Proposal for Speech Code at Harvard Law School Sets Off Debate

A Harvard Law School committee's announcement that it was considering drafting a code that would ban offensive or harassing speech in the classroom set off an emotional debate on the campus last month.

About 150 people attended a raucous "town meeting" to discuss the proposal, by the Committee on Healthy Diversity. Robert C. Clark, dean of the law school, established the committee over the summer after a series of racially charged incidents during the last academic year, including the

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