January 26, 2001

Harvard Loses a Round in Contentious Tenure Case

By ALISON SCHNEIDER

Harvard University lost a critical round in its tenure battle with Peter Berkowitz this month, when a Massachusetts Superior Court judge denied the institution's motion to dismiss his lawsuit. The ruling will force Harvard to release confidential tenure documents for only the second time in its history.

Mr. Berkowitz, an associate professor of law at George Mason University who taught in Harvard's government department from 1990 to 1999, sued the university in

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