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the would-be lawyers read pages by Margaret Mead. Where one would expect a capsule treatment of criminal procedure

a subject in which he had a PhD. He would always begin his statements by saying

” the abbreviation for assistant professor. Naturally

I tended to spend an enormous number of hours preparing for each class. I stayed up the night before planning my questions and strategies and got to the law school at 7:00 am before each class. Naturally I parked in the first available slot...

only “visible minorities” are eligible for affirmative action. A student asked me whether Jews were a visible minority. I responded

particularly the Socratic exchange with my students. But I noticed that even though several of my students were older than me (William Bennett was among them)

I encountered 160 eager faces. The men were dressed in shirts and ties; the handful of women wore skirts. The teaching style of the day was Socratic

the two “best” teachers were reputed to be Clark Byse and Ben Kaplan. I wanted to learn from the best

and a lot more experienced. I was called the “Boy Professor.” 20 It was intimidating and scary.

first in Brookline and a year later in Cambridge.

which continue to influence me to this day. There could be no better preparation for my life as a professor at Harvard Law School.

perhaps even a Justice. I never had any interest in wearing a robe since judging requires the kind of passivity that is not suitable to my temperament. I was surprised that Justice Goldberg was so insistent since he himself had left the ben...

Justice Goldberg decided to run for governor. He asked his former law clerks

but the new information didn’t diminish my respect for the two giants of the law. It did confirm my belief that there are no heroes without clay feet. It also confirmed my belief that J. Edgar Hoover was among the most powerful and dangerou...

and he told me that Marshall had sought his advice about a therapist and that the Goldberg story was well known among his close circle of friends.

if I promised to keep it a secret until Goldberg and Marshall were both dead. I promised.

an Eisenhower mistake. They didn’t know he would be so liberal. Eisenhower regarded Warren and Brennan as his worst mistakes.”

I must recount one vignette regarding Justice Goldberg that caused me considerable disappointment. One of the great villains of the day to all liberals was J. Edgar Hoover

the 1963-64 term was among the most significant and innovative in the history of the American judiciary

” since it was directly above the Supreme Courtroom itself. Rumor had it that in previous years the clerks used to play basketball while the Justices were hearing arguments