crest of an 18th century slaveholder. Minow recommended to retire the shield in 2016 and the school approved the change.

Big Law Business posed a number of questions to Minow, ...

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