Editing Harvard Law School (section)

===21st century===
[[File:1 martha minow commencement 2010 harvard.JPG|thumb|upright=0.75|right|[[Martha Minow]], dean, 2009–2017]]
Under Kagan, the second half of the 2000s saw significant academic changes since the implementation of the Langdell curriculum. In 2006, the faculty voted unanimously to approve a new first-year curriculum, placing greater emphasis on problem-solving, administrative law, and international law. The new curriculum was implemented in stages over the next several years,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2008/winter/feature_1.php |title=Issues Archive &#124; Harvard Law Today |publisher=Law.harvard.edu |access-date=March 10, 2015 |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228052931/http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2008/winter/feature_1.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/education/07harvard.html | work=The New York Times | title=Harvard Law Decides to Steep Students in 21st-Century Issues | first=Jonathan D. | last=Glater | date=October 7, 2006 | access-date=May 4, 2010 | archive-date=June 5, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605134057/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/education/07harvard.html | url-status=live }}</ref> with the last new course, a first-year practice-oriented problem-solving workshop, being instituted in January 2010. In late 2008, the faculty decided that the school should move to an Honors/Pass/Low Pass/Fail (H/P/LP/F) grading system, much like those in place at Yale and at [[Stanford Law School]]. The system applied to half the courses taken by students in the Class of 2010 and fully started with the Class of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mystal |first=Elie |url=http://abovethelaw.com/2008/10/hls-grade-reform-splitting-the-baby-was-the-only-call/ |title=HLS Grade Reform: Splitting the Baby Was The Only Call |date=October 28, 2008 |publisher=Above the Law |access-date=March 10, 2015 |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708113026/http://abovethelaw.com/2008/10/hls-grade-reform-splitting-the-baby-was-the-only-call/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, Kagan was appointed [[Solicitor General of the United States|solicitor general of the United States]] by President [[Barack Obama]] and resigned the deanship. On June 11, 2009, Harvard University president, [[Drew Gilpin Faust]] named [[Martha Minow]] as the new dean. She assumed the position on July 1, 2009. On January 3, 2017, Minow announced that she would conclude her tenure as dean at the end of the academic year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/03/harvard-law-school-dean-step-down/jmpkWN2VR3XbzDpA1k2vPL/story.html|title=Harvard Law School dean to step down |newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=January 4, 2017|archive-date=January 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104143454/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/03/harvard-law-school-dean-step-down/jmpkWN2VR3XbzDpA1k2vPL/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2017, [[John F. Manning]] was named as the new dean, effective as of July 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/06/john-manning-named-dean-of-harvard-law-school/ |title=John Manning to lead Harvard Law School |publisher=Harvard Gazette |date=June 1, 2017 |access-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102002312/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/06/john-manning-named-dean-of-harvard-law-school/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2017, the school unveiled a plaque acknowledging the indirect role played by [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] in its history:

{{blockquote|In honor of the enslaved whose labor created wealth that made possible the founding of {{nobr|Harvard Law School}}

''May we pursue the highest ideals of law and justice in {{nobr|their memory}}''<ref>{{cite news |last=Meyers |first=Alyssa |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/09/08/harvard-law-school-unveils-plaque-acknowledge-slave-labor/IHVNzT0fmEk9ezdZhnLqDI/story.html |title=Harvard Law unveils plaque to acknowledge slave labor |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=September 8, 2017 |access-date=October 6, 2017 |archive-date=October 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007070047/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/09/08/harvard-law-school-unveils-plaque-acknowledge-slave-labor/IHVNzT0fmEk9ezdZhnLqDI/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}