Legal Opinion
Walker v. President & Fellows of Harvard College
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 24, 2016No. 15-1154PPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASTROIANNI, District Judge.
Between 2006 and 2009 Megon Walker (“Walker”) attended Harvard Law School (“HLS”). Walker was a member of the staff of a student-run law journal, the Journal of Law and Technology (“JOLT”). During her final semester at HLS, Walker delivered a draft article (the “Note”) to senior staff of JOLT. After concerns arose among the senior staff regarding the Note, an investigation was launched by HLS. The HLS Administrative Board (the “Board”) subsequently held a hearing and found the Note contained plagiarism in violation of the HLS Handbook of Academic Policies (the…
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