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Professions o f Realism An Institutiona l For m C h a p t e r 3 When w e came, the y were like a priesthoo d that ha d los t their fait h and kep t thei r jobs. They stoo d i n tediou s embarrassment befor e cold altars . But w e turned awa y from thos e altars and foun d th e mind's opportunit y i n the heart' s revenge . —Roberto M. Unger, The Critical Legal Studies Movement In the late spring o f 1990, Derric k Bell—a professor a t Harvard Law School, th e distinguished autho r of "The Civi l Right s Chronicles/ ' And We Are Not Saved, an d Faces at the Bottom of the Well, an d former dea n of th e Universit y o f Orego n La w School—announced tha t h e woul d turn dow n his salary in protest ove r Harvard's failur e t o hir e a blac k woman i n a tenured positio n a t the law school. Bell's salary, considerabl e in compariso n t o mos t Americans , and the prestige of his position mad e his sacrifice significant . Bu t the publicity occasione d b y this even t was also a consequence of the tactical pig in the law school poke. Direct actio n is not the traditional stuff of the legal academy. Dunca n Kennedy , a leader of th e critica l lega l studie s (CLS) movement, responding to Bell's protest, said suc h tactic s wer e "no t hi s style."1 Although thre e years earlie r Bell had a "sit-in" in his own office to protest personne l action s take n b y Harvard's president Derek Bok against faculty associate d with the CLS movement , suc h publi c displa y i s clearly not law school style.2 Bell's earlie r protes t too k plac e the sam e yea r tha t Rober t Bork , an 51 Professions of Realism An Institutional Form Chapter 3 When we came, they were like a priesthood that had lost their faith and l

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