New Dean of Harvard Law School
Martha L. Minow has been appointed dean of Harvard Law School, effective July 1, the university announced today. Ms. Minow, who has taught at the law school since 1981, will succeed Elena Kagan, who became U.S. solicitor general this year. Ms. Minow’s scholarship has covered a host of topics, including cultural pluralism, educational equality, and post-genocide reconciliation. Her newest book is an edited volume on government contracting and democratic control.
In a 2002 interview with The Chronicle, Ms. Minow criticized the idea that democratic deliberation must be purely secular. “I don’t think the Constitution is allergic to religion, and I don’t think the public sphere should be allergic to religion,” she said. “We can’t say to people for whom religious identity is important that they have to check that part of themselves when they walk into public spaces.”
A footnote: In unpublished small talk during that 2002 interview, Ms. Minow predicted that her former student Barack Obama, who was then toiling in relative obscurity in the Illinois State Senate, would someday be president. (Ms. Minow’s father has also been a mentor to Mr. Obama.) We heard it there first.*** Ace! is a member of the EducationUSA global educational advising network affiliated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. We provide free EducationUSA counseling services to students in the northern provinces of Thailand; our faculty of U.S.-trained Test Prep Experts can help you with cost-effective result-driven training programs for SAT-1, SAT-2, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, GED, IELTS etc ***
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