Harvard Law Drops Letter Grades
Following the path blazed by several elite rivals, Harvard Law School has decided to drop letter grades.
The planned change to a modified pass-fail system was announced Friday in an e-mail by Dean Elena Kagan, reports the Yale Daily News in a lengthy article about new developments at HLS under Kagan’s leadership.
“The transition to a pass-fail grading system, which will begin next fall, is also intended to encourage innovation and strengthen intellectual life,” the article continues, paraphrasing Kagan. The current letter grade system is explained on a HLS web page.
Additional and related coverage:
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports: “Harvard Law School to Adopt Pass-Fail Grading System Like Yale and Stanford”
The Hoya (Georgetown University): “Law Center Passes on Pass-Fail Grades”
ABAJournal.com: “Greta Van Susteren Gave Mostly A’s as a Georgetown Law Prof”
ABAJournal.com: “Stanford Law School Drops Letter Grades”
