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Law School Committee Recommends Seal Change

The controversial seal of Harvard Law School features the crest of the Royall family, which once owned slaves.

Harvard Law School Dean Martha L. Minow endorsed the committee's recommendation to change the school's seal.
A committee tasked with re-considering Harvard Law School’s seal in light of its ties to slavery recommended Friday that the Harvard Corporation revoke the emblem’s status as the school’s official symbol.
March 4, 2016
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/3/4/law-school-seal-report/ [with comments]

Harvard Law School is quietly scrubbing slavery from its brand

The hallowed halls of Harvard Law.
March 05, 2016
http://qz.com/631904/harvard-law-school-is-quietly-scrubbing-slavery-from-its-brand/

Harvard Law to Abandon Crest Linked to Slavery

The Harvard Law School Library in Cambridge, Mass.

The Harvard Law School shield is based on the crest of a slave-holding family that helped endow the institution.
MARCH 4, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/harvard-law-to-abandon-crest-linked-to-slavery.html

that seal occupies one side of my HLS class ring (the only ring I ever wear) (not for lack of interest on more than one occasion, but never married)