Harvard Law silent on why Scalia professorship remains unfilled years later

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Harvard Law silent on why Scalia professorship remains unfilled years later

Connor Ellington - University of Texas-Austin •February 17, 2020



Depriving students the grounding in originalism they need to succeed

Two and a half years.

That is how long the Antonin Scalia Professorship of Law has gone unfilled at Harvard Law School, even as the administration announced this month that the first batch of the late Supreme Court justice’s papers were available to the public.

A Harvard Law student who is pushing for more ideologically diverse legal clinics recently noted the contrast between the Scalia Professorship, empty since it was created in 2017, and the school’s new hirings and promotions.

If the administration has an explanation for the never-filled position, it’s not providing it. Harvard Law media relations has not responded to a College Fix request last week to explain what’s taking so long.

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https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-law-silent-on-why-scalia-professorship-remains-unfilled-years-later/

[PeteS in CA]

Hmmmmmm ... maybe the kind of person who would be a Harvard prof would not want to be associated with Scalia's name, and the kind of person who would be willing to be associated with Scalia's name would not want to teach at Harvard?

[libertybele]

Hmmmmmm ... maybe the kind of person who would be a Harvard prof would not want to be associated with Scalia's name, and the kind of person who would be willing to be associated with Scalia's name would not want to teach at Harvard?