American Legal Realism: Reading Group
Spring term, Block L
M 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Professor Janet Halley
1 classroom credit LAW-30245A Spring
We will read classics in the American Legal Realist tradition, with the aim of sharpening the methodogical self-awareness and critical capacity of each member of the group. To that end, group members will be asked to articulate projects they are pursuing for discussion in light of the readings: relevant projects could include research papers, editorial work, participation in clinics or law reform work, conference organizing. First year JD students and LL.M. students are particularly welcome, but for First Year JD students, special rules apply for registration; see below. Pass/fail. Our text will be The Canon of American Legal Thought, ed. David Kennedy and William W. Fisher III (Princeton 2006). Admission to the Group is by permission of instructor. Interested students must submit a 1-page statement of interest to Terry Cyr at tcyr@law.harvard.edu by November 15. First Year JD students cannot directly register in the Reading Group, but they should submit statements of interest in the same way as other students. If they are admitted, they will be required to sign up for a 1-credit Independent Written Work with Professor Halley and to submit a 10-page paper based on their participation in the Group.