The New Republic: Obama and Clinton, Harvard and Yale

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>[Crimson</a> Tide](<a href=“http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=eceb7628-27e1-461e-b3a2-ce2ff7abb3a2]Crimson”>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=eceb7628-27e1-461e-b3a2-ce2ff7abb3a2)</p>

<p>An interesting, if somewhat exaggerated, take on the parallels between the transitions of two presidents and the climate of their two law schools.<br>
Briefly summarized:
Harvard: disciplined, competitive, focused on doctrine and the letter of the law: an education informed by reality.
Yale: freespirited, creative, focused on the principle and morality of the law: an education informed by theory.</p>

<p>I was wondering if the cultures of the Universities as a whole and their undergraduate colleges parallel those of their law schools, too.</p>

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<p>hm, at first glance, seems not too far off.</p>

<p>ABOUT TEN MIN LATER…
I actually read the article in its entirety, and while I think some parts are exaggerated, this piece really makes me love Clinton and Obama even more, though I’m more of a die-hard Clinton fan…</p>

<p>I’d say the competitiveness factor at the law schools parallel the undergraduate atmospheres. Harvard undergrads are supposedly more pre-professional/career-focused while Yalies are more likely to want to save the world post-grad.</p>