Harvard Law School, long fractious and underachieving, is on the rise again – and shaking up the American legal world
. . . Over the past five years, however, that has begun to shift dramatically. After an unprecedented hiring binge, Harvard has assembled what many legal scholars believe is the most formidable law faculty in the country, with preeminent experts in most major fields – many poached from other top schools. The percentage of accepted students who say “yes” to Harvard Law is at its highest in two decades. Surveys find students happier than at any point in recent memory, and by nearly all accounts, so is the faculty. Harvard is looking – surprisingly – nimble. And in some corners of the legal academy, there is a suggestion that it is at long last catching up to Yale . . .