Blogger Tony Greenstein has an interesting post on Elena Kagan's effort as dean of Harvard Law School to cover for Alan Dershowitz's plagiarism (a subject which we've given little attention, focusing more on her efforts to cover for Laurence Tribe and Charles Ogletree).
You can read it here.
For an excellent primer on the Dershowitz affair, we recommend Harvard Clown School. (For our discussion of that blog, see here).
Monday, July 05, 2010
Elena Kagan, Medical Ghostwriter?
We note with some amusement that after drawing enormous flak from Dean Lawrence Velvel for her apparent role in the 1980s as a legal ghostwriter for Laurence Tribe (see here), Elena Kagan faced tough questioning in her confirmation hearings over the possibility that in the 1990s she served as a medical ghostwriter on a sensitive political matter involving abortion. Here. It's a shame no one (apparently) asked Dean Kagan about her legal ghostwriting work.
Last month Professor David Bernstein noted Kagan's ghostwriting work for law professors (hardly the first such work, it appears!) during the Whitewater affair, in a Volokh Conspiracy post here. Some of the commentators are quite critical of Kagan.
Last month Professor David Bernstein noted Kagan's ghostwriting work for law professors (hardly the first such work, it appears!) during the Whitewater affair, in a Volokh Conspiracy post here. Some of the commentators are quite critical of Kagan.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
National Review Article on Professor Tribe
A few days ago the National Review published an article on new evidence of the use of ghostwriters, and/or the commission of plagiarism, by Professor Laurence Tribe. The article is "Pearls Richer Than Tribe," written by Robert VerBruggen. You can read it online here (apparently it's not in the print edition).
Despite our interest in the subject matter, we did not know about it until today, when a Harvard Parody blogger (we discussed that blog here) called it to our attention. Based on a quick Google search, it appears the article has received little attention. Mr. VerBruggen's article mentioned both the Harvard Parody blog and our blog (which we certainly appreciate). The Harvard parodists tentatively plan to do another post or set of posts in an effort to renew interest in their efforts, and in the Harvard plagiarism scandals, and have asked us for our input, which we will try to provide if our schedules permit.
Update (7/2013) -- Above link to article is broken. Here is a summary of the article (link to article there is broken, too). Apparently some of the urls on the National Review website have been changed, but not all cross-references have been updated. The new url for the article is here.
Despite our interest in the subject matter, we did not know about it until today, when a Harvard Parody blogger (we discussed that blog here) called it to our attention. Based on a quick Google search, it appears the article has received little attention. Mr. VerBruggen's article mentioned both the Harvard Parody blog and our blog (which we certainly appreciate). The Harvard parodists tentatively plan to do another post or set of posts in an effort to renew interest in their efforts, and in the Harvard plagiarism scandals, and have asked us for our input, which we will try to provide if our schedules permit.
Update (7/2013) -- Above link to article is broken. Here is a summary of the article (link to article there is broken, too). Apparently some of the urls on the National Review website have been changed, but not all cross-references have been updated. The new url for the article is here.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Dean Lawrence Velvel on Kagan's Nomination to the Supreme Court
Former Harvard law school dean Elena Kagan (now Solicitor General), a central figure in this blog, has now been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Dean Lawrence Velvel, another central figure in this blog, is not exactly backing her nomination (which should come as no surprise to readers). See here.
Earlier, Evan Gahr of Jewish World Review discussed Kagan's role in whitewashing the Harvard Law School ghostwriting/plagiarism scandals involving Laurence Tribe and Charles Ogletree, here.
It's also discussed by blogger Robert Stacy McCain (The Other McCain) here.
Earlier, Evan Gahr of Jewish World Review discussed Kagan's role in whitewashing the Harvard Law School ghostwriting/plagiarism scandals involving Laurence Tribe and Charles Ogletree, here.
It's also discussed by blogger Robert Stacy McCain (The Other McCain) here.