Yale Law School and the Sixties

“By being the first person ever to try to understand and so seriously to portray any group of law students at a time and place, Laura [Kalman] has provided a baseline from which to attempt to consider what separates those students from law students today.” — Law and Social Inquiry

“An outstanding read for anyone interested in American institutions during the late 1960s and early 1970s.” — Law and History Review

“[A] remarkable study about legal education, about how 1960s issues permeated campus life, and about individuals caught up in the archetypical generational struggle between liberals and radicals.” — American Historical Review

“[Yale Law School and the Sixties] stands as a fine study of campus politics in the sixties.” — Law and Politics Book Review

“[Yale Law School and the Sixties] is best in its thorough consideration of the ideological struggles that pitted legal realism, legal liberalism, and the legal process school against a host of challenges.” — Journal of American History

“Laura Kalman’s new book on the Yale Law School is a stunning work of microhistory — no academic institution has ever been studied in greater depth. At the same time, the book also illuminates general developments in American culture during an especially important period in our history.” — Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School