Harvard Law Grad Sues Over Plagiarism Reprimand

Claiming that a charge of plagiarism based on a law review article draft has cost her a job and $500K in earnings, a 2009 Harvard Law School grad has sued the school, its president and fellows, the dean of students, a professor, the college administrative board chair, and the student editors-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Technology. Walker filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on May 4, naming as defendants the president and fellows of Harvard College; law school dean of students Ellen Cosgrove; and professor and college administrative board chairman Lloyd Weinreb. Also named are two former student editors-in-chief of the law school's Journal of Law and Technology, Bradley Hamburger and Lindsay Kitzinger.

HT: National Law Journal