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The Wrong Choice

DISSENT

By Joshua M. Sharfstein

Clark's claims that he is suddenly interested in tolerating CLS viewpoints remind us of a very dirty campaigner's pledge to create a kinder, gentler nation. Rhetoric cannot hide the past. Clark's classroom antics and his qualifications as a corporate law expert should not obscure the fact that he was the wrong choice at the wrong time for the law school.

A majority of law professors and a majority of the selection committee did not voice disapproval at his selection for nothing. Bok's pick was more than puzzling; it was truly pernicious.

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