Law School Will Accept Women Students in Fall

The Law School will admit women students beginning next year, Dean Griswold announced last night.

The School thus becomes the last branch of the University to extend its teaching facilities to women, and one of the last law schools in the country to take this action.

In announcing the decision, Dean Griswold commented that "women have made a place for themselves in the law, and many now serve with distinction on the bench and at the bar. Women have come a long way since they were first admitted to the American Bar Association in 1918."

Griswold pointed out that opportunities for women in law are limited, and also that the School has to turn down many able men each year already. "It is our expectation," he said, "that we will admit only a small number of unusually qualified women students for the present, at least."

All Branches Open

Women have never before been accepted as students, although a woman--Sola Mentschikoff--has been a visiting professor for the last two years.

As a result of the Law School step, all branches of Harvard are now open to women. As graduate students in Harvard or Radcliffe, girls can take courses at the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Public Health, Dental, Medicine, Design, Education, and Public Administration.

The Business School does not accept women, but runs a Management Training Program for them at Radcliffe. The Divinity School allows women to study the history and philosophy of religion there. Under joint instruction, Radcliffe girls have taken College classes since the war.