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Learned Hand's Reflections On His Professors

A favorite.

Orin S. Kerr | 8.31.2026 7:33 PM

In 1958, the great Judge Learned Hand ended a series of lectures at Harvard Law School by reflecting on his professors when he was a law student there in the 1890s. It remains my favorite passage about law professors, and a vision for us in the profession to aspire to meet. Judge Hand wrote:

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