走进哈佛大学 第11期:哈佛法学院

 　　Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate school of Harvard University, and is among the most prestigious¹ institution of legal education in the world. It was founded in 1817, nearly two hundred years later than Harvard College. Despite this, it is still the oldest continuously-operating law school in the United States. Like many law schools in the United States, Harvard Law School offers three major degrees: JD (Doctor of Jurisprudence), LL.M (Master of Laws), and S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science).

　　哈佛法学院是哈佛大学的专业研宄生学院之一，也是世界上最权威的法学教育机 构之一。它始建立于1817年，大约是哈佛学院建立之后的200年。尽管如此，她仍 是美国最早持续办学的法学院。踉美国的其他许多法学院一样，哈怫法学院有3个专 业学位：法学博士、法律硕士以及司法学博士。

　　The Law School is in the northwest of the Harvard Yard, and is close to Kennedy School of Government and Harvard-Yenching Library. The Library of Law School is the largest library in North Amenca.

　　法学院位于哈佛园的西北角，靠近肯尼迪政治学院和哈佛燕京图书馆。法学院的 图书馆是北美最大的图书馆。

　　The Law School traces its origin to Isaac Royall, who in 1781 left from his estate in nearby Medford to Harvard University, with the proceeds intended to “endow of a Professor of Laws at said college, or a Professor of Physics and Anatomy².” Harvard took the opportunity to fund its first chair in law, and the Roy-all chair continues to support an HLS professor today, more than 200 years later. In 1806, Royall’s heirs sold the rest of his estate and used the funds to establish a school of law at Harvard University. The Royall family coat-of-arms-three stacked wheat sheaves beneath the university motto, Veritas, was adopted as the school’s shield.

　　法学院的起源可以追溯到它的创始人艾萨克·罗亚尔，他于1781年在哈佛大学附 近的梅德福去世并留下遗产。他打算用这些收入来资助一个法学教授或物理和解剖学 教授。哈佛利用这个机会来资助首席法律主席。而罗亚尔首席这一职位在200多年后， 到了今天都还在继续支持哈佛的教授。1806年，罗亚尔的继承人卖掉了他剩余的遗产， 用这些基金来建立哈佛大学的一个法学院。罗亚尔家族盾形纹章——哈佛大学校训“真 理”和下面的三束小麦——成为学院的院微。

　　In 1827，the struggling young law school was down to only one faculty³ member and one student. In this year, an enterprising alumnus stepped in to save the school by establishing the Dane Professorship of Law, and insisting that the chair be given to Joseph Story, the nation's youngest Supreme⁴ Court justice. Story believed in the concept of an elite⁵ American law school, based on merit and dedicated⁶ to public service: a tradition that continues today. A second critical figure in the development of the Law School arrived on the campus in the 1870s. Dean Christopher Columbus Langdell believed that the study of law should be an interactive⁷ and disciplined form of education, in which students were challenged directly by teachers, and through which they learned to analyze⁸ cases for themselves. In 1872, Langdell introduced the Socratic method to HLS. This Socratic method of instruction demanded new teaching spaces, and Austin Hall was built on the north side of Harvard Yard to accommodate the School’s new vision.

　　在1827年，这个处在萌芽期努力奋斗的法学院，只剩下了学院里面的一个教员和一名学生。在那一年，一名有事业心的校友插手干预了这件事，通过设立戴 恩法律教授来拯救这间学校，并且坚持要把首席这个 头衔给国家最年轻的最高法院法官约瑟夫?斯托里。斯托里相信美国精英法学院这个概念，其基础是功绩 和为公众服务，这个传统一直持续到今天。在法学院 发展过程中起到关键作用的第二个人物是在19世纪70年代来到哈佛的。兰格尔主任 相信学习应该是一个互动的和经严格训练的教育形式。这样学生就会直接由教师进行 挑战和考验，这样他们就可以学到如何自己分析案例。1872年，兰格尔把苏格拉底教 学方法引进法学院。该方法要求新的教学空间。为满足这一要求，学院在哈佛园北边 修建了奥斯汀大堂。

 

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

2 anatomy   

n.解剖学，解剖；功能，结构，组织

参考例句：

• He found out a great deal about the anatomy of animals.在动物解剖学方面，他有过许多发现。
• The hurricane's anatomy was powerful and complex.对飓风的剖析是一项庞大而复杂的工作。

3 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

6 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

7 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

8 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。