Law School to Receive Ford Foundation Grant

The Ford Foundation has granted $2,050,000 to the Law School for expansion in the field of International Legal Studies, Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of the Law School, announced last night.

The Foundation will endow two professorships and provide financial aid for research, advanced fellowships, and an increased library staff. The grant will also cover one half of the cost of an addition to the Law School's existing buildings for accommodating the School's increased international program.

"At a time when the Shool's resources are fully committed," Griswold said, "the grant for fellowships will enable the Law School to bring to Harvard for advanced study and research men of experience in world commerce and legal affairs from our own and other countries."

Comprises 15 Courses

Founded after World War II, the International Legal Studies program now comprises 15 courses and seminars in the Law School relating to problems in world and regional organizations and expanded American trade. In addition, the program trains potential leaders of foreign countries and conducts independent research projects.

Milton Katz '27, director of the program, said last night that the grant will "enable us to go forward more rapidly than we would otherwise be able to do and give us greater latitude for experimentation."

"The Law School regards our whole program as part of the normal evolution of legal education," Katz said. "This evolution reflects a similar change in the way the American people look at the world condition," he added.

World Leadership

"The multiplying responsibilities of the United States abroad call for lawyers trained for leadership in world affairs. These men must be able to work effectively with lawyers and officials of other nations in attacking problems of common concern," Griswold said. "This situation is not a temporary one," he added, "and we must develop long-term educational plane to meet it."

In addition to its regular program, the Law School has been training junior officials in ministries of finance from Latin America and the Middle East in tax law and administration. Other international research program include a study of the regulation of electric power in Latin America and research to revise the legal structure of the new State of Israel.