Elizabeth bartholet biography

Elizabeth Bartholet is the Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Faculty Director of Harvard Law School's Child.
An expert on civil rights and family law, Elizabeth Bartholet has served on the Faculty at Harvard Law School since 1977.
BARTHOLET, Elizabeth.

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Elizabeth Bartholet, American Law educator. Bar: Massachusetts, District of Columbia, New York, United States District Court (southern and eastern districts) New York, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit), Supreme Court of the United States Court.

Background

Bartholet, Elizabeth was born on September 9, 1940 in New York, New York, United States.

Education

Bachelor in English Literature, cum laude, Radcliffe College, 1962. Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1965.

Career

Staff counsel President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, Washington, 1966—1967. Staff attorney National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Incorporated, New York York City, 1968-1972. Counsel VERA Institute of Justice, 1972-1973.

President, director Legal Action Center, 1973-1977. Assistant professor law Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1983, professor, since 1983

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It’s just another attempt to expand the child welfare surveillance state and take away far more children.

Fresh from suggesting that thousands of Americans who choose to homeschool their children are, at best, Bible-thumping ignoramuses and at worst might be secret torturers of children, Prof. Elizabeth Bartholet of Harvard Law School and several co-authors have written a columnfor the Chronicle of Social Change complaining that their feelings have been hurt.

The only examples they cite are a couple of tweets from prominent conservative public officials. They do not actually link to them, as I have done above – perhaps because they are considerably less vicious than the authors of the Chronicle column suggest.

The tweets criticize a law review article Bartholet wrote condemning homeschooling, and a subsequent story in Harvard Magazine. Th

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In Defense of Elizabeth Bartholet: A Homeschool Graduate Speaks Out

By many standards, I would be considered a homeschooling success story. I graduated summa cum laude from an Ivy League institution, am gainfully employed by Harvard University, and will be applying to law school in the fall. In third grade, I begged my parents to homeschool me, a plea that I still regret.

Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet recently made waves with her article suggesting a presumptive ban (not a complete ban, as her remarks have been mischaracterized) on homeschooling in America, requiring parents to “prove they are capable of providing an adequate education in a safe environment.” Bartholet emphasizes the lack of regulation and accountability governing the practice. Among other objections, she discusses cases of undetected abuse, and uneducated parents’ failed attempts to teach their children. While these are valid concerns worthy of debate, many families make the decision to homeschool with the belief that doing so serves their child’s best interest. For that reason, I’d like to discuss