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Harvard Law panel will review school emblem, dean says

Harvard Law panel will review school emblem, dean says

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CAMBRIDGE – Harvard Law School Dean Martha L. Minow wants a special committee of faculty and students to gather views on whether the school's seal, which features imagery from the family crest of a slaveholder benefactor, should be changed. Minow announced the panel's members and its purpose in a statement posted to the school's website.

CAMBRIDGE – Harvard Law School Dean Martha L. Minow wants a special committee of faculty and students to gather views on whether the school's seal, which features imagery from the family crest of a slaveholder benefactor, should be changed. Minow announced the panel's members and its purpose in a statement posted to the school's website.…