Freedumb of Speech, revisited

Hear, hear, professor Campos. This concerns, proximally, Harvard ' s decision not to continue to have a certain law professor serve as " dean " of a residence hall. Harvard happens to use the term " dean " for this position but that is not the usual meaning of the word, which in most cases (including ours) refers to a person who has responsibility for a school or an educational program. This is really what would normally be called a house parent position -- a faculty member or couple who live in the residence hall and look after the quality of residential life. There appear to have been numerous reasons for this decision -- which is not a big deal, they ' re both still on the faculty with their teaching portfolios intact -- but the one that is publicly known is that the students weren ' t happy that Professor Sullivan is representing Harvey Weinstein.Campos rightfully points out that while Weinstein is constitutionally entitled to representation, Sullivan is not constitutionally required to be the person who provides it. Someone who has a regular law practice and who has the time to take on a case that is within his or her ordinary scope of practice and legal competency might feel an ethical obligation to serve an obnoxious client, but Sullivan does not regularly practice law but is evidently highly excited by Weinstein ' s money. The student ' s might find his choice unnerving.So much for that, but in the essay Campos critiques Laura Bazelon goes on to say that this is also ...
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